Arlanda Central Station

Arlanda Central Station (Swedish: Arlanda centralstation) or Arlanda C is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden. It is served by various regional, intercity, and night trains operated by SJ, Mälartåg and Vy Tåg and since December 2012 also by Stockholm commuter rail.

Arlanda Central Station
Platform at Arlanda C
General information
Coordinates	59.64959°N 17.92912°E / 59.64959; 17.92912
Owned by	Arlandabanan Infrastructure AB (Swedish Government)
Operated by	A-Train AB
Line(s)	East Coast Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2000
Passengers
2019	2,500 boarding per weekday[1] (Stockholm commuter rail)
Location

History

Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1990s. Policy-makers wanted to allow the airport to grow without increasing the road traffic to the airport, and decided to build a railway. The project involved building a branch from the existing East Coast Line from Rosersberg and back at Odensala. Financing was secured by introducing Sweden's first public–private partnership, whereby a private consortium would be granted a 40-year permit to operate the line in exchange for all direct traffic and the right to collect usage fees from other train companies. The contract was won by A-Train in 1994, which started construction in 1995 and completed the line and station in 1999,^[2] with Arlanda C itself opening in 2000 on the East Coast Line shortly after the opening of Arlanda North and Arlanda South stations.

From 2006 to 2012, Upptåget operated a commuter train service every 30 minutes between Upplands Väsby and Uppsala via Arlanda C. At Upplands Väsby, passengers could transfer to Stockholm commuter rail.^[3] After Stockholm commuter rail started its service from Älvsjö (Tumba) to Uppsala C, Upptåget ended its commuter service,

Facilities

Arlanda C entrance from SkyCity

Arlanda C is one of three train stations at Arlanda, the other two being Arlanda North Station and Arlanda South Station, both which are exclusively served by the Arlanda Express. Arlanda C is located directly under SkyCity, which is between terminal 4 and 5,^[3] and is 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Stockholm Central Station. It is located in a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) long tunnel, which is one of the longest railway tunnels in Sweden.^[4]

Services

The station is served by regional and long-distance trains operated by SJ, Mälartåg and Vy Tåg

SJ operates northbound fast trains from Stockholm to Östersund, Sundsvall and Umeå.

Since 9 December 2012, Stockholm commuter rail trains stop at Arlanda C every 30 minutes (60 minutes on weekend mornings and nights). It takes 38 minutes from Arlanda C to Stockholm City station, and 18 minutes to Uppsala C.^[5][6]

Preceding station	Stockholm commuter rail			Following station
Knivsta towards Uppsala Central		40		Upplands Väsby towards Södertälje Centrum
Preceding station	SJ			Following station
Uppsala Central towards Duved		Northern Main Line		Stockholm Central Terminus
Uppsala Central towards Umeå Central		East Coast Line
Uppsala Central towards Falun Central or Mora		Dala Line
Preceding station	Vy Tåg			Following station
Uppsala Central towards Luleå or Narvik		Night Trains to Upper Norrland		Stockholm Central Terminus