Plaça de Catalunya station

File:Station of "Ferrocarril de Sarrià" in "Plaça Catalunya" of Barcelona.jpg

[[File:Estació de Plaça de Catalunya.svg|thumb|left|A diagram of the rail complex showing the stations of the different operators:

FGC subway Lines: L6, L7

FGC Suburban rail: S1, S2, S5, S55

RENFE Rail: R1, R3, R4, R7

TMB subway Lines: L1, L3

]]

The current location of Plaça de Catalunya was the place chosen to build in 1863 the Ferrocarril de Sarrià terminus station. At this moment, the current square didn't exist and the city rampart had been recently destroyed. Ferrocarril de Sarrià a Barcelona, popularly known as tren de sarrià, created a line from this station to Gràcia, Sant Gervasi and Sarrià neighbourhoods, which were separated municipalities from Barcelona. Between 1924 and 1929 it was built a temporary terminus station on Balmes street, between Ronda Universitat and Gran Via while the new underground station was being constructed. In 1929 was opened the new Ferrocarril de Sarrià terminus station which was underground and it was located under Pelai and Bergara streets. Originally, the station had two tracks and one "nave" with platforms 1 and 2. In 1959 a second nave was opened, with platforms 3 and 4, and some years later, a third nave with platforms 5 and 6.

In 1854, the Vilafranca line placed its terminus station near Canaletes and Portal de Isabel II, on the south part of Plaça de Catalunya. This line was built in Iberian broad gauge and connected Vilafranca del Penedès and other municipalities in Tarragona province with Barcelona city. Finally, this line placed its terminus station at Sants railway station. On 1 July 1932 a new underground station serving the Iberian gauge rail was opened as a terminus station on Manresa and Puigcerdà lines.{{cite web |url= http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Pla%C3%A7a_Catalunya_%28Renfe%29 |title= Plaça Catalunya (Renfe) |publisher= Wiki del transport català |access-date= 31 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120608111108/http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Pla%C3%A7a_Catalunya_(Renfe) |archive-date= 8 June 2012 |url-status= dead }} These lines had its terminus station at Estació del Nord and were managed by Ferrocarril del Norte, one of the Renfe's predecessors. In 1977 with the opening of the rail link between this station and Sants, the station ceased to be a terminus station and Manresa and Puigcerdà lines placed its terminus station in Sants.{{cite web |url= https://aerobusbarcelona.es |title=Estación: Barcelona Pl. Catalunya |publisher = Transporte Barcelona |access-date=31 October 2011}} The facilities were completely rejuvenated in 1983 as the station had heavily deteriorated.{{cite web |url= http://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE08/HEM/1983/07/09/LVG19830709-015.pdf |title=Hemeroteca | work = Hemeroteca |publisher = La Vanguardia |access-date=30 October 2011}}

Barcelona Metro line 3 station was opened on 30 December 1924 with the opening of the line between this station and Lesseps.{{cite web |url= http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Catalunya_L3 |title=Catalunya L3 |publisher = Wiki del transport català |access-date=30 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.tmb.cat/publicacions_tmb/historia_metro/index.htm |title= Brief History of the Metro |publisher= Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona |access-date= 30 October 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120402141232/http://www.tmb.cat/publicacions_tmb/historia_metro/index.htm |archive-date= 2 April 2012 }} This part of the line was the first metropolitan railway and the starting of Barcelona Metro network, which was managed by Gran Metro and was called Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona.{{cite web |url= http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Gran_Metropolitano_de_Barcelona |title=Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona |publisher = Wiki del transport català |access-date=30 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03catalunya_ct.html |title=el metro de Barcelona - línia L3 - Catalunya |publisher = Trenscat.com |access-date=30 October 2011}} Initially, the station was not linked to the Transversal station when this one was opened. After the municipalization of the company during the 1960s, the platforms were extended to hold a fifth car and a corridor to link both metro lines was built. During the 1980s the former corridor that linked the station with Rodalies was closed, but today is still preserved although it is not used. In 2007 the access from Rivadeneyra street was closed because a transformer was installed in to provide more electrical power to the line. Some years before, one of the accesses located on the south part of the square was closed due to vandalism.

