Tunnelgatan is a street in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, which stretches from Sveavägen

Sveavägen

Sveavägen is a major street in Stockholm, Sweden. The street starts at Sergels torg in the city center and goes north out of the city towards the Haga Park. It is often known as the busiest road in Sweden....

 to Brunkeberg tunnel.

Tunnelgatan was named after the Brunkeberg tunnel which opened in 1886. The previous name was Barnhus trädgårdsgata (Orphanage garden street), after the orphanage at Railway Square. During the 17th century, there was a rope course at the place. The only remaining residential street in the tunnel is located at the junction of Tunnelgatan and Luntmakargatan and was built between 1894-96.
Tunnelgatan is also associated with the murder of Olof Palme, which occurred at the tunnel mouth on Sveavägen street, and the killer fled up the stairs. A section of the street has since been renamed as Olof Palme Street

Olof Palme Street

The name Olof Palme Street may refer to the following streets named after the assassinated Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme:The first street was renamed on April 23, 1986, in Sveavägen, Stockholm....

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The City Plan 67 intended to expand Tunnelgatan to a six-lane urban highway with continuation through David Bagares street to Stureplan, and further through Humlegårds street till Norra Djurgården. In the West, a connection to Klarastrandsleden via a bridge over the tracks north of Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. Opened July 18, 1871, the station is the largest in Sweden, with over 200,000 visitors daily...

 was planned. However the plans were shelved indefinitely when the 1977 City Plan were formulated.