Plaça de Catalunya station

Barcelona Metro station

Plaça de Catalunya

Barcelona Metro line 1 and Rodalies de Catalunya station during rush hour

General information
Location| Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona
Spain
Coordinates| 41°23′13″N 2°10′12″E﻿ / ﻿41.38694°N 2.17000°E﻿ / 41.38694; 2.17000
Operated by| Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Renfe and Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Line(s)|

* Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona (PK 183.9)
* Barcelona–Vallès (PK 0.0)

Platforms| 4 side platforms for Barcelona Metro,
4 bay and 1 side platform for FGC
1 island platform for Rodalies
Construction
Structure type| Underground
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Fare zone| 1 (ATM)
History
Opened| 30 December 1924; 100 years ago (1924-12-30) (Metro L3)
14 June 1926; 98 years ago (1926-06-14) (Metro L1)
1929; 96 years ago (1929) (FGC)
1 July 1932; 92 years ago (1932-07-01) (Rodalies)

Services

| Preceding station  |  Metro | Following station

|
|

Universitat

towards Hospital de Bellvitge

|  | L1 |  | Urquinaona

towards Fondo

Liceu

towards Zona Universitària

|  | L3 |  | Passeig de Gràcia

towards Trinitat Nova

Preceding station  |  FGC | Following station
Terminus |  | L6 |  | Provença

towards Sarrià

| L7 |  | Provença

towards Av. Tibidabo

| S1 |  | Provença

towards Terrassa Nacions Unides

| S2 |  | Provença

towards Sabadell Parc del Nord

| S5 |  | Provença

towards Sant Cugat

| S6 |  | Provença

towards Autonomous University

| S7 |  | Provença

towards Rubí

Preceding station  |  Rodalies de Catalunya | Following station
Barcelona Sants

towards Molins de Rei

|  | R1 |  | Barcelona Arc de Triomf

towards Maçanet-Massanes

Barcelona Sants

towards L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

|  | R3 |  | Barcelona Arc de Triomf

towards Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg

Barcelona Sants

towards Sant Vicenç de Calders

|  | R4 |  | Barcelona Arc de Triomf

towards Manresa

Barcelona Sants

towards L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

|  | RG1 |  | Barcelona Arc de Triomf

towards Portbou

| R12 |  | Barcelona Arc de Triomf

towards Lleida Pirineus

Location

Placa de Cataluyna

Location in Barcelona

Plaça de Catalunya station, also known as Barcelona-Plaça Catalunya,[1][2] Plaça Catalunya or simply Catalunya[3] is a major station complex in Barcelona located under Plaça de Catalunya, the city's central square and a large transport hub. Many Rodalies de Catalunya, Barcelona Metro and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya lines go through it and many bus routes link it with all of the districts of the city and most of the municipalities in its metropolitan area.

It is one of the oldest railway stations in Catalonia and one of the first stations of Barcelona Metro network. It is also one of the busiest stations in Barcelona and the terminal station in the city of all Metro del Vallès lines. It is served by Rodalies de Catalunya suburban lines R1, R3, R4 and regional line R12, TMB-operated Barcelona Metro lines L1 and L3, FGC-operated Barcelona Metro lines L6 and L7, and Metro del Vallès lines S1, S2, S5 and S55.

## History

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The former Ferrocarril de Sarrià terminus station built on the square in 1865. A diagram of the rail complex showing the stations of the different operators:
FGC subway Lines: L6, L7
FGC Suburban rail: S1, S2, S5, S55
RENFE Rail: R1, R3, R4, R7
TMB subway Lines: L1, L3

### Ferrocarril de Sarrià

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The current location of Plaça de Catalunya was the place chosen to build in 1863 the Ferrocarril de Sarrià terminus station. At this moment, the current square didn't exist and the city rampart had been recently destroyed. Ferrocarril de Sarrià a Barcelona, popularly known as tren de sarrià, created a line from this station to Gràcia, Sant Gervasi and Sarrià neighbourhoods, which were separated municipalities from Barcelona. Between 1924 and 1929 it was built a temporary terminus station on Balmes street, between Ronda Universitat and Gran Via while the new underground station was being constructed. In 1929 was opened the new Ferrocarril de Sarrià terminus station which was underground and it was located under Pelai and Bergara streets. Originally, the station had two tracks and one "nave" with platforms 1 and 2. In 1959 a second nave was opened, with platforms 3 and 4, and some years later, a third nave with platforms 5 and 6.

