Vesteliensgade Letbane station
Letbane station | |
Location | Vesteliensgade, Rimso Scovern |
Operated by | Rimsø Transportere |
Line(s) | Continental line Coronation line LuftLink Municipal line Union line |
Platforms | 10 |
Construction | |
Depth | 12 m (39 ft) |
Parking | No |
Bicycle facilities | Yes |
Disabled access | Yes |
Architect | Harry Ottosen Karl Albert Smidt Marc Thomassen Marina Vinther |
History | |
Opened | 27 June 1975 |
Traffic | |
Passengers | 12.75 million (2021) |
Vesteliensgade is a rapid transit station in Metrozone 1 of the Rimso Letbane The station serves its namesake, Vesteliensgade, and the immediate surrounding area, which is in the city's commercial centre. The station received almost 13 million passengers in 2021, making it the most-used station on the network. The station was designed by a team of four architects, and features a colourful display of lights on each of its ten underground platforms, which illuminate the walls of the station. Vesteliensgade opened in 1975, and was one of the inaugural stops on the Letbane when it first opened.
Gallery
<gallery widths="200" align=center> File:Drottninggatan,_Klarabergsgatan,_T-centralen,_2019.jpg|One of three entrances to the station, towards the east end of Vesteliensgade File:Station_Métro_Westfriedhof_Munich_10.jpg|Lifts to ground level File:U-Bhf_Westfriedhof_17_39_13_560000.jpeg|The exposed bedrock was an architectural feature inspired by the Spálgleann Metro File:U-Bhf_Westfriedhof_17_40_29_091000.jpeg|The station features digital displays, which replaced tradition dot matrixes in 2015