Stockholm Central Station — Attraction in Stockholm

Stockholm Central Station (Swedish: Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors daily,[1] of which about 170,000 were travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains), until 10 July 2017 when the local commuter trains started to call at the Stockholm City Station which is located under the central station.

The station was built between 1867 and 1871 with Adolf W. Edelsvärd as the architect. Until 1925 the tracks led into the station but during a renovation 1925-1927 the tracks were moved to the west and the former track hall was converted into a 119-meter (390 ft) long, 28-meter (92 ft) wide, and 13-meter (43 ft) high waiting hall. During the renovation the station was extended to the south through the construction of the southern pavilion. This part of the station currently houses a conference facility. Next to the conference facility is the royal waiting hall where the royal family waits when travelling by train. In 1951 the facade towards Vasagatan was changed and given a more simplified look. In 1958 an underground passage to T-Centralen was opened. In 2017 the commuter trains moved to a separate station, Stockholm City Station, one kilometre (0.62 mi) away. In 2011 Jernhusen, a real estate company in Stockholm, found a way to channel the body heat from the hordes of commuters passing through Stockholm's Central Station to warm another building that is just...

A decent, clean and tidy train station with eateries and shops as expected from a international first world country. But the underpass which connects to the tracks were quite dirty.

As for train, the Swedish intercity train that I took from Stockholm to Oslo and vice verse, the first class is not too worth it. Below are the salient comments.

Seat cannot decline to rest for a long duration ride Leg room space is not spacious The window were dirty as the exterior were not cleaned Very limited large luggage storage. I suggest to travel light. Totally can't handle full train capacity. Seat were quite old. Train toilet is very small. The smallest that I have encountered in first class carriage. The train was not clean upon arrival from previous city. Good thing is they serve muffins and apple. However the muffins looked eaten and some apples were rotten. Free coffee were diluted, hot water were not hot.

Compared to the Norwegian train first class carriage that I took from Oslo to Bergen, totally can't be compared. I suggest to save money for Swedish train to go 2nd class and enjoy the 1st class on Norwegian trains. Even the slightly eastern Europe train such as Poland were much better. Swedish train might need to look into upgrading...

Terrible experience here. We checked to see if we needed to prebook train tickets on the fast train to Oslo, and were very clearly told "no, that's not needed." When we arrived the next day (with plenty of extra time before the train left) we were informed that there were no tickets left and we would have to wait over 4hrs for another train, this meant we were not getting in to Oslo until well past the allowable check in time for our rental. Total chaos with very little assistance or care shown from the train ticket booth. No offers to help, no apologies for the incorrect information we recieved the day before, and rudeness from the staff. We now have to pay $16/hr to store all our bags (as we woke up and checked out of our current accommodation long before we had to). Had a lovely time visiting Stockholm but DO NOT recommend to use central station. Had I known they would charge us for absolutely everything (including the issues they caused, AND to use bathroom) I would have just paid for an airline ticket and saved myself...