From 18 June 2006 until 10 December 2016, the network was operated by Stockholmståg ( sv), a subsidiary of SJ AB, the former Swedish State Railways company. The first franchise holder was Citypendeln ( sv), which operated the Stockholm commuter rail from 2000 until 17 June 2006. Operation of the Stockholm commuter rail lines has been contracted to private companies since 2000. Vega was also the name of a small halt on the Nynäs Line which existed between 19, although it was built at a different location from the current Vega station. Ī new station called Vega ( sv), located on the Nynäs Line in Haninge Municipality between Skogås and Handen stations, opened on 1 April 2019 after almost four years of construction. Two new underground stations, Stockholm City Station (located under T-Centralen, both stations with connections to Stockholm Central Station) and Stockholm Odenplan station located under Odenplan metro station, replacing Karlberg Station) were built as part of the Citybanan project. It will also allow more frequent service for other trains, increasing the capacity for large parts of the Swedish rail network since many trains go to and from Stockholm. This would ease the rail systems' congestion problems, and permit Stockholm Transport to schedule more frequent service. ‘the city line’), is intended for the exclusive use of the Pendeltåg system, and will split commuter traffic onto separate tracks from long-distance trains while travelling through the city. This new tunnel, known as Stockholm City Line ( Citybanan lit. Ī rail tunnel underneath central Stockholm began construction in 2008 and opened on 10 July 2017. The implementation required negotiations between Stockholm Transport and Arlanda Express, who had operating rights for the tracks. The airport has had express service from Stockholm Central through Arlanda Express since 1999, and was also reachable by bus from Märsta station. Discussions on the expansion began in December 2007. Journeys take 38 minutes from Arlanda C station to Stockholm C, and 18 minutes from Arlanda C to Uppsala C. Since 9 December 2012, it has been possible for Stockholm commuter rail trains to stop at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. A new station at Gröndalsviken opened on the southeastern Västerhaninge- Nynäshamn shuttle on 18 August 2008. A southern infill station at Årstaberg was inaugurated in 2006, in order to connect with the then new Tvärbanan tram system. In 2001, the northwestern arm of the network was extended from Kungsängen to Bålsta.
The service frequency was gradually increased, and from 2001 most stations on the network are served by trains at regular 15-minute intervals, with additional trains during rush hours. Single-track stretches were upgraded to double tracks, and some double-track stretches were upgraded to four-track, allowing the commuter trains to run with less interference from other rail services. Trains on the Kungsängen branch now terminated at Västerhaninge instead of Stockholm C and which now forms part of the modern line 35.įrom 1986 until 1996, important improvements were made to the railways around Stockholm.
In 1975 another branch line opened to Västerhaninge, with a single-track shuttle service to Nynäshamn. On 1 June 1969, the system was extended to Märsta via a branch located after Karlberg Station ( sv) and a new service was created in which trains on the Kungsängen branch terminated at Stockholm C instead. In its first year of operation there was only one route which went from Södertälje södra (now Södertälje Hamn) to Kungsängen via Stockholm Central Station. Only in the 1980s did the system officially become known as Stockholms pendeltåg. Originally the system was branded as SL förortståg (English: SL suburban train), and later as SL lokaltåg (English: SL local/commuter train). New trains were bought, stations were modernised, and the Stockholm commuter rail network was developed with an aim of making it more metro-like. At the beginning, local rail services were part of the Swedish State Railways, but in the late-1960s, the responsibility for these services was transferred to Stockholm County, which incorporated it with the ticketing system of Stockholm Transport. Local trains have been operated on the mainline railways around Stockholm since the late nineteenth century.
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