Västra skogen metro station

Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975 as part the first stretch of the Blue Line between T-Centralen and Hjulsta. The trains were running via Hallonbergen and Rinkeby. On 18 August 1985 the extension to Rinkeby was opened, and the stretch between Hallonbergen and Rinkeby was closed for passenger traffic.^[2] It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters.^[3] 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.

Västra skogen
Stockholm metro station
General information
Location	Huvudsta, Solna
Coordinates	59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E / 59.34750; 18.00389
Elevation	3.3 m (11 ft) under sea level
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	40 m (130 ft)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	VÄS
History
Opened	31 August 1975; 48 years ago (31 August 1975)
Passengers
2019	7,850 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station Stadshagen towards Kungsträdgården Line 10 Huvudsta towards Hjulsta Line 11 Solna centrum towards Akalla
Location

v t e Västra skogen station
Legend
to Solna centrum to Huvudsta 1 2 3 Västra skogen to Stadshagen

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.