Kymlinge station was never opened.
Kymlinge is Stockholm's "ghost station." It was built along with the rest of line 11 to Akalla in the early 1970s, when there were serious plans to develop the area around the station with either a mix of housing and offices, or with a very large number of offices, mostly federal agency offices. These plans never came to fruition because the municipality of Sundbyberg, where Kymlinge station is located, wanted to keep the area as green space. So there you have this station, between Hallonbergen and Kista, with its platform lying half in tunnel and half in the open, more than half ready for service -- but trains might never stop there.
Legends about this station have developed in Stockholm. They were connected with the legends about the subway cars of type C5, of which only eight were delivered; the C5 cars were silver, unlike the rest of the fleet, which is green and blue. (The new C20 cars are also partly silver on the outside, but the C5s were entirely silver.) The C5 was said to be a ghost train that took on passengers who were never seen again, and who later got off at Kymlinge. "Bara de döda stiger av i Kymlinge," it was said -- only the dead get off at Kymlinge....
(9 September 2002)
A northbound train passing Kymlinge. There are no speed restrictions here, so the train can pass at up to 80 km/h (about 50 mph). I think this is why those sections are cut out of the platform edge -- to provide refuges for anybody who's on the tracks adjacent to the platforms. (There is a refuge under the platform edge as well, but that may not have been considered sufficient with trains passing at 80 km/h.)
(9 September 2002)
The southbound track, looking in a northerly direction (toward Kista).
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The northbound track, looking north. In the center, you can just about see the stairways that were prepared for the station exit.
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Again the northbound side, looking south toward the tunnel mouth and Hallonbergen.
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Looking south, the portion of Kymlinge's platform that lies in the open.
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This view is looking north toward the tunnel from the outside part of the platform.
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This stairway is at the south end of the platform at Kymlinge.
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A northbound train approaching Kymlinge on the viaduct.
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A southbound train passing the platform at Kymlinge.
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Another northbound train, viewed from below the viaduct.
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The same northbound train as it passes onto the surface immediately before reaching the platform at Kymlinge.
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A southbound train of older stock passes Kymlinge.
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The middle of the same train, viewed from below.
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And the rear of that train.
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A distant view of a train on the viaduct south of Kymlinge, which is to the left here.
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An entire eight-car train of Cx (older) stock on the viaduct near Kymlinge.