Stations
There are 53 stations in the network, four of which are beyond the borders of Stockholm County. Eight stations connect with regional and long-distance trains, one connects with the light-rail tram system Tvärbanan, and three stations have access to the Stockholm metro. Several stations are important interchanges to local buses.
Most stations are of a similar style, with an island platform in a ground-level location with one or two exits, turnstiles, and a staffed ticket office. A few interchange stations have multiple platforms. The stations south of Västerhaninge and Södertälje are smaller, and have no ticket vending facilities; passengers buy their tickets from the train conductor on these parts of the network.
Stockholm Central Station is by far the biggest station in the network, the largest railway station in Scandinavia, with more than 50,000 boarding commuter rail passengers per day. This is the main station if changing from long-distance trains or from the metro. The smallest station is Hemfosa, which has approximately 100 boarding passengers per day.
The stations are marked with a J symbol, which just stands for the generic term "järnvägsstation" (i.e. railway station) and is similar to the T symbol used by the Stockholm underground railway stations ("tunnelbanestation").
The ten busiest stations (number of boarding passengers on a normal winter weekday 2005):
| # | Station | Boarding passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stockholm C | 53 800 |
| 2. | Stockholm S | 16 200 |
| 3. | Älvsjö | 12 100 |
| 4. | Karlberg | 10 600 |
| 5. | Jakobsberg | 10 300 |
| 6. | Flemingsberg | 9 500 |
| 7. | Sundbyberg | 7 600 |
| 8. | Sollentuna | 7 400 |
| 9. | Södertälje centrum | 7 100 |
| 10. | Tumba | 6 800 |
Read more about this topic: Stockholm Commuter Rail
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