Bålsta railway station

Railway station in Håbo, Sweden
59°34′8″N 17°31′58″E / 59.56889°N 17.53278°E / 59.56889; 17.53278Operated byTrafikverketLine(s)Mälaren LineDistance45.3 km (28.1 mi) from Stockholm CPlatforms3HistoryOpened1867Closed1972Rebuilt1996Passengers20192,600 boarding per weekday[1] (commuter rail) Services
Preceding station SJ SJ Following station
Sundbyberg
towards Stockholm Central
 Mälaren Line and Western Main Line Enköping
towards Gothenburg Central via Örebro Central
Preceding station Stockholm commuter rail Following station
Terminus 43 Bro
towards Nynäshamn
SJ regionaltåg
Location

Bålsta is a railway station located in Bålsta in Håbo municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden. It is located 45.3 km from Stockholm Central Station on the Mälaren Line.[2] The station serves long-distance and regional SJ trains, and is also the north-west terminus for Stockholm's commuter trains, despite being located just outside of Stockholm County.

The long-distance train section has two tracks and a central platform. Regional trains stop at Bålsta Station on the Gothenburg-Hallsberg-Västerås-Stockholm route. At the southern end of the main platforms there is an entrance and ticket hall to the SL commuter train section which consists of a track and a side platform.

Until 2018, there was a station building, below the south side of the railway embankment. This was demolished in May 2018, as part the planned redevelopment of the centre of Bålsta.[3] A new bus station area was opened in January 2021.[4]

History

The station was first opened in 1876, through the opening of the Stockholm-Västerås-Bergslagen railway.[5] Passenger train traffic remained until 1972, when the station was closed. The old station building still exists about 1.5 km west of the current station.

The current station was opened in 1996, as part of work to expand regional train traffic on the Mälaren Line. In 2001, Stockholm's commuter train service was extended to Bålsta, and it is now the terminus of SL Line 43.[6]

Gallery

Old Station

Exterior

  • Temporary Waiting Area
    Temporary Waiting Area
  • Former Waiting Area
    Former Waiting Area
  • Entrance Passage
    Entrance Passage
  • Bus Station
    Bus Station

Main Platforms

Commuter Train Station

References

  1. ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ Trafikverket. "Mälaren Line Project". Trafikverket. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  3. ^ O. Jägemar, Rufus (2018-03-26). "Nu rivs stationshuset i Bålsta centrum". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  4. ^ "Busstorget flyttar tillbaka". www.habo.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  5. ^ Järnvägsdata med trafikplatser. Svenska järnvägsklubben, Norra Skåne offset) ([Ny, rev. utg.] ed.). Stockholm: Svenska järnvägsklubben. 2009. ISBN 91-85195-05-7. OCLC 503251523.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ SL. "Linjenätskarta Pendeltåg" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-24.