ESPAÑA - SPAIN
BARCELONA
BILBAO
MADRID
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MAJOR HUBS
| PC |
Plaça de Catalunya |
PPP |
Plaça del Portal de la Pau |
| PE |
Plaça d'Espanya |
PT |
Plaça de Tetuan |
| PL |
Plaça de Lesseps |
PU |
Plaça de la Universitat |
| PP |
Plaça de Palau |
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ROUTES
Operator: Transportes de Barcelona, SA. (ancestor of Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB))
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
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Atarazanas – Pg. de Colom – P. del Palau – Pg. de Picasso – Pg. de Lluis Companys – Pg. de Sant Joan – C. Mallorca – [back : C. València] – C. del Dos de Maig – C. de la Indústria – Pg. Maragall – Horta |
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Atarazanas – Pg. de Colom – P. del Palau – Pg. de Picasso – Pg. de Lluis Companys – Pg. de Sant Joan – C. Mallorca – [back : C. València] – C. del Dos de Maig – C. de la Indústria – Pg. Maragall – P. de Virrei Amat – Pg. del Verdú – Via Júlia |
TOURIST TRAMWAY ("BLUE TRAMWAY")
Operator: Sociedad Anónima El Tibidabo
| Tranvía azul |
P. Kennedy - Av. de Tibidabo - Funicular del Tibidabo |
METRO
Operator: FC Metropolitano de Barcelona
| L1 |
Sta. Eulàlia - P. de Espanya - P. de Catalunya - Fabra i Puig - Torras i Bages |
| L3 |
Lesseps - Paraŀlel / Correos |
| L5 |
Collblanc - Diagonal - Sagrera - Horta |
Operator: Ferrocarriles de Cataluña
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P. de Catalunya - Sarrià |
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P. de Catalunya - Av. de Tibidabo |
FUNICULAR
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: ? km.
- Metro (Municipal): ? km.
- Metro (Ferrocarriles de Cataluña): 6 km.
- Blue tramway: 1.1 km.
- Montjuïc funicular: 758 m.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (First cycle): (horse-drawn) 27 June 1872 - 1905?; (electric): 26 Jan. 1899 - 18 Mar. 1971.
- Urban tramways (Second cycle): (electric) 3 Apr. 2004 - today.
- Blue Tramway: (electric) 29 Oct. 1901 - today.
- Urban metro lines: 30 Dec. 1924 - today.
- FGC metro lines: (steam) 1863; (electric) 1906 - today.
- Montjuïc funicular: 24 Oct. 1928 - today.
- Tibidabo funicular: 1901 - today.
- Vallvidrera funicular: 1906 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways (First cycle): 1435/1000 mm.
- Urban tramways (Second cycle): 1435 mm.
- Blue Tramway: 1435 mm.
- Metro (L1): 1674 mm.
- Other metro lines: 1435 mm.
- Vallvidrera funicular: 1000 mm.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Gonzàlez Masip, A. Els tramvies de Barcelona – Història i explotació [Barcelona tramways – History and operations] (2 vols.) Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 1998.
- Young, J. Barcelona transport maps (sheet maps). Exeter: Quail Map Co., 1985.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Barcelona: Teething troubles ironed out", Tramways & Ubran Transit, July 2004 (67:799), p.253-257.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Barcelona: Brand new impetus for the metro", Tramways & Ubran Transit, Sept. 2004 (67:801), p.331-333.
- Zurita, F. "The tramways of Barcelona", Modern Tramway, Apr. 1963 (26:304), p.122-131.
- Zurita, F. "The urban railways of Barcelona", Modern Tramway, Aug. 1963 (26:308), p.269-290.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
PHOTOGRAPHS
Trambesòs (line T4) tram at the Ciutadella terminus, April 2006. |
Trambesòs (line T4) tram from a distance, on C. Wellington, having just left the Ciutadella terminus, April 2006. |
The Tibidabo Blue Tram approaching its downhill terminus on Av. del Tibidabo, April 2006. |
The Tibidabo Blue Tram at its mountain terminus near the Tibidabo Funicular, April 2006. |
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