Fittja metro station

Fittja metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in Fittja, Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden. The outdoor station was opened on 1 October 1972 as the south-western terminus of the extension from Vårberg. On 12 January 1975 the line was extended further to Norsborg.^[2]

Fittja
Stockholm metro station
General information
Coordinates	59°14′51″N 17°51′39″E
Elevation	18.1 m (59 ft) above sea level
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	FIJ
History
Opened	1 October 1972; 51 years ago (1 October 1972)
Passengers
2019	6,550 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station Alby towards Norsborg Line 13 Masmo towards Ropsten
Location

The station has a copy of the Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd bronze sculpture Non-Violence, the original of which was made in memory of John Lennon. Under the canopy roof of the entrance to Fittja center hangs two light sculptures of opal-colored plastic created by Eva Rosengren.^[3]

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  Fittja metro station in September 2006
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  Elevated approach to the station

References

1. "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
3. "Konsten på Fittja tunnelbanestation" [The art of Fittja subway station] (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Fittja Metro station at Wikimedia Commons