Tekniska högskolan metro station

Tekniska högskolan
Tekniska högskolan
Stockholm metro station
	Note the dodecahedron hanging from the roof
General information
Coordinates	59°20′45″N 18°04′17″E / 59.3458333333°N 18.0713888889°E
Elevation	4.5 m (15 ft) above sea level
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	18 m (59 ft)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	TEH
History
Opened	30 September 1973; 50 years ago
Passengers
2019	25,750 boarding per weekday
Services
Location

Tekniska högskolan is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in the districts Östermalm and Norra Djurgården, near the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan). The station was opened on 30 September 1973 as the northern terminus of the extension from Östermalmstorg. On 12 January 1975, the line was extended further north to Universitetet.^[2] Tekniska högskolan metro station is connected to Stockholm East Station or Stockholms östra, a station on the Roslagsbanan railway, and a terminal for buses towards Norrtälje and Vaxholm.

The art in the station was done by Lennart Mörk [sv] and features a common theme of technology, the four elements, and the laws of nature. Quotes from the history of science are interspersed with paintworks and sculptures such as Newton's apple, the wings of Icarus, and the five Platonic solids representing the classical elements – a dodecahedron, symbolising the aether and containing the "black hole of the universe", is suspended from the central ceiling. As one of the first "cave stations" where the walls follow the contours of the underlying bedrock, Tekniska högskolan (along with nearby Stadion) metro station was awarded the 1973 Kasper Salin Prize.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
^ Söderström, Göran, ed. (2000). En värld under jord: färg och form i tunnelbanan (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Stockholmia. pp. 51–52, 108–109, 268–271. ISBN 91-7031-107-2. SELIBR 7593308.