Häggvik railway station
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| Location | Stockholm County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°26′54″N 17°55′44″E / 59.4482°N 17.9289°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swedish Transport Administration | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island Platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Hgv | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1932 (current station 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011 | 2,200 boarding per weekday (2011)[1] (commuter rail) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Häggvik is a station on Stockholm's commuter rail network, located 15.3 km north of Stockholm Central Station in the Häggvik district of Sollentuna Municipality. The station consists of a single island platform, with the entrance located at the northern end, accessible via an underground pedestrian tunnel. As of 2011, the station had approximately 2,200 boardings per weekday.[2]
The original local train stop on the Northern Main Line (now part of the Ostkustbanan) opened in 1932. The initiative came from local residents, and land was donated to Statens Järnvägar by J. A. O. Häggberg, who had founded the Häggvik community in the early 1900s.
The current station was inaugurated in 1996 as part of an upgrade that expanded the railway to four tracks.
Musician Ted Gärdestad died by suicide at this station on June 22, 1997.[3]
