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Barcelona Metro
Barcelona Metro
Overview
Locale	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	9
Number of stations	150 (List)
Operation
Began operation	1924
Operator(s)	Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Technical
System length	Template:Km to mi

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The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: Metro de Barcelona), part of the mass transit public transport system of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Including the two lines which are currently under construction (L9 and L10), in 2014 the network will be made up of 11 lines with 209 stations, with a total route length of approx.200 km (124.27 mi). Excluding L9 and L10, the current lines make up a total track length of 108 km (67.11 mi) and 9 lines, with 150 stations. There are a few stations that are permanently closed. Since 1997 the network has been part of Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM). In 2002 it was announced by ATM two additional lines were going to be built in the near future, L12 and L13^[2].

History

The Barcelona Metro was founded in 1924 with the construction of the 'Gran Metro' between Lesseps and the Plaça de Catalunya, part of the modern line 3. Two years later the 'Metro Transversal' (now part of line 1) was built between the Plaça de Catalunya and la Bordeta to link the city centre with the Plaça d'Espanya and Montjuïc, the site of the 1929 Universal Exhibition.

In modern times the network consists of nine lines managed by 2 different operators: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), which manages the major underground lines; and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC - Catalan Government Railways), which manages three integrated commuter lines running out into the extended metropolitan area. Fares are integrated into Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, a city-wide system that also includes local and regional buses and some regional train services. 98% of its railtracks are subsurface.

Layout

The metro network proper, operated by TMB, consists of six lines, numbered L1 to L5 and L11, and distinguished on network maps by different colours. FGC lines are numbered L6, L7 and L8. None of the Barcelona Metro lines have a name of their own but they're generally referred to by their colour or by the number and the names of their termini. They run as follows:

TMB lines

Line Number	Map colour	Opened	Termini
Line 1	Red	1926	Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo
Line 2	Purple	1995	Paral·lel - Pep Ventura
Line 3	Green	1924	Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova
Line 4	Yellow	1973	Trinitat Nova - La Pau
Line 5	Blue	1959	Cornellà Centre - Horta
Line 11	Light Green	2003	Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs

FGC lines

The three metro-like commuter lines operated by the FGC are numbered L6 to L8:

Line Number	Map colour	Opened	Termini
Line 6	Dark Blue	1863	Pl. Catalunya - Reina Elisenda
Line 7	Brown	1954	Pl. Catalunya - Av. Tibidabo
Line 8	Pink	1912	Pl. Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa

Other

The Funicular de Montjuïc, a funicular railway, is fare-integrated and listed on maps as part of the metro network, being connected directly to the metro at Paral·lel station.

Line Number	Map colour	Opened	Termini
Funicular de Montjuïc	Dark Green	1929	Paral·lel - Parc de Montjuïc

In addition to those, Renfe and FGC trains and the increasingly important Trambaix and Trambesòs routes and stations are displayed on most recent maps, including the info maps in the metro stations, all in a single variety of dark green.

Lines 9 and 10

Construction work is taking place currently on L9/L10, which will run from Badalona and Santa Coloma to the Zona Franca district and El Prat International Airport. The lines, which will share a central section between Bon Pastor and Torrassa (L1), will be the longest underground metro line in Europe (strictly this is not true as London Underground already has 5 lines that are longer than this pseudo-longest line and Paris RER lines that are similar in concept are all much longer than this line in Barcelone - the longest RER is 185 km, that is times longer than this line), at 30 miles (48.3 km), and will have 55 stations. The project was approved in 2000^[3] but has been challenged by some technical difficulties and some of their sections are pending further geological analysis, which of 2007 is the reason for the delay in the construction of some of the mentioned sections, which won't be ready until 2010 or even as late as 2014.

Proposed lines

Lines L12 and L13 are two current planned additions to the network.

L12 / R3

A version of the project for this line, which has been recently given the name of R3, would connect some of the urban area municipalities in Baix Llobregat, such as Esplugues de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí or Sant Just Desvern, more efficiently than the original idea, besides bringing them closer to the capital by optimising connections with the bus, tram and train systems. It's due to be completed in 2015 with a budget of close to 870 million euro.

L13

This line would become, along with L11, one of the two underground light-rail lines fully integrated into the network. As is the case with L11, it's intended to provide access to a hilly area of the metropolitan area: the hospital in Can Ruti in Badalona. The original project includes only three stations (which doesn't mean there won't be further additions):

Past projects

Besides the current projects above mentioned, from the 1960s onwards some projects were put forward. These would include a service numbered line VI (following the Roman numeral convention of the network at the time), or a 1980s project for a line crossing Avinguda Diagonal from north-west to south-east, the Diagonal line.^[4]

Cards and pricing

In addition to the one way ticket (1.35€ as of June 2009^[5] there are a number of other tickets and cards. All of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) transport cards are valid and can be used in the Barcelona Metro. These are:

T10
T50/30 - 50 days made in 30 consecutive days from the first use
T Familiar (70/30)
T Mes
T Trimestre
T Dia
T Jove

All the metro stations are on fare zone 1. Tariffs (as of 2009), including all zones, are the following:

	T 10	T Jove	T 50/30	T Mes	T Dia	T Trimestre	T Familiar (70/30)	T 12 for children
Fare zone 1	7,70	112	31'50	47,90	5,80	131,50	45,50	35,00
Fare zone 2	15,40	162	52,80	69,10	9,15	191,00	64,00
Fare zone 3	21,00	217	74,15	93,35	11,55	258,00	87,75
Fare zone 4	27,00	261	92,25	111,00	13,00	307,00	107,50
Fare zone 5	31,00	297	109,00	127,50	14,75	350,00	124,00
Fare zone 6	32'95	308	121,50	136,00	16,50	362,50	133,50

Stations

As of mid 2007, there are currently 150 operational stations in the Barcelona Metro, served by the 9 lines in current use, which will increase to 209 when lines L9 and L10 are finally completed. The average distance between stations is 650 metres.

An overwhelming majority of stations in the network lack related buildings or structures aboveground, as opposed to other subway networks as the London Underground, mostly consisting of an access with stairs, escalators and sometimes an elevator. The official TMB metro indicator, a red rhombus with a M inside, isn't still used by FGC lines, which use their company logo and a different rhombus-shaped logo inside stations. Below ground their decoration is remarkably sober, with the exception of a few stations.

Disused stations

A number of stations in the network have been closed, were never inaugurated, or a have been moved to a nearby location. See the main article for more details.

The metro network in 2014

Line	Termini	Opened in	Length in km	Stations
L1	Hospital de Bellvitge - Badalona Centre	1926	20,72	30
L2	Fira 2 - Morera	1995	13,53	23
L3	Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova	1924	19,22	26
L4	Trinitat Nova - Sagrera-Meridiana	1926	18,91	25
L5	Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron	1959	19,16	27
L6	Pça Catalunya - Reina Elisenda	1929	5,38	9
L7	Pça Catalunya - Av. Tibidabo	1954	4,63	7
L8	Pça Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa	1912	11,26	11
L9	Aeroport Terminal Sud - Can Zam	2009	42,6	51
L10	Zona Franca - Gorg	2010	42,6	51
L11	Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs	2003	2,1	5
Total			157,51	209

Transportation in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

The Barcelona Metro is part of a larger transportation network, regulated and fare-integrated by Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. See: Central ATM network chart, General ATM network chart.

Among these services, there are two large systems which operate both inside and outside the city limits of Barcelona: the commuter train lines operated by Renfe, amalgamated in the Rodalies Barcelona, or Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya lines which start in the metro lines the company operates (L6, L7 and L8 and which become a fully-fledged railway system which serves most of the metropolitan area: list of FGC lines. FGC is developing Sabadell Metro and Terrassa Metro as subway extensions of its network in the large cities of Sabadell and Terrassa respectively.

References

External links

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[1] Rohde, Mike. "Barcelona". Metro Bits. Retrieved 2008-02-25.

[2] ttp://people.reed.edu/~reyn/metrobcn.pdf

[3] ttp://people.reed.edu/~reyn/Linia9.pdf

[4] ttp://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=564816&idseccio_PK=1022

[5] ttp://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/SalaPremsa/menuitem.342fe4355e0205d607d7ed42b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=f60f88c0b0549010VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f60f88c0b0549010VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=detall&contentid=c383c143d83fd110VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD

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 ==Lines 9 and 10==
-Construction work is taking place currently on [[Barcelona metro line 9|L9]]/[[Barcelona metro line 10|L10]], which will run from [[Badalona]] and [[Santa Coloma]] to the [[Zona Franca]] district and [[El Prat International Airport]]. The lines, which will share a central section between Bon Pastor and Torrassa (L1), will be the longest underground metro line in Europe, at {{convert|30|mi|km|1}}, and will have 55 stations. The project was approved in 2000<ref>http://people.reed.edu/~reyn/Linia9.pdf</ref> but has been challenged by some technical difficulties and some of their sections are pending further geological analysis, which of 2007 is the reason for the delay in the construction of some of the mentioned sections, which won't be ready until 2010 or even as late as 2014.
+Construction work is taking place currently on [[Barcelona metro line 9|L9]]/[[Barcelona metro line 10|L10]], which will run from [[Badalona]] and [[Santa Coloma]] to the [[Zona Franca]] district and [[El Prat International Airport]]. The lines, which will share a central section between Bon Pastor and Torrassa (L1), will be the longest underground metro line in Europe (strictly this is not true as London Underground already has 5 lines that are longer than this pseudo-longest line and Paris RER lines that are similar in concept are all much longer than this line in Barcelone - the longest RER is 185 km, that is times longer than this line), at {{convert|30|mi|km|1}}, and will have 55 stations. The project was approved in 2000<ref>http://people.reed.edu/~reyn/Linia9.pdf</ref> but has been challenged by some technical difficulties and some of their sections are pending further geological analysis, which of 2007 is the reason for the delay in the construction of some of the mentioned sections, which won't be ready until 2010 or even as late as 2014.
 ==Proposed lines==