### The arriving of the Iberian gauge

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In 1854, the Vilafranca line placed its terminus station near Canaletes and Portal de Isabel II, on the south part of Plaça de Catalunya. This line was built in Iberian broad gauge and connected Vilafranca del Penedès and other municipalities in Tarragona province with Barcelona city. Finally, this line placed its terminus station at Sants railway station. On 1 July 1932 a new underground station serving the Iberian gauge rail was opened as a terminus station on Manresa and Puigcerdà lines.[4] These lines had its terminus station at Estació del Nord and were managed by Ferrocarril del Norte, one of the Renfe's predecessors. In 1977 with the opening of the rail link between this station and Sants, the station ceased to be a terminus station and Manresa and Puigcerdà lines placed its terminus station in Sants.[5] The facilities were completely rejuvenated in 1983 as the station had heavily deteriorated.[6]

### Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona

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Barcelona Metro line 3 station was opened on 30 December 1924 with the opening of the line between this station and Lesseps.[7][8] This part of the line was the first metropolitan railway and the starting of Barcelona Metro network, which was managed by Gran Metro and was called Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona.[9][10] Initially, the station was not linked to the Transversal station when this one was opened. After the municipalization of the company during the 1960s, the platforms were extended to hold a fifth car and a corridor to link both metro lines was built. During the 1980s the former corridor that linked the station with Rodalies was closed, but today is still preserved although it is not used. In 2007 the access from Rivadeneyra street was closed because a transformer was installed in to provide more electrical power to the line. Some years before, one of the accesses located on the south part of the square was closed due to vandalism.

### Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal

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Barcelona Metro line 1 station is one of the first metro stations in the city of Barcelona and it was part of Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal. Although this station was opened on 14 June 1926 its current location was opened in 1933.[11][12] At first it was a terminus metro station and it was located under Ronda de la Universitat, between Rambla de Catalunya and Balmes street, and it had two tracks and three platforms.[11] From 1 July 1932, it shares the station with Ferrocarril del Norte and the platform composition changed to one center platform for the Iberian gauge rail and two side platforms for the metro situated at each side of the Iberian gauge tracks.[11][13] With the RENFE station reforms in 1983, Barcelona Metro line 1 station was reformed too.[6]

## Station layout

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Ground | \-  | Exits

|
|

Concourse | Concourse  | Customer Service, Tickets
Level 1A
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound | ←  to Hospital de Bellvitge (Universitat)
Platform 2 | ←  to Molins/L'Hospitalet/St. V. de C.
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1 |  to Maç.-Mas./Puigcerdà/Manresa →
Eastbound |  to Fondo (Urquinaona) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Level
1B | Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound | ←  to Zona Universitaria (Liceu)
Eastbound |  to Trinitat Nova (Passeig de Gràcia) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Level
2A | Side platform, doors will open on the right/left
Platform 1 |  to Sarrià/St. Cugat/UAB →
Island platform, doors will open on the right/left
Platform 2 |  to Av. Tibidabo →
Side platform, doors will open on the right/left
Level

Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3 |  to Sabadell Plaça Major →
Island platform, doors will open on the right/left
Platform 4 |  to Terrassa Nacions Unides →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

## Gallery

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* L3 metro station

* L1 metro station

* Another view of the FGC platforms

* A Barcelona Metro and FGC signal on Plaça de Catalunya

* Track toward Sants railway station into Rodalies station

* View of one of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya platforms

## References

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1. ^ "Metro del Vallès line scheme" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
2. ^ "Barcelona-Plaça Catalunya". la web dels trens de Catalunya. trenscat.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
3. ^ "Metro Network Map". Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
4. ^ "Plaça Catalunya (Renfe)". Wiki del transport català. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
5. ^ "Estación: Barcelona Pl. Catalunya". Transporte Barcelona. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
6. ^ a b "Hemeroteca" (PDF). Hemeroteca. La Vanguardia. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
7. ^ "Catalunya L3". Wiki del transport català. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
8. ^ "Brief History of the Metro". Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
9. ^ "Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona". Wiki del transport català. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
10. ^ "el metro de Barcelona - línia L3 - Catalunya". Trenscat.com. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
11. ^ a b c "Catalunya L1". Wiki del transport català. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
12. ^ "el metro de Barcelona - línia L1 - Catalunya". Trenscat.com. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
13. ^ "Hemeroteca" (PDF). Hemeroteca. La Vanguardia. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

## External links

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* Media related to Plaça de Catalunya station at Wikimedia Commons
* Rodalies de Catalunya
* Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
* Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
* Information about L1 metro station
* Information about L3 metro station
* Trens de Catalunya - Trenscat.com
* Information and photos about Rodalies station
* Information and photos about FGC station
* Information and photos about L1 metro station
* Information and photos about L3 metro station

