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Stockholm (approx. 800.000, metropolitan area approx. 2 million). Stockholm also has an extensive tunnelbana system with a total length of 108 km (62 km are underground) with 100 stations, plus several light rail lines, among them the Tvärbana, which has some tram-like sections.

TRAM - Spårväg City

- opened 23 Aug 2010*
- 1 line: 7 Sergels torg - Waldemarsudde
- 1435 mm
- 3.5 km
- rolling stock: A35 Urbos AXL from CAF
- operator: AB Stockholms Spårvägar

* only 400 m newly-built, the rest uses the existing Djurgårdslinjen 7N, a vintage tram line, which now operates between Norrmalmstorg and Skansen.

03 Sept 2018: short extension opened to new terminus at T-Centralen (Klarabergsgatan) replacing the original Sergels torg terminus, which had been out of service for some years!

1) Tvärbanan (Lines 30/31) - a semi-circular light rail line (modern tram), which opened in June 2000 from Gullmarsplan to Alvik (9.4 km). In 2002, it was extended towards the east to Hammarby Sjöstad and Sickla Udde on the eastern side of the Sickla canal (2.4 km). Then in 2013, it was extended from Alvik to Solna centrum (5.6 km, with an 800 m tunnel just north of Alvik), and to Solna railway station in 2014 (1 km). A 600 m extension to Sickla station on the Saltsjöbanan completed the 18 km route of what is now line 30 (formerly 22) on 2 Oct 2017. The first section of a northwestern 8 km branch to Kista and Helenelund was scheduled to open to Bromma flygplats on 13 Dec 2020 (line 31) but was delayed until 16 May 2021, while the rest continues under construction. [Project website]

2) Nockebybanan (Line 12) - the last of the former rapid tram lines, now operated with modern rolling stock together with the Tvärbanan. Cross-platform interchange with Tunnelbana at Alvik.

3) Lidingöbanan (Line 21) - a single-track light rail line linking the southern part of Lidingö Island to Ropsten station - reopened on 24 Oct 2015 after two years of upgrading, will eventually be linked to Spårväg City.

SL - Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Official Site)

AB Stockholms Spårvägar

Djurgårdslinjen

Djurgårdslinjen at Wikipedia.se

Spårvägsmuseet (Tram Museum)

Spårvagnsstäderna (Tram Cities)

Swedish Tramway Society

Read your webmaster's personal impressions on the different Stockholm urban rail systems (Aug 2013)

Robert Schwandl: TRAM ATLAS NORTHERN EUROPE. 2nd edition - Feb. 2021, ISBN 978-3-936573-63-3

Robert Schwandl: Metros in Scandinavia. - 2004, 144 p., ISBN 3-936573-04-2