Västerhaninge Sweden

Vasterhaninge is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It had 15,134 inhabitants in 2010. It is connected to Stockholm by commuter rail. Västerhaninge borders the large Hanveden forest to the north, the Jordbro locality to the east, an agricultural region to the south, and the Tungelsta area to the west. The locality lies 22 km from Stockholm and 6 km from Handen. Districts of the locality include Abylund, Norrskogen, and Jägartorp in the north, and Ribbyberg and Nedersta in the south. The Stockholm-Nynas railway runs through the town,

and the original station building was demolished to make way for a new one in 1997. The nearby Tungelsta station is the only one in the region to survive from the railway's original construction. Line 35 Nynashamn-Balsta passes Västerhaninge, which has a train station in connection to the center. There are four trains an hour in Stockholm, and two trains per hour towards Nynashamn. Travel time by train to Stockholm or Nynashamn is about 30 minutes.