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Road|

| Motorways|

* A-2
* A-7
* AP-2
* AP-7
* B-21
* B-22
* B-23
* B-24
* C-16
* C-17
* C-31
* C-32
* C-33
* C-58

|

Ring roads|

* B-10 (Ronda Litoral)
* B-20 (Ronda Dalt)
* B-30
* B-40

Public
transport|

| Companies|

* ATM
* FGC
* Renfe
* TMB
* TramMet

|

Networks|

* Buses
* Metro
* Rodalies
* Tramways
* Trambaix
* Trambesòs

Stations|

| Bus|

* Nord
* Sagrera (under construction)
* Sants

|

Train (Adif)|

* França
* Sagrera (under construction)
* Sants

Airport|

* Barcelona–El Prat Airport
* Sabadell Airport (domestic flights)

Seaport|

* Port of Barcelona

Leisure|

* Bicing
* Bus (Tourist)
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* Montjuïc Funicular
* Port Vell Aerial Tramway
* Tibidabo Funicular
* Vallvidrera Funicular

* Category

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Barcelona–Vallès Line

Stations|

| Main route|

* Pl. Catalunya
* Provença (Diagonal )
* Gràcia
* Sant Gervasi
* Muntaner
* La Bonanova
* Les Tres Torres
* Sarrià
* Peu del Funicular
* Baixador de Vallvidrera
* Les Planes
* La Floresta
* Valldoreix
* Sant Cugat

|

Av. Tibidabo branch|

* Pl. Molina
* Pàdua
* El Putxet
* Av. Tibidabo

Reina Elisenda branch|

* Reina Elisenda

Terrassa branch|

* Mira-sol
* Hospital General
* Rubí
* Les Fonts
* Terrassa Rambla
* Vallparadís Universitat
* Terrassa Estació del Nord
* Terrassa Nacions Unides

Sabadell branch|

* Volpelleres (Sant Cugat del Vallès )
* Sant Joan
* Bellaterra
* Autonomous University
* Sant Quirze
* Can Feu | Gràcia
* Sabadell Plaça Major
* La Creu Alta
* Sabadell Nord
* Sabadell Parc del Nord

Rolling stock|

* 112 Series
* 113 Series
* 114 Series

History|

| Former companies|

* Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona
* Ferrocarriles de Cataluña

|

Former rolling stock|

* Brill 10–27
* Brill 301–312
* 400 Series
* 600 Series
* 111 Series

Closed stations|

* Sabadell Rambla

Depots|

* Rubí Operations Center
* Can Roca Depot
* Ca n'Oriac Depot

Related articles|

* Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
* Vallvidrera Funicular
* Barcelona Metro

* Category
* Commons

* v
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Barcelona Metro line 1

Route|

* Hospital de Bellvitge
* Bellvitge
* Avinguda Carrilet
* Rambla Just Oliveras (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat )
* Can Serra
* Florida
* Torrassa
* Santa Eulàlia
* Mercat Nou
* Plaça de Sants
* Hostafrancs
* Espanya
* Rocafort
* Urgell
* Universitat
* Catalunya
* Urquinaona
* Arc de Triomf (Estació del Nord )
* Marina
* Glòries
* Clot
* Navas
* La Sagrera
* Fabra i Puig (Sant Andreu Arenal )
* Sant Andreu (Sant Andreu Comtal )
* Torras i Bages
* Trinitat Vella
* Baró de Viver
* Santa Coloma
* Fondo

Rolling stock|

* S4000
* S6000

History|

| Closed stations|

* Bordeta

|

Future|

| Northern extension|

* Montigalà | Lloreda
* Sant Crist
* Bufalà
* Badalona Pompeu Fabra

|

Southern extension|

* El Prat Estació

* Barcelona Metro
* Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

* v
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Barcelona Metro line 3

Route|

* Zona Universitària
* Palau Reial
* Maria Cristina
* Les Corts
* Plaça del Centre
* Sants Estació (Barcelona Sants )
* Tarragona
* Espanya
* Poble Sec
* Paral·lel
* Drassanes
* Liceu
* Catalunya
* Passeig de Gràcia
* Diagonal (Provença )
* Fontana
* Lesseps
* Vallcarca
* Penitents
* Vall d'Hebron
* Montbau
* Mundet
* Valldaura
* Canyelles
* Roquetes
* Trinitat Nova

Rolling stock|

* S2000
* S3000
* S5000

History|

| Former companies|

* Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona

|

Closed stations|

* Fernando
* Banco
* Correos

Former stations
now served by the L4|

* Urquinaona
* Jaume I

Future|

| Northern extension|

* Trinitat Vella

|

Southern extension|

* Sant Feliu
* El Pla del Vent
* Torreblanca
* Sant Joan Despí
* Av. Barcelona
* Hospital Comarcal
* Sant Just Centre
* Esplugues Centre
* Finestrelles | Sant Joan de Déu

* Barcelona Metro
* Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

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