Stockholm Central Station

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Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station in September 2013
General information
Location	Stockholm,  Sweden
Coordinates	59°19′48″N 18°03′22″E / 59.330°N 18.056°E / 59.330; 18.056
Elevation	3 m
Owned by	Jernhusen
Operated by	Arlanda Express VR Snabbtåg Sverige Mälartåg SJ Snälltåget
Line(s)	Ostkustbanan Västra stambanan
Platforms	17
Construction
Architect	Adolf W. Edelsvärd
History
Opened	18 July 1871

Stockholm Central Station (Swedish: Stockholms centralstation), is the main railway station in Stockholm, and largest railway station in Sweden in terms of passenger numbers and train traffic.^[1][2] It is located in the Norrmalm district of central Stockholm on Vasagatan, extending from Vattugatan in the south to Kungsbron in the north. The station opened on 18 July 1871. Since 2001, the station building has been owned and managed by Jernhusen, while the platforms and tracks are overseen by the Swedish Transport Administration. The station code for Stockholm Central is Cst.

Over the years, the station has undergone numerous renovations and expansions. The most significant changes took place between 1925 and 1928 when the large central hall, designed by architect Folke Zettervall, was added. In the mid-1950s, the station was integrated with the Stockholm Metro through a new underground passageway and concourse to T-Centralen. The building has been designated as a heritage site since 1986.^[3] In 1989 Cityterminalen coach station was opened adjacent to the station.^[4]

In July 2017, the adjoining Stockholm City Station opened, located beneath T-Centralen. It took over all commuter train operations from Stockholm Central, allowing for increased regional and long-distance train services at Central Station.^[5]

The station complex has over 200,000 visitors daily,^[6] of which about 25,000 with Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains.

Mural art inside the central hall

The landscape paintings in the central hall were painted by two Swedish artists.

Natan Johansson was born on 31 august in Kalmar 1893, and died November 1951. He was a Swedish painter who studied at the Art Academy in Stockholm from 1916 to 1920. For a long time he was responsible for the decoration art at the royal dramatic theater. He also painted a series of religious posters for school use.

John Ericsson was born on 12 June 1877 in Norrsunda, and died 12 november 1951. He was a Swedish scenographer and a decoration painter, who worked at the royal dramatic theater at the same time as Natan Johansson. They are nowadays mostly known for their landscape motifs on the east side of the central departures hall in the main train station in Stockholm; their paintings were completed in 1927 while the station was being built.

The paintings

Saltoloukta. In this painting we see a lake in the color blue mixed with light green, sunlight cutting through the clouds over the mountains surrounded by bushes and trees. The emotion is harmonic and calm.

Vedasjön, Nordingrå. In this painting we see trees in autumn surrounding  a river, the colors are drab. the emotion that occur are sadness and yearning

Åreskutan. A winter land painting, there are multiple pine trees with heavy snow weighing down on the branches. Snow covers the mountains we can see in the background. the colors are dark and showing that is night.

Leksands kyrka. In this painting we can see the church in the middle surrounded by multiple trees with heavy snow on them, in the center in front of the church there are a few people forming a line away from the church. is light and frosty

Uddeholms Herrgård. In the center is a large white building framed by two large oak trees, in front of the white building there is a roundabout, to the left of the roundabout we get a glimpse of water. The colors are real and natural

Vadstena slott. Is a painting of a castle surrounded by water, the painting is painted in ¾ angle, on the far left there is a sailboat. The colors are natural and real

Varbergs fästning. This is a painting of the ocean hitting the shore and in the background there is a level and a house on top of it, the colors of the rocks are earth colors, the water is aquaphor.

Dybäcks herrgård. In this painting we can see the entree of a chateau  framed by a lot of green nature, The path to the entre is a bridge over water, in the background we can see a yard.