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Barcelona Metro line 9

Coordinates: 41°24′24.18″N 2°8′56.50″E / 41.4067167°N 2.1490278°E / 41.4067167; 2.1490278
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Barcelona Metro line 9
Platform at Santa Rosa
Overview
Service typeRapid transit
SystemBarcelona Metro
StatusOperational
LocaleBarcelona metropolitan area
First service2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Current operator(s)TMB
Route
TerminiCan Zam
Aeroport T1
Stops24 (in operation)
37 (planned)
Distance travelled27.5 km (17.1 mi) (in operation)
Technical
Rolling stock9000 series
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)TMB

Line 9 (Línia 9 in Catalan) is a rapid transit line of the Barcelona Metro network. A fully-automated line, it started operation on December 13, 2009. Part of the line is still under construction, with 24 stations currently in operation in Barcelona, El Prat de Llobregat, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. The line is currently operated as two disconnected branches; the Aeroport T1 – Zona Universitària section is known as L9 South (L9 Sud in Catalan) while the La Sagrera – Can Zam portion is known as L9 North (L9 Nord in Catalan). The line's missing central section, expected to be completed by 2030, shares a significant portion of its tracks with Line 10.[1]

Lines 9 and 10

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Platform at El Prat Estació

The complete project encompasses an underground line with two branches spanning a large portion of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, crossing Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Badalona, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the company operating the line.[2]

The name line 9 (L9) can refer either to the whole project of L9/L10 or to the common trunk plus the L9 branches. The total system will have a length of 47.8 km (29.7 mi), of which 43.71 km (27.16 mi) will be underground and 4.09 km (2.54 mi) will be on viaducts.[3] L9/L10 will be the deepest line in the Barcelona network, with tunnels up to 80 metres (262 ft 6 in) below the surface, and some stations with platforms up to 60 metres (196 ft 10 in) below.[4]

Line 9 shares its route with L10 for a large part. Its commercial speed is 37 kilometres per hour (23 mph).[5]

Construction

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Train arriving at Aeroport T1
Current status of the project. The stations in green are expected to open by 2027
Platform at Aeroport T1
Map of the full Line 9 project (L9, L10 & L2)

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità approved the plan for metro and light rail lines in the Barcelona metropolitan area that included line 9 in 1999. The next year ATM began planning and design with construction starting in 2002.[6][7]

Originally expected to be completed by 2008, ongoing problems with construction delayed its expected completion until as late as 2013–2014. It was subsequently further delayed to 2016.[8] All tunneling work was stopped in 2011 due to a lack of funding, a decision taken by the Government of Catalonia in the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis.[9] As works wouldn't be resumed for more than a decade, all opening estimates would be discarded. 4.5 km of the line's central trunk still remained to be tunneled under upper Barcelona.

It wouldn't be until 2022, after 11 years of interruption, that tunneling works would be resumed to complete the line. The remaining 4.5 km of tunnel between Lesseps and Campus Nord are expected to be completed by 2030, with a 2 station extension from La Sagrera to Guinardó | Hospital de Sant Pau projected to be in service by 2027.[10]

On 13 December 2009,[11] the section between Can Peixauet and Can Zam, excluding Santa Rosa station, opened to the public. A further station, Bon Pastor, opened on 18 April 2010; as the first section of L10 was opened. The section from La Sagrera to Bon Pastor (excluding La Sagrera | TAV) opened on 26 June 2010.

On February 12, 2016[12] the El Prat branch opened from Aeroport T1 to Zona Universitària stations. This is a 20 km (12.4 mi) section with 15 stations. However, three stations – Aeroport Terminal de Càrrega, La Ribera and Camp Nou – did not open, as the first two were built to serve future developments and the latter had to remain closed due to technical reasons (as one of the line's main construction sites).

Line 9 is being bored by a single 11.95 metres (39 ft 2 in) tunnel boring machine (TBM) – where other metros bore a pair of tunnels, one for each direction,[13] Line 9's wider tunnel is broad enough to stack two lines of tracks and for the route's stations.

Because the route passes through different geological conditions, the TBM is designed to replace the cutterheads with heads suited for the current conditions.[13] In June 2010 the TBM's hard rock cutterhead was replaced with its original cutterhead, designed to bore through clay.

Map

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L9 Nord

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L9 Sud

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Stations

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L9 Nord

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Station Image Location Opened Interchanges
Can Zam Santa Coloma 13 December 2009
Singuerlín Santa Coloma 13 December 2009
Església Major Santa Coloma 13 December 2009
Fondo Santa Coloma 13 December 2009
Santa Rosa Santa Coloma 19 September 2011
Can Peixauet Santa Coloma 13 December 2009
Bon Pastor Barcelona (Bon Pastor) 18 April 2010
Onze de Setembre Barcelona (Sant Andreu de Palomar) 26 June 2010
La Sagrera Barcelona (La Sagrera) 26 June 2010

L9 Sud

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Station Image Location Opened Interchanges
Zona Universitària Barcelona (Les Corts) 12 February 2016
Collblanc L'Hospitalet 12 February 2016
Torrassa L'Hospitalet 12 February 2016
Can Tries - Gornal L'Hospitalet 12 February 2016
Europa-Fira L'Hospitalet 12 February 2016
Fira L'Hospitalet 12 February 2016
Parc Logístic Barcelona (Zona Franca) 12 February 2016
Mercabarna Barcelona (Zona Franca) 12 February 2016
Les Moreres El Prat 12 February 2016
El Prat Estació El Prat 12 February 2016
Cèntric El Prat 12 February 2016
Parc Nou El Prat 12 February 2016
Mas Blau El Prat 12 February 2016
Aeroport T2 El Prat 12 February 2016
Aeroport T1 El Prat 12 February 2016

Extra cost

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Accessing either of the airport stations requires a valid ticket, as announced on the ticket vending machines and inside the trains. An Airport Ticket is available for 5.15 euros.

Entering or exiting the line from the Barcelona Airport stations, Aeroport T1 and Aeorport T2 requires a valid ticket. A Single Ticket (Bitllet Senzill), a T-casual (formerly T-10), or a T-familiar are not considered valid, and will not allow exiting the line through these stations. An Airport Ticket at a charge of 5.15 euros can be purchased before exiting the metro. All time-based tickets with unlimited journeys (daily, monthly, quarterly or Hola BCN! tickets) are considered valid, and passengers travelling with them do not need to purchase any additional tickets to access these stations.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Què és la L9?" [What is the L9 / L10?]. L9 (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ^ Institut d'Estudis Catalans (2006). Anuari territorial de Catalunya 2005 (in Catalan). Barcelona: Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori. ISBN 84-7283-881-1.
  3. ^ "Què és l'L9?" (in Catalan). www.gencat.cat. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010..
  4. ^ Truini, William (30 December 2009). "The Big Dig: Barcelona's Metro Line 9". Barcelona Metropolitan.
  5. ^ "Metro, subway, underground Metro line 9 to Barcelona Airport". www.aeropuertobarcelona-elprat.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Barcelona Metro Line 9". Sener. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Barcelona Metro Line 9". Railway Technology. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ Puente, Fernando (12 June 2014). "Barcelona Metro Airport Link Set for 2016 Launch". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ "La Generalitat atura les obres del tram central de la línia 9 del metro per falta de finançament". 3cat.cat (in Catalan). 16 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  10. ^ "I després d'11 anys, la tuneladora de la L9 torna a treballar". cadenaser.com (in Catalan). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  11. ^ Placer, David (5 December 2009). "La L-9 arribarà el 13 de desembre a cinc estacions de Santa Coloma". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan).
  12. ^ "El metro hacia El Prat comenzará a funcionar el día 12 de febrero" [The metro to el Prat will start service on 12 February] (Press release) (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Second cutterhead change for Barcelona TBM". Tunnel talk. June 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2016. The 11.95m diameter machine has been working on the Metro's Line 9 project for the UTE LINIA 9 consortium of the Spanish and Catalan companies FCC / FERROVIAL / OHL / COPSICA / COPISA since 2003.
  14. ^ "From the airport by metro". Visit Barcelona. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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