Barcelona Metro line 5

Barcelona Metro Line 5

Legend Cornellà Centre end Gavarra Sant Ildefons Depot Can Boixeres Depot Can Vidalet Pubilla Cases Ernest Lluch Collblanc Badal Plaça de Sants Sants-Estació Service connexion Entença Hospital Clínic Diagonal Verdaguer Sagrada Família Gaudí (closed) Sant Pau | Dos de Maig Camp de l'Arpa La Sagrera Congrés Maragall Connexion service Virrei Amat Depot Vilapicina Horta El Carmel El Coll | la Teixonera Depot Vall d'Hebron end

— 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 network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM 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.

Chronology

Evolution of Line 5, 1959-2010

• 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: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
• Traction: Electricity
• Power supply: Rigid overhead wire
• Open-air sections: Yes (Can Boixeras)
• Mobile phone coverage: Partial
• Depots: Can Boixeres, Vilapicina
• Operator: TMB

Current stations

Sagrada Família metro station

Station and line names in italics are under construction.

• Cornellà Centre (T1, T2, RENFE)
• Gavarra
• Sant Ildefons
• Can Boixeres
• Can Vidalet
• Pubilla Cases
• Ernest Lluch - under construction.
• Collblanc (L9, L10)
• Badal
• Plaça de Sants (L2)
• Sants Estació (L3, RENFE)
• Entença
• Hospital Clínic
• Diagonal (L3; Provença: L6, L7)
• Verdaguer (L4)
• Sagrada Família (L2)
• Sant Pau-Dos de Maig
• Camp de l'Arpa
• Sagrera (L1, L4, L9, L10)
• Congrés
• Maragall (L4)
• Virrei Amat
• Vilapicina
• Horta
• El Carmel
• La Teixonera
• Vall d'Hebron (L3)

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

External links

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