Stockholm Östra station

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Stockholm Östra station Stockholms östra station
The Drottning Kristinas Väg entrance to the station
General information
Other names	Stockholm East Station
Location	Stockholm,  Sweden
Coordinates	59°20′46″N 18°4′17″E / 59.34611°N 18.07139°E / 59.34611; 18.07139
Elevation	26 m (85 ft) AMSL
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Operated by	Roslagståg
Line(s)	Roslagsbanan: 27, 28, 29
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Connections	Tekniska högskolan (Stockholm Metro)
Construction
Architect	Albin Stark (1932 building)
History
Opened	1884 October 7, 1932 (current building)
Passengers
2019	15,900 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station SL Local & Light Rail Following station Terminus Roslagsbanan Line 27 Universitetet towards Kårsta Roslagsbanan Line 28 Universitetet towards Österskär Roslagsbanan Line 29 Universitetet towards Näsbypark
Location

Stockholm Östra station (Swedish: Stockholms östra station or Stockholm Ö, literally Stockholm East Station) is a railway station on the Roslagsbanan railway in Stockholm, Sweden.

The present station was inaugurated in 1932 and located on Valhallavägen in northeastern central Stockholm, close to the Royal Institute of Technology (Tekniska Högskolan), replacing an older provisional station from 1884 which was located some hundred metres to the north. Originally, the building had the offices of SRJ, the company owning and managing the Roslag Railway. There are still offices in the building for the company which is operating the traffic at present.

The building also includes a restaurant, which has the same interior as when the building was new, something which is appreciated by the customers. The restaurant is well known as a place where supporters of sports club Djurgårdens IF like to go, as it is relatively close to the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, the classic former home field of Djurgårdens IF football team.^[2][3]

It is located in conjunction with the Stockholm metro station Tekniska högskolan. It is now the southern end station of the Roslag Railway. Earlier, some trains continued on a tram line to Engelbrektsplan next to Humlegården.

The station makes up the background in the 2011 Swedish movie Stockholm Östra, starring Mikael Persbrandt and Iben Hjejle.^[4]

Roslagsbanan is to be diverted to a new terminus at T-Centralen, where all lines of the Stockholm Metro cross, and as such, Stockholms Ö is planned to be closed. Once the extension from the Universitetet station to Odenplan and T-Centralen is built, the stretch of track to Stockholms östra will be dismantled to make way for 500 apartments.^[5]