— Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often simply called "Línia Blava" (Blue line) is line belonging to the Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...

 network operated by TMB

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the main public transit operator in Barcelona, made up of two formerly separate companies, Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA. and Transports de Barcelona, SA....

, and part of the ATM

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità , shortened as ATM, is the organization in charge of the coordination of several public transportation systems in the city of Barcelona, its metropolitan area and other regions under its influence, including the setting of a shared fare, as well as the...

 fare-integrated transport network.

Overview

It first opened in 1959. Line 5 is currently 18.8 km. long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron in the northern part of Barcelona, where it is meeting L3

Barcelona Metro line 3

— Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...

.

Chronology

• 1959 - Sagrera-Meridiana section opened (as the former L2)
• 1967 - Vilapicina-Horta section opened (as the former L2)
• 1969 - Collblanc-Diagonal/Provença section opened.
• 1970 - Diagonal/Provença-Sagrera-Meridiana section opened. The line then known as L2 integrated into L5.
• 1973 - Collblanc-Pubilla Cases section opened.
• 1976 - Pubilla Cases-Sant Ildefons section opened.
• 1983 - Sant Ildefons-Cornellà section opened.
• 2010 - Horta-Vall d'Hebron section opened.

Technical details

• Colour on map: Blue
• Number of stations: 26
• Type: Conventional metro
• Length: 18.8 km (11.7 mi)
• Rolling stock: 5000 series
• Journey time: 30 minutes
• Track gauge:
• Traction: Electricity
• Power supply: Rigid overhead wire
  Overhead lines
  Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...
  
  
• Open-air sections: Yes (Can Boixeras)
• Mobile phone coverage: Partial
• Depots: Can Boixeres, Vilapicina
• Operator: TMB
  Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
  Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the main public transit operator in Barcelona, made up of two formerly separate companies, Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA. and Transports de Barcelona, SA....
  
  

Current stations

Station and line names in italics are under construction.

• Cornellà Centre (T1, T2, RENFE
  RENFE
  Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
  
  )
• Gavarra
  Gavarra (Barcelona Metro)
  right|thumb|300pxGavarra is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Avinguda Salvador Allende, between Carrer de l'Anoia and Carrer de l'Empordà, in Cornellà de Llobregat. It was opened in 1983....
  
  
• Sant Ildefons
  Sant Ildefons (Barcelona Metro)
  Sant Ildefons is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Avinguda República Argentina, between Plaça Sant Ildefons and Carrer Camèlia, in Cornellà de Llobregat...
  
  
• Can Boixeres
  Can Boixeres (Barcelona Metro)
  Can Boixeres is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located on an open-air section of track between Carrer de l'Estronci and Camí de Can Boixeres, just south of the Ronda de Dalt, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It was opened in 1976....
  
  
• Can Vidalet
  Can Vidalet (Barcelona Metro)
  Can Vidalet is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Carrer de la Maladeta in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, between Carrer de la Mina and Carrer Hortènsia. It was opened in 1976. Originally and before the mid 1980s was named 'Maladeta'.The side-platform station...
  
  
• Pubilla Cases
  Pubilla Cases (Barcelona Metro)
  Pubilla Cases is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Doctor Ramon Solanich in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, between Plaça Mare de Déu del Pilar and Carrer El·lipse...
  
  
• Ernest Lluch
  Ernest Lluch (Barcelona Metro)
  Ernest Lluch is a Barcelona Metro station in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat currently under construction, served by L5. It's located between the existing stations Pubilla Cases and Collblanc, and will serve as an intermodal station linked with an existing Trambaix service: Sant Ramon...
  
  - under construction.
• Collblanc
  Collblanc (Barcelona Metro)
  Collblanc is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Carretera de Collblanc in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, between Travessera de les Corts and Carrer Francesc Layret. It was opened in 1969 and served as terminus until the extension to Pubilla Cases in 1973. The...
  
   (L9
  Barcelona Metro line 9
  Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...
  
  , L10
  Barcelona Metro line 10
  Line 10 is the name of one of the two branches of the Barcelona metro extension line 9, currently under construction and to be operated by TMB.-Overview:...
  
  )
• Badal
  Badal (Barcelona Metro)
  Badal is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Carrer de Sants, between Carrer Arizala and Carrer Sant Feliu de Guíxols...
  
  
• Plaça de Sants
  Plaça de Sants (Barcelona Metro)
  Plaça de Sants is a station serving line 1 and line 5 of the Barcelona Metro located in the district of Sants, in Barcelona ....
  
   (L2
  Barcelona Metro line 2
  Line 2 is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, coloured purple and sometimes simply called línia lila. It's part of the city's ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  )
• Sants Estació (L3
  Barcelona Metro line 3
  — Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...
  
  , RENFE
  RENFE
  Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
  
  )
• Entença
  Entença (Barcelona Metro)
  Entença is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Carrer Rosselló in the Eixample, between Carrer Entença and Carrer Rocafort. It was opened in 1969....
  
