Hospital de Bellvitge station

Hospital de Bellvitge
Hospital de Bellvitge
Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
	Series 4000 train at Hospital de Bellvitge station
General information
Location	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Coordinates	41°20′36″N 2°6′19″E / 41.34333°N 2.10528°E
Owned by	Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Fare zone	1 (ATM)
History
Opened	1989
Services

Hospital de Bellvitge, formerly known as Feixa Llarga, is a Barcelona Metro station, in the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area, and named after the nearby Bellvitge University Hospital. The station is the western terminus of line L1.^[1]^[2]

The station lies under the car park of the hospital, between the hospital itself and the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes. It has a single entrance and underground ticket hall, which gives access to two 96-metre (315 ft) long side platforms on a lower level. Beyond the platforms at the country end of the station are several storage and reversing sidings.^[1]^[2]

The station opened in 1989, when line L1 was extended from Avinguda Carrilet station. It was originally known as Feixa Llarga, after the Estadi La Feixa Llarga, the football stadium of local team CE L'Hospitalet. It was given its current name in 2003.^[1]^[2]

Future plans are for L1 to be extended from this station towards El Prat de Llobregat, where it will provide interchange with the planned joint section of lines L2 and L9 towards Barcelona Airport.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". carto.metro.free.fr. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hospital de Bellvitge" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.