Barcelona Metro line 11

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Barcelona Metro Line 11

Legend

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Trinitat Nova

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Casa de l'Aigua

Torre Baró | Vallbona

Ciutat Meridiana

Can Cuiàs

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Barcelona Metro line 11 is a full metro line with short trains in Barcelona, Spain.

— Line 11, coloured light green and currently known as Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs, is a recently built line in the Barcelona Metro network, operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-ingrated transport network in the city. It is unusual in being actually an underground light rail line instead of a conventional metro line. It only has 5 stations as of 2007 but is going to be extended into areas of the metropolitan area of Barcelona nowadays only served by Renfe and FGC.

[edit] Overview

It is the latest addition to the main TMB network, having been opened in 2003. It serves the hilly and dense northern corner of Barcelona, from Trinitat Nova - where it links with L4 - towards Can Cuiàs. It is currently undergoing construction so it is going to reach Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Ripollet. It's more accurately defined as a light rail-like addition to L4, still built under the standards of a regular metro line, as the addition of new stations was under consideration, and is already taking place. The colour assigned to this line by TMB is intended to represent a mixture of the official colours of L4 and L3, which join it at Trinitat Nova, its —at least temporarily— starting point. Additional metro lines projected to be built in following years will probably be quite similar to L11, and their colours have been designed using the same convention.

[edit] Chronology

2003 - Trinitat Nova-Can Cuiàs section opened.

[edit] Technical details

Colour on map: Light green
Number of stations: 5
Type: automatic light rail
Length: 2.1 km (1.3 mi)
Rolling stock: 500 series
Journey time: 4 minutes
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Traction: Electricity
Power supply: Rigid overhead wire
Mobile phone coverage: All line
Depots: Trinitat Nova
Operator: TMB

[edit] Current stations

Torre Baró-Vallbona metro station, the only station above ground in the line.

Barcelona Metro
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona:
Line 1	Line 2	Line 3
Hosp. Bellvitge — Fondo	Paral·lel — Pep Ventura	Zona Universitària — Trinitat Nova
Line 4	Line 5	Line 9
Trinitat Nova — La Pau	Cornellà Centre — Horta	La Sagrera — Can Zam
Line 10	Line 11	Funicular de Montjuïc
La Sagrera — Gorg	Trinitat Nova — Can Cuiàs	Parc de Montjuïc — Paral·lel
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya:
Line 6	Line 7	Line 8
Pça Catalunya — Reina Elisenda	Pça Catalunya — Av. Tibidabo	Pça Espanya — Molí Nou
List of Barcelona metro stations