  
• Hospital Clínic
  Hospital Clínic (Barcelona Metro)
  Hospital Clínic is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona which lies in its immediate vicinity, in the Eixample district of Barcelona. It serves line 5....
  
  
• Diagonal (L3
  Barcelona Metro line 3
  — Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...
  
  ; Provença: L6
  Barcelona Metro line 6
  — Line 6, coloured navy blue, is the name of a metro-like commuter train service in Barcelona operated by FGC, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport system. It links Plaça Catalunya, the city centre, with Sarrià-Sant Gervasi...
  
  , L7
  Barcelona Metro line 7
  — Line 7, coloured brown , is a metro-like commuter train line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by FGC, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport system. Also known as Línia de Balmes, as it climbs Carrer de Balmes uphill into Tibidabo, it shares three stations with FGC L6...
  
  )
• Verdaguer
  Verdaguer (Barcelona Metro)
  Verdaguer is a station in the Barcelona metro network, located under Plaça de Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer, in Eixample, named after the Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer. It's served by L4 and L5....
  
   (L4
  Barcelona Metro line 4
  — Line 4, currently known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" , is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  )
• Sagrada Família
  Sagrada Família (Barcelona Metro)
  Sagrada Família is the name of a metro station in Barcelona Metro network. It is named after the famous church of the same name, first designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and still under construction. It is served by TMB-operated Barcelona Metro lines L2 and L5.* Barcelona Metro line 2 station was...
  
   (L2
  Barcelona Metro line 2
  Line 2 is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, coloured purple and sometimes simply called línia lila. It's part of the city's ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  )
• Sant Pau-Dos de Maig
• Camp de l'Arpa
  Camp de l'Arpa (Barcelona Metro)
  Camp de l'Arpa is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro. It is named after the neighbourhood of the same name in the Sant Martí district.The station is located underneath Carrer Indústria, between Passeig Maragall and Carrer Guinardó...
  
  
• Sagrera
  Sagrera (Barcelona Metro)
  La Sagrera-Meridiana, also known as simply La Sagrera, is an important station for Rodalies de Catalunya and one of the largest and busiest stations in Barcelona Metro network. It is located under Avinguda Meridiana, in Barcelona's neighborhood of La Sagrera...
  
   (L1
  Barcelona Metro line 1
  — Line 1, shortened to L1 and known as "Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo", coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella , is the second oldest metro line in Barcelona, after L3. It is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona . It appeared as a means to join the rail stations the city...
  
  , L4
  Barcelona Metro line 4
  — Line 4, currently known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" , is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  , L9
  Barcelona Metro line 9
  Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...
  
  , L10
  Barcelona Metro line 10
  Line 10 is the name of one of the two branches of the Barcelona metro extension line 9, currently under construction and to be operated by TMB.-Overview:...
  
  )
• Congrés
  Congrés (Barcelona Metro)
  Congrés is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Carrer Garcilaso, between Carrer Matanzas and Carrer Francesc Tàrrega Claret. It was opened in 1959....
  
  
• Maragall
  Maragall (Barcelona Metro)
  Maragall is a station serving line 4 and line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The line 5 station was opened in 1959 under Passeig Maragall, between Carrer Varsòvia and Carrer Mascaró. The curved central platform has a ticket hall at either end, the southern one giving access to the line 4 station...
  
   (L4
  Barcelona Metro line 4
  — Line 4, currently known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" , is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network...
  
  )
• Virrei Amat
  Virrei Amat (Barcelona Metro)
  Virrei Amat is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro. The station is located underneath Plaça Virrei Amat, between Carrer Felip II and Carrer Varsòvia. It was opened in 1959. The curved side-platform station has a ticket hall on either end, each with two accesses.-External links:*...
  
  
• Vilapicina
  Vilapicina (Barcelona Metro)
  Vilapicina is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Passeig Fabra i Puig, between Carrer Teide and Carrer Petrarca. It was opened in 1959, and served as a terminus until the opening of Horta in 1967....
  
  
• Horta
  Horta (Barcelona Metro)
  Horta is a station in the Barcelona metro network, served by L5, located under carrer de Lisboa, in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona. It was opened in 1967, when an extension of the line into the neighbourhood of the same name from Vilapicina was opened.The partially curved island-platform...
  
  
• El Carmel
  El Carmel (Barcelona Metro)
  El Carmel is a station on the Barcelona metro network, served by L5. It is part of the extension that opened on 30 July 2010.-External links:...
  
  
• El Coll
  El Coll - La Teixonera (Barcelona Metro)
  right|200px|thumb|Metro entrance from El Coll neighbourhood.El Coll - La Teixonera is a Barcelona metro station located in the Horta-Guinardó district. The station opened on the 30 July 2010 as part of a 3 station extension to line 5....
  
  
• Vall d'Hebron
  Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona Metro)
  right|thumb|300pxVall d'Hebron is a station on line 3 and line 5 of the Barcelona Metro.The station is located underneath Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, between Avinguda Jordà and Camí de la Granja...
  
   (L3
  Barcelona Metro line 3
  — Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...
  
  )

External links

• Official site for Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
• Catalan Wikipedia article on the metro network