Barkarbystaden is Järfälla's major urban development area: the old airfield and southern Veddesta are to hold 14,000 homes and 30,000 new residents by 2035, with the metro's blue line reaching Barkarbystaden and Barkarby from December 2027.
The facts are read from Järfälla municipality's and Trafikverket's own pages, and every section shows when it was last checked.
In December 2027, according to Region Stockholm's nyatunnelbanan.se. The blue line is extended 4.1 kilometres from Akalla to two new stations, Barkarbystaden and Barkarby, and the journey to T-Centralen will take 24 and 26 minutes respectively. The line was originally to open in 2026; a dispute with a contractor cost around a year and a half, and re-planning recovered part of it.
Construction is in its final stage: on 3 March 2026 the groundwater-affecting construction period formally ended, the concrete work is complete at both stations, the escalators have been in place in both of Barkarbystaden's entrances since March, and the first rails were laid at Barkarbystaden on 30 June 2026.
A year earlier, in December 2026, the new bus terminal of around 6,000 square metres and the platforms for regional and long-distance trains open at Barkarby station, according to Trafikverket. The station house's north entrance to the commuter trains opened on 28 March 2026.
Source: Nya tunnelbanan – Barkarby · Nya tunnelbanan 2026-06-30 · Nya tunnelbanan 2026-03-03 · Trafikverket – Barkarby · Byggindustrin · read 2026-08-29
Individual buildings with a published timetable. The links go to the city's own project pages.
The blue line's new station 30–35 metres down, with two entrances along Barkarbyvägen: at Sveatorget and at Flygfältsplatsen. The escalators have been in place in both entrances since March 2026 and track-laying began in June; Barkarbystaden to T-Centralen will take 24 minutes.
The line's terminus 30 metres down: the north entrance inside the new station house at Veddestabron, the south one by Veddestavägen and the new street Banmästargatan. Concrete work is complete at both stations; fit-out is under way. Barkarby to T-Centralen will take 26 minutes.
A new bus terminal of around 6,000 square metres and 355-metre platforms for regional and long-distance trains at Barkarby station, in the 4,000-square-metre station house whose north entrance opened on 28 March 2026. The tracks open for train traffic at the same time as the terminal, according to Trafikverket.
The park corridor along Bällstaån is being extended south from Vagnsgatan to Barkarbybron. Work began in August 2026 according to the municipality's barkarby.se; the first stage of Å-rummet opened in May 2024.
A stormwater pond with a park by Veddestavägen, and Veddestavägen itself is being rebuilt in front of the coming bus terminal by December 2026, according to the municipality's development page.
Flygfältsvägen is being made two-way and two new streets, Hässlögatan and Predikantvägen, are being built towards Kyrkbyn during 2026, according to the municipality's development page.
The district's first upper-secondary school: a pavilion school for 180 pupils in years 7–9 between Diagonalgatan, Jaktfalksgatan, Safirgatan and Flygfältsvägen, with the first pupils in autumn 2027. A permanent F–9 school is planned for 2031. The decision is dated 20 February 2026 in the municipality's timeline.
10,500 square metres of street-level commercial space around the metro station entrance, in the two blocks Åke Sundvall signed a development agreement for with the municipality on 11 May 2026. The homes in the same blocks are on the Housing page.
Around 740 homes, a preschool and a new centre. The detailed plan was out for review 9 February–11 March 2026 and is being revised ahead of adoption, according to the municipality's planning page.
What already stands on the old airfield, with the year it opened: retail blocks, squares, schools, parks, the bridge and the station's new entrance. Several of them are in the directory.
Source: Järfälla municipality (barkarby.se)
Every fact checked against the city's own pages on 2026-08-29 or later