The area covers a distance of several kilometres outside the actual city centre and includes all services on the Metro, commuter rail, light railways such as the Roslagsbanan, Saltsjöbanan, and the Lidingöbanan trains, and hundreds of bus lines.  

Catching the bus

Board the bus through the front doors and show your ticket to the driver or touch in with your SL Access card on the blue card readers.

At certain locations in Stockholm’s city centre there are inspectors that admit passengers through the rear doors too.

When you wish to disembark, push the ‘stop’ button. The word ‘Stannar’ (stopping) lights up in the display on the bus. On Stockholm city centre blue buses you must also push a button to open the doors. This button is on the pole next to the door.

Taking the Metro and the commuter trains

There is a manned barrier and automatic barriers for those with cards at almost all of the stations. At the smaller country stations there might be no barriers at all. You must buy a ticket from the ticket machine if you do not already have one.
All Metro and commuter trains stop at all stations along the line, apart from express trains that skip certain stations. Express trains only run on the commuter rail lines and during peak hours.

Taking the light railway

There are no barriers on the Roslagsbanan, Saltsjöbanan, Lidingöbanan, Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan stations. Instead there are ticket inspectors onboard the trains. This also applies on the commuter trains between Nynäshamn and Västerhaninge, and between Gnesta and Södertälje. Show your ticket to the conductor.

If you are travelling on the Lidingöbanan, Tvärbanan, or Nockebybanan trains you must use the ‘stop’ button to stop the train at your desired station.