Barcelona Metro line 1 station is one of the first metro stations in the city of Barcelona and it was part of Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal. Although this station was opened on 14 June 1926 its current location was opened in 1933.{{cite web |url= http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Catalunya_L1 |title=Catalunya L1 |publisher = Wiki del transport català |access-date=30 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/01catalunya_ct.html |title=el metro de Barcelona - línia L1 - Catalunya |publisher = Trenscat.com |access-date=30 October 2011}} At first it was a terminus metro station and it was located under Ronda de la Universitat, between Rambla de Catalunya and Balmes street, and it had two tracks and three platforms. From 1 July 1932, it shares the station with Ferrocarril del Norte and the platform composition changed to one center platform for the Iberian gauge rail and two side platforms for the metro situated at each side of the Iberian gauge tracks.{{cite web |url= http://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE07/HEM/1932/07/02/LVG19320702-007.pdf |title=Hemeroteca | work = Hemeroteca |publisher = La Vanguardia |access-date=20 November 2011}} With the RENFE station reforms in 1983, Barcelona Metro line 1 station was reformed too.

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|Platform 1

| {{FCAT|S|R1|R3|R4|}} to Maç.-Mas./Puigcerdà/Manresa →

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|Eastbound

| {{FCAT|S|L1}} to Fondo {{small|(Urquinaona)}} →

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|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|Level
1B

|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right

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|Westbound

|← {{FCAT|S|L3}} to Zona Universitaria {{small|(Liceu)}}

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|Eastbound

|{{FCAT|S|L3}} to Trinitat Nova {{small|(Passeig de Gràcia)}} →

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|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=5 valign=top|Level
2A

|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right/left

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|Platform 1

| {{FCAT|S|L6|S5|S55}} to Sarrià/St. Cugat/UAB →

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|style="border:solid 2px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Island platform, doors will open on the right/left

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|Platform 2

| {{FCAT|S|L7}} to Av. Tibidabo →

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|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right/left

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=7 valign=top|Level
2B

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|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the left

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|Platform 3

|{{FCAT|S|S2}} to Sabadell Plaça Major →

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|style="border:solid 2px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Island platform, doors will open on the right/left

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|Platform 4

| {{FCAT|S|S1}} to Terrassa Nacions Unides →

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|style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=5|Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Image:Metrocatalunyal3.jpg|L3 metro station

Image:Barcelona_metro_pl_Catalunya.JPG|L1 metro station

Image:Plaça_de_Catalunya_FGC_1.jpg|Another view of the FGC platforms

Image:Metro_i_FGC_Plaça_Catalunya_Barcelona.jpg| A Barcelona Metro and FGC signal on Plaça de Catalunya

Image:EstacioPlacaCatalunya.jpg|Track toward Sants railway station into Rodalies station

Image:Plaça de Catalunya FGC 3.jpg|View of one of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya platforms

{{reflist}}

• {{commons category-inline|Plaça de Catalunya station}}
• [http://www.rodaliesdecatalunya.cat/ Rodalies de Catalunya]
• [http://www.fgc.cat/ Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya]
• [http://www.tmb.cat/en/home Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona]
• [http://www.tmb.cat/en/detall-linia-metro/-/linia/L1/126 Information about L1 metro station]
• [http://www.tmb.cat/en/detall-linia-metro/-/linia/L3/326 Information about L3 metro station]
• [http://www.trenscat.com/ Trens de Catalunya - Trenscat.com]
• [http://www.trenscat.com/renfe/plcatalunya_ct.html Information and photos about Rodalies station]
• [http://www.trenscat.com/metrovalles/barcelonaplcