Opened on 19 August 1985.
Sundbybergs centrum serves the downtown of Sundbyberg, a small municipality outside Stockholm that originally (in the 1870s) grew up around the railroad. It was Stockholm's first railroad suburb, and is traditionally a working-class town; for a long time, several factories in Sundbyberg provided an employment base for the residents. In recent years, though, the employment base has moved toward the service industries, with numerous consultancies established here. Such companies as Ericsson and Digital Equipment have offices in Sundbyberg.
Sundbyberg has the feel of a small town, with its own downtown district centered on Sturegatan, a block away from the railroad. But Sundbyberg is served by four and a half subway stations (Sundbybergs centrum, Duvbo, Rissne, Hallonbergen, and one of the exits from Näckrosen) and a commuter rail station. Not too typical for a town of about 35,000 people.
(19 January 2002)
Artwork on the track wall at Sundbybergs centrum. For some reason,
the artwork in the station tends toward the surreal. We'll see more
and better examples of this later.
(19 January 2002)
The station name and direction signs on the northbound platform. I was
very disappointed, on my return from a trip to North America in October
1999, to find that these signs had replaced the older signs using the
"SL-grotesk" typeface I like so much. The same was true of some other
stations on Tub3.
(19 January 2002)
The north (geographical west) exit from Sundbybergs centrum. Notice
the nose and mouth sculpted into the wall on the left.
(19 January 2002)
And appropriately enough, opposite the nose and mouth there's
an ear. I guess if the one wall starts talking, the other wall needs
to be able to listen.
(19 January 2002)
The escalator bank at the north exit. Note also the elevator on the
right; as in a number of other stations on the tunnelbana, the elevator
was installed on a diagonal. It was considered easier and cheaper to
just enlarge the diagonal escalator shaft than to dig or blast a separate
vertical shaft for the elevator.
(19 January 2002)
A long view of the southbound platform, looking timetable south.
(19 January 2002)
Another view of the artwork seen in the previous photo. It has
been partially disassembled and removed for cleanup after
being "bombed" with graffiti several times.
(19 January 2002)
The passage between the platform faces, at the middle of the platform.
(19 January 2002)
Another piece of art on the track wall. See what I meant about
surrealism?
(19 January 2002)
Perhaps a rather banal picture, but Connex has recently started
installing these machines at a few key stations, and I think it's a
great idea. Years ago, Pressbyrån, a chain of newsstands, had
newsstands located on some platforms, but these started to
disappear in the 1980s because they were considered fire hazards.
Since then, there have been no facilities on the platforms for buying
anything at all, until these machines started showing up this past
fall.
A sign on them promises us that they're regularly emptied and
the merchandise replaced.
(19 January 2002)
More rather surreal artwork on the track wall.
(19 January 2002)
This artwork is on the wall that faces the south escalator bank.
(19 January 2002)
Through the mid-platform passage, we see a southbound train
of C20 (new) stock stopped at Sundbybergs centrum.
(19 January 2002)
The same train departing Sundbybergs centrum.
(10 July 2002)
A view of the southbound platform.
(10 July 2002)
A southbound train arriving at Sundbybergs centrum.