Arlanda Central Station or Arlanda C is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport

Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....

 in Sweden

Sweden

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, and is served by regional and intercity trains operated by SJ

SJ AB

SJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...

 and Tågkompaniet

Tågkompaniet

Tågkompaniet or Svenska Tågkompaniet AB is a Swedish railway company that operates franchises in Northern Sweden and Greater Stockholm. The company was founded in 1999 by three former railway employees in Statens Järnvägar and the investment company Småföretagsinvest/Fylkinvest...

, as well as the suburban train Upptåget, which can be used to reach Stockholm (changing at Upplands Väsby) in 35 min.

Facilities

Arlanda C is one of three train stations at Arlanda, the other two being Arlanda North Station

Arlanda North Station

Arlanda North Station is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The station is one of two station at the airport to be served by the Arlanda Express, the other being Arlanda South Station. The station is located inside a tunnel below the airport and is...

 and Arlanda South Station

Arlanda South Station

Arlanda South Station is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The station is one of two station at the airport to be served by the Arlanda Express, the other being Arlanda North Station. The station is located inside a tunnel below the airport and is...

, both which are exclusively served by the Arlanda Express

Arlanda Express

Arlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with Stockholm-Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 20 minutes and runs four to six times per hour using seven X3 electric multiple units...

. Arlanda C is located directly under SkyCity, which is between terminal 4 and 5, and is 39 kilometres (24.2 mi) from Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station

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. It is located in a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long tunnel, which is the longest in Sweden.

Service

Upptåget operates a commuter train service towards Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 35,977 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:...

 and Uppsala

Uppsala

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, with onwards connections to Tierp

Tierp

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 and Gävle

Gävle

Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...

. This service operates every 30 minutes, and travel time to Uppsala is 20 minutes. At Upplands Väsby, located 8 minutes, allows transfer to the Stockholm Commuter Rail

Stockholm commuter rail

Stockholm Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Stockholm Transport; the trains are operated under contract by Stockholmståg...

.. This gives a travel time of 35 minutes to central Stockholm at a price of 100 SEK (60 SEK with a travelcard), making this arguably the most cost effective transport from the airport.

The station is also served by 70 daily regional and long-distance trains operated by SJ

SJ AB

SJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...

. The Gävle - Stockholm - Linköping regional route provides an indirect rail connection to Stockholm Skavsta Airport through Nyköping C, which has local bus connection to the airport, travel time being 100 min.

SJ operates northbound X2000

X2000

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 trains from Stockholm, which may continue southwards to destinations in Southern Sweden. Tågkompaniet operates a weekend regional service from Gävle to Stockholm.

History

Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1990s. Policy-makers wanted to allow the airport to grow without increasing the road traffic to the airport, and decided to build a railway. The project involved building a branch from the existing East Coast Line from Rosersberg and back at Odensala. Financing was secured by introducing Sweden's first public–private partnership, whereby a private consortium would be granted a 40-year permit to operate the line in exchange for all direct traffic and the right to collect usage fees from other train companies. The contract was won by A-Train in 1994, which started construction in 1995 and completed the line and station in 1999.