Barcelona Metro

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Map of the Barcelona metro system

Plaça de Catalunya station(L1)

Universitat station(L1)

Gavarra station(L5)

The Barcelona Metro, 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.

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. The total track length of the system is 63.75 miles, 98℅ of which is underground.

In modern times the network consists of nine lines managed by two 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 a city-wide system that also includes local and regional buses and some regional train services.

[edit] Layout

The metro network proper consists of six lines, numbered L1 to L5 and L11, and distinguished on network maps by different colours. They run as follows:

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 - Canyelles
Line 4	Yellow	1973	Trinitat Nova - La Pau
Line 5	Blue	1959	Cornellà Centre - Horta
Line 11	Light Green	2003	Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs

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

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 Monjuïc	Dark Green	1929	Paral·lel - Parc de Montjuïc

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, at 26.6 miles (42.6km), and will have 46 stations.