Stockholm Central Station is the largest railway station in Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it has over 200,000 visitors daily, of which about 170,000 are travellers. Because it is the busiest station in Sweden, engineers use the heat generated by the thousands of visitors every day to help heat a nearby office building. In front of the central station stands a statue of Nils Ericson.