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ROUTES
Operator: Transports
Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
URBAN TRAM ROUTES, IN TWO SEPARATE NETWORKS:
TRAMBAIX
| T1 |
Francesc Macià - Cornellà
Centre - Bon Viatge |
| T2 |
Francesc Macià - Cornellà
Centre - Bon Viatge - San Martí de l'Erm |
| T3 |
Francesc Macià – San Martí
de l'Erm - Consell Comarcal |
TRAMBESÒS
| T4 |
Ciutadella / Vila Olímpica –
P. de les Glòries - Estació de Sant Adrià |
| T5 |
P. de les Glòries - Besòs -
Badalona / Gorg |
| T6 |
Estació de Sant Adrià - La
Mina - Besòs - Badalona / Gorg |
TOURIST TRAMWAY ("BLUE TRAMWAY")
| Tranvía azul |
P. Kennedy - Av. del Tibidabo
- Funicular del Tibidabo |
METRO
Operator: Transports
Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
| L1 |
Hospital de Bellvitge - Sta.
Eulàlia - P. de Sants - P. de Espanya - Universitat - P. de Catalunya -
P. de les Glòries - Clot - Sagrera - Fabra i Puig - Torras i Bages -
Fondo |
| L2 |
Paraŀlel - Universitat -
Passeig de Gràcia - Sagrada Família - Clot - La Pau - Gorg - Badalona
(Pompeu Fabra) |
| L3 |
Zona Universitària - E.
Sants - P. de Espanya - Paraŀlel - Drassanes - P. de Catalunya -
Passeig de Gràcia - Diagonal - Lesseps - Vall d’Hebron - Montbau - Canyelles -
Trinitat Nova |
| L4 |
Trinitat Nova - Maragall -
Passeig de Gràcia - Ciutadella / Vila Olímpica - Poblenou - La Pau |
| L5 |
Cornellà Centre - Collblanc
- P. de Sants - E. Sants - Diagonal - Sagrada Família - Sagrera -
Maragall - Horta - Vall d’Hebron |
| L9 |
Sagrera - Bon Pastor - Fondo - Can Zam |
| L10 |
Sagrera - Bon Pastor - Gorg |
| L11 |
Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs |
Operator: Ferrocarriles
de la Generalitat de Cataluña (FGC)
NB: The line numbered L8 (Plaça Espanya - Molí
Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa), named as such since 2003, is in reality part
of a suburban mainline railway line, and is not considered here as part
of the Barcelona metro system.
| L6 |
P. de Catalunya - Provença - Sarrià -
Reina Elisenda |
| L7 |
P. de Catalunya - Provença - Av. del Tibidabo |
FUNICULARS
Operator: Transports
Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
Operator: Ferrocarriles
de la Generalitat de Cataluña (FGC)
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Pl. Dr. Andreu - Tibidabo |
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Peu del Funicular -
Vallvidrera |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: 30 km.
- Metro (Municipal): 102.3 km.
- Metro (Ferrocarriles de Cataluña): 7 km.
- Blue tramway: 1.3 km.
- Montjuïc funicular: 758 m.
- Tibidabo funicular: 1,152 m.
- Vallvidrera funicular: 736 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.
- Montjuïc funicular: 1200 mm.
- Tibidabo & Vallvidrera funiculars: 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.
- "Systems Factfile: No.16 - Barcelona, Spain", Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2009 (72:853), p.21-23.
- 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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