Medborgarplatsen metro station

Medborgarplatsen
Medborgarplatsen
Stockholm metro station
	Station platform, 2010
General information
Coordinates	59°18′53″N 18°4′19″E / 59.31472°N 18.07194°E
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	6–18 m (20–59 ft)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	MBP
History
Opened	1 October 1933; 91 years ago
Rebuilt	1 October 1950
Passengers
2019	26,750 boarding per weekday
Services
Location
Location

Medborgarplatsen, formerly known as Södra Bantorget, is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is situated near to the Medborgarplatsen square in the district of Södermalm in central Stockholm, and lies below Götgatan between its junctions with Noe Arksgränden [sv] and Folkungagatan. The station has a single island platform, which is accessed by entrances at the junction of Götgatan with Folkungagatan, and in the Björns trädgård.^[2]^[3]^[4] The distance to Slussen is 0.6 km (0.37 mi).^{[citation needed]}

Medborgarplatsen is, along with Skanstull, the oldest underground station on the metro, actually predating that system by some years. The station lies in the Södertunneln, a tunnel originally built in 1933 for use by routes 8 and 19 of the Stockholm tramway. Originally known as Södra Bantorget, the station took its current name in 1944. In 1950, it became part of Stockholm's first metro line when the Södertunneln was adapted to become part of the line from Slussen south to Hökarängen. This adaption required an extension of the station platforms to the north to accommodate the metro's trains, and this work was not completed when the line opened on 1 October, with the station not reopening until 1 November. The entrance in the Björns trädgård was opened on 29 November 1995.^[2]^[3]

The walls of the station have yellow tiles, partly original from the 1930s. As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, Gunnar Söderström [sv] designed the color scheme of the pillars and walls in 1979. In the southern ticket hall there is a wall decoration and floor mosaic by Mari Pårup [sv] from 1997.^[5]^[6]

Gallery

Södra Bantorget tram station, 1930s
Entrance on Folkungagatan, 2009
Ticket hall, 2017
Exit to Björns trädgård, 2017
Station tiles, 1954

References

^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Medborgarplatsen". Retrieved 2 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Medborgarplatsen". Google maps. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
^ "Konsten på stationen" (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
^ "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.