LEGEND has it an abandoned train station has been left unfinished for decades after workers mysteriously quit – leaving just one clue behind.
Creepy stories surround the notorious Kymlinge Metro Station but none more than the tale of the Silver Arrow train.
Today, the station is sat half-finished in Stockholm, Sweden – left deserted, damaged and downright dystopian.
One theory of why its been left untouched is that builders working on the station mysteriously quit in quick succession.
The only clue they left behind were words told to their friends and family: “Only the dead get off at Kymlinge.”
This has fuelled speculation and legends about ghost trains taking over the tracks at night, local media reports.
The main horror story comes from a Swedish legend that focuses on the Silverpilen train – better known in English as the Silver Arrow.
It goes back to the 1960s, when the Stockholm Metro bagged themselves eight large trains made purely out of aluminium.
This was normal in Sweden – but when they turned up to the station they were left in their original silver colour not painted green like all other Stockholm Metro cars.
They decided to leave the carriages bare in a move that not only made them stand out but also fuelled decades of rumours.
What added to the legend was that the trains appeared to move by themselves overnight.
Most other trains were littered with graffiti or plastered with advertisements but the Silver Arrows were always spotless.
This prompted locals to say the only way the trains could stay so perfect was because it was exclusively used by ghosts.
A theory that meant they were hardly ever used by the locals.
Others believe once you get on board the Silver Arrow you will never return as the same person.
The train is said to become stuck in an infinite time loop, riding the tracks for eternity as the whole carriage wastes away.
In another version the train stops once a year and the travellers are allowed to leave but they have a chilling new life.
After a year on board, all those who got on the train have slowly become ghouls and zombie-like creatures who end up invading the local woods and tormenting anyone they see.
According to locals in the area, the most terrifying story of the Silver Arrow train focuses on a young woman coming home after a night of partying.
She is said to hop on board an old, silver train in the pitch black night and is greeted by a number of creepy looking fellow travellers.
When the train approaches the woman’s stop it flies straight past and continues at a high speed until it reaches Kymlinge.
At this point the girl is said to be in a great panic as the other passengers seamlessly float through the walls of the train as she realises she’s been sat on a ghost train the whole time.
The already scary tale ends in tragic circumstances as depending on which version gets passed down to you the girl is either found dead on the train or has turned insane wandering around the woods of Ursvik.
The truth of the Silver Arrow and Kymlinge is a much simpler story.
Stockholm was thought to be using the new silver trains as test cars to see if the public preferred simple trains or coloured and branded ones.
The local transportation agency thought it would be far cheaper to use empty cars without having to paint them and brand them.
In terms of Kymlinge Station, it isn’t technically abandoned but just indefinitely delayed in its construction.
The finishing touches were never finished as Stockholm entered a period of extreme suburbanisation.
So in an effort to maintain the natural beauty of Kymlinge construction was halted and plans for the station were scrapped.
