Frank's Sketchbook Entry of the Day

The Arlanda Airport is the primary airport for Stockholm, Sweden and the Arlanda Express is a (pricey) express train that goes from the airport to the city centre (following the "when in Rome" spelling rule) and back and takes 18 minute zipping along at over 110 mph (in the 175-185 kph range). The airport train station is underground, which isn't an unusual thing.

What is unusual to me is just how far underground it is, and the only thing I have to measure it is the vertiginous escalators and that the light fixtures are mounted in the ceiling at what looks like a 45° angle. I didn't count but one video shows an escalator ride takes almost two minutes to go up or down. They have signs posted advising people to hold the handrail…tightly. They're a sort of pink-ish color on the sides but are too small to read. Also, note how the pictures appear to be rotated with respect to the direction of travel. They're level when you're standing.

You can't really see the bottom from the top or the top from the bottom when standing because the floor and ceiling, respectively, cut off seeing the end. And surprisingly, Google (which I tried as a last resort) reported that it could not find any details on the length, rather than just make one up.

This picture was taking when I arrived at the bottom, looking up. I didn't think to take one from the top, either when I arrived (didn't remember from 25 years ago how long it was) or when I was leaving (I was probably thinking about the low probability of my itinerary working). Here's the full size picture. Also, just to be clear, this is no April Fool's joke.