Västra skogen metro station

Västra skogen
Location	Huvudsta, Solna
Coordinates	59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E / 59.34750; 18.00389Coordinates: 59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E / 59.34750; 18.00389
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History
Opened	31 August 1975
Services
Preceding station     Following station Stadshagen toward Kungsträdgården T10 line Huvudsta toward Hjulsta T11 line Solna centrum toward Akalla
Location

Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the , in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975. It features the longest escalator in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters. This part of Huvudsta was earlier called Ingentingskogen (The Nothing Forest) after a small farm called Ingenting; the name Ingenting (Nothing) was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected.

The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.

Entrance

Platform and train

Platform stairs

Entrance detail

Station's artwork

Escalators

Area with the station from the bird's view

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