Hallonbergen station was opened on 31 August 1975.
Hallonbergen, located in Sundbyberg (Sweden's smallest municipality in area, and its second-densest, after Stockholm), is a fairly typical 1970s area of dense housing, shops and services.
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This night view shows the front of the building at Hallonbergens centrum that
includes the shopping center and the tunnelbana station (entrance at the lower
right).
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Inside the paid area, this mezzanine leads to both platforms (the photo is a bit
dark, but you can see the two signs indicating the two platforms).
One platform, used for northbound trains, contains platform face 2 only (there
is no platform face 1). The other contains platform faces 3 and 4. Platform
4 is used for southbound service trains coming from Kista and continuing to
Näckrosen. Platform 3 is usually used for movements into and out of Rissne
depot, which is accessible from here. Before 1985, trains on both lines (to Akalla
and Hjulsta) ran via Solna centrum and Hallonbergen; trains to Hjulsta ran from
platform 3, running next to and practically through Rissne depot before reaching
Rinkeby, and trains to Akalla ran from platform 2.
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This photo, which is also a tad dark, shows the current southbound platform
(platforms 3 and 4) with a train to Kungsträdgården arriving on platform 4. This
view illustrates the construction of the ceiling, with lighting and other equipment
built into metal boxes suspended from the true rock ceiling.
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The southbound platform at Hallonbergen. Platform 4, the southbound service
platform, is on the left, and platform 3, mostly used for stock moves to and from
the depot, is on the right.
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Another view of the southbound platform, with a southbound train in service
departing, and a train running light entering the station to proceed into the
depot (behind us in this view).
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The empty train entering Hallonbergen on its way to Rissne depot.
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The same empty train, stopped at Hallonbergen waiting for a signal to clear.
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Another view of the empty train.
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More artwork, this time in a space between the platforms. The platform on the other side is
platform 2 (for northbound trains, to Akalla).
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Pepto-Bismol, anyone?... This color is used for most of the fixtures in the station. Here we
see an elevator (from platforms 3 and 4) and the gate at the end of the platform that prevents
unauthorized access to the tracks.
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Platform 2, the northbound platform, looking timetable south.
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Another view of art placed between the platforms, this time seen from platform 2.
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The locked gate and emergency exit at the end of platform 2.
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A long view of platform 2 from its south end.
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Behind the gate at the south end of platform 2, some rather striking graffiti.
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This artwork on the wall of platform 2 shows a Wells Fargo wagon, which I
thought was an amusing thing to find in Sweden.
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This photo shows something called a "kopplingskiosk," literally a "coupling kiosk,"
on the southbound platform at Hallonbergen. These kiosks are located usually at
terminal stations on the tunnelbana, and are used by staff performing coupling and
uncoupling of cars on service trains. They generally contain tools used for
coupling, but the kiosk at Hjulsta has been outfitted with a coffee pot, cookies, and
other coffee-break stuff by the driver who usually performs the afternoon and
evening coupling duties on Tub3.
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On the southbound platform, a hopscotch field etched into the tile.
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This photo too is a bit dark, but I included it because it shows the signal regulating
northbound moves from track 3 (e.g., into the depot from Hallonbergen). This
signal is typical of many of the signals used in the tunnelbana, especially on
Tub2 and Tub3. (Many of the signals on Tub1 were replaced with a more
"railroad-like" type with a backplate when the signalling system on Tub1 was
replaced, 1997-1999.)
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This shot shows a north-south indicator on the southbound platform, giving an idea
of how much the line deviates from a true north-south axis at this station.
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A southbound train arriving at Hallonbergen.