Barcelona Metro line 1

Line 1, shortened to L1, coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella ("Red Line"), is the second oldest Barcelona Metro line, after line L3. It is the longest line of the Barcelona Metro, and links L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Originally operated by the independent Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona, it is today operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and is part of the ATM fare-integrated main transport system. L1 is the only metro line in Spain to use Iberian gauge tracks, as used by most Spanish main line railways.

Barcelona Metro line 1
Sant Andreu station
Overview
Service type	Conventional metro
System	Barcelona Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona, Spain
First service	1926 (1926)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Hospital de Bellvitge Fondo
Stops	30
Distance travelled	20.7 km (12.9 mi)
Average journey time	35 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	6000 & 8000 series
Track gauge	1,672 mm (5 ft 5+13⁄16 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Hospital de Bellvitge Bellvitge Avinguda Carrilet Llobregat–Anoia Line Rambla Just Oliveras Can Serra Florida Torrassa Rodalies to Bellvitge Santa Eulàlia Santa Eulàlia depot Bordeta Mercat Nou Line 5 Plaça de Sants Rodalies to Barcelona Sants Llobregat–Anoia Line│Line 5 Hostafrancs Plaça d'Espanya Rocafort Urgell Universitat Barcelona–Vallès Line Plaça de Catalunya Urquinaona Arc de Triomf Trambesòs Marina Auditori/Teatre Nacional Glòries Trambesòs Clot El Clot-Aragó Navas Sagrera depot La Sagrera Line 5 Sant Andreu Arenal Fabra i Puig Rodalies Sant Andreu Comtal Sant Andreu Torras i Bages Trinitat Vella Rodalies Baró de Viver Besòs River Santa Coloma Fondo Line 9

The line was created in 1926 as a means to join the rail stations the city had in the 1920s, and in preparation for the 1929 Universal Exposition. It has been growing since then to become a large line made up of 30 stations, as of 2007, the network's busiest one. These stations are architecturally homogenous, and as in the case of most metro lines in Barcelona, ornamentation is virtually absent from them. Some of them are improving their artificial lighting. Most of the line is underground, except for one short section, and at one point it shares tunnels with mainline tracks.

Future plans are for the line to be extended southbound into El Prat de Llobregat and from its north terminus into Badalona, where it will join L2 in Badalona Centre.

History

Evolution of Line 1, 1926–1992 (including future extensions)

• 1926 – Bordeta-Catalunya section opened.
• 1932 – Bordeta-Santa Eulàlia and Catalunya-Arc de Triomf sections opened.
• 1933 – Arc de Triomf-Marina section opened.
• 1951 – Marina-Clot section opened.
• 1952 – Clot-Navas section opened.
• 1954 – Navas-Fabra i Puig section opened.
• 1968 – Fabra i Puig-Torras i Bages section opened.
• 1983 – Torras i Bages-Santa Coloma and Santa Eulàlia-Torrassa sections opened. Bordeta station closed.
• 1987 – Torrassa-Avinguda Carrilet section opened.
• 1989 – Avinguda Carrilet-Feixa Llarga (now Hospital de Bellvitge) section opened.
• 1992 – Santa Coloma-Fondo section opened.

Route

Red line on Universitat station

The line runs from Hospital de Bellvitge, in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, and Fondo, in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Most of the line is underground, except for a short section between Plaça de Sants and Santa Eulàlia stations.

Between Catalunya and Arc de Triomf stations, L1 shares tunnels with an ADIF owned main line railway, carrying RENFE operated Rodalies de Catalunya suburban passenger services. With four tracks in the tunnels, the outer tracks carry L1 metro services whilst the middle two tracks carry main line services. At Catalunya station, the L1 metro trains stop at side platforms, whilst the Rodalies de Catalunya trains serve an island platform. At Arc de Triomf station, the Rodalies de Catalunya trains stop at side platforms, whilst the L1 trains serve platforms in flanking single track tunnels. At the intermediate Urquinaona station, the L1 metro trains stop at side platforms, whilst main line trains do not stop.

Stations

The line serves the following stations:

Location	Station	Opened	Connections
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Hospital de Bellvitge	1989
	Bellvitge	1989
	Avinguda Carrilet	1987	FGC: L8, S33, S4, S8, R5, R50, R6, R60
	Rambla Just Oliveras	1987	Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R3, R4, R12, RG1
	Can Serra	1987
	Florida	1987
	Torrassa	1983	Barcelona Metro: L9, L10
	Santa Eulàlia	1932
Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona	Mercat Nou	1926
	Plaça de Sants	1926	Barcelona Metro: L5
	Hostafrancs	1926
	Plaça d'Espanya	1926	FGC: L8, S33, S4, S8, R5, R50, R6, R60 Barcelona Metro: L3
Eixample, Barcelona	Rocafort	1926
	Urgell	1926
	Universitat	1926	Barcelona Metro: L2
	Plaça de Catalunya	1926	Renfe Media Distancia: R12 Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R3, R4, RG1 FGC: L6, L7, S1, S2, S5, S55 Barcelona Metro: L3
	Urquinaona	1926	Barcelona Metro: L4
	Arc de Triomf	1932	Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R3, R4, RG1, R12
Sant Martí, Barcelona	Marina	1933	Trambesòs: T4
	Glòries	1951	Trambesòs: T4
	Clot	1951	Renfe Media Distancia: R11 (at El Clot-Aragó) Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R2, R2 Nord, RG1 (at El Clot-Aragó) Barcelona Metro: L2
Sant Andreu, Barcelona	Navas	1953
	La Sagrera-Meridiana	1954	Renfe Media Distancia: R12 Rodalies de Catalunya: R3, R4 Barcelona Metro: L5, L9, L10
	Fabra i Puig	1954	Renfe Media Distancia: R12 (at Sant Andreu Arenal) Rodalies de Catalunya: R3, R4, R7 (at Sant Andreu Arenal)
	Sant Andreu	1968	Renfe Media Distancia: R11 (at Sant Andreu Comtal) Rodalies de Catalunya: R2, R2 Nord (at Sant Andreu Comtal)
	Torras i Bages	1968
	Trinitat Vella	1983
	Baró de Viver	1983
Santa Coloma de Gramenet	Santa Coloma	1983
	Fondo	1992	Barcelona Metro: L9

External links

• Official website
• Geographic data related to Barcelona Metro line 1 at OpenStreetMap
• Stations and links of this line from OpenStreetMap data
• Trenscat.com