Globen metro station is on theGreen line of theStockholm metro and theTvärbanan light rail line, located byGloben inJohanneshov,Söderort. The station was opened on 1 October 1930 as Slakthuset station (named after an old abattoir around the area that has since been converted into a nightclub) as a part of the stretch betweenGullmarsplan andStureby.[2] In 1958 the station was renamed as Isstadion station (after the nearby Johanneshovs Isstadion, now known asHovet). The station acquired its current name on 20 August 1989 and is the only one in the system to have had more than two names. The distance toSlussen is 3 km (1.9 mi). There is a track connection to Tvärbanan just north of Globen metro station, and Tvärbanan has track connection to the railway, which is used for deliveries of new metro trains.
According to plans presented in the spring of 2015, this station and the adjacentEnskede gård station, which are both above ground, will be replaced by a single underground metro station calledSlakthusområdet in the future. This change will be made when this branch of the Green line is to be transferred to be a branch of theBlue line when the latter line is extended to the south side of the city, expected to be completed sometime in 2030.[3][4][5]
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