Handen railway station

Handen
Pendeltåg
Handen station in 2018
General information
LocationStockholm County
Coordinates59°10′0″N 18°8′3″E / 59.16667°N 18.13417°E / 59.16667; 18.13417
Owned bySwedish Transport Administration
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeHnd
History
Opened1901 (original), 1973 (current)
Previous namesÖsterhaninge (until 1913), Haninge centrum (1989-2006)
Passengers
20157,500 boarding per weekday (2015) (commuter rail)
Services
Preceding station Stockholm commuter rail Following station
Vega
towards Bålsta
43 Jordbro
towards Nynäshamn

Handen is a station on Stockholm's commuter rail network, located 26 km from Stockholm Central Station on the Nynäs Line. The station consists of a single island platform with a ticket hall integrated into a pedestrian bridge connecting to a bus terminal. The station opened in its current location in 1973 and serves as a major transit hub for bus and rail traffic within Haninge Municipality. As of 2015, approximately 7,500 passengers boarded trains at Handen each weekday, while the entire terminal area saw about 13,400 daily boarding passengers.