Stockholm metro map

The metro, called tunnelbana and signposted with a blue T, is the backbone of travel in Stockholm. The official SL line diagram on this page shows the three colour-coded lines and their seven routes, with every station and the interchanges between them.

The system has three lines and 100 stations. The Green Line (routes 17, 18 and 19) and the Red Line (13 and 14) run side by side through the centre, both stopping at T-Centralen, Gamla stan and Slussen, before splitting into branches; the Blue Line (10 and 11) runs from Kungsträdgården north-west to Hjulsta and Akalla. All three lines meet at T-Centralen, so most journeys need at most one change.

Trains run from about 05:00 until 01:00, and all night on Friday and Saturday nights. Destinations on the platform screens are the terminus of each route, so check the route number rather than just the colour when the line branches. Station art is worth a detour: more than 90 of the 100 stations are decorated, and Kungsträdgården, T-Centralen and Solna centrum are well-known examples. New extensions, including the Blue Line to Barkarby and to Nacka and a new Yellow Line from Odenplan to Arenastaden in Solna, are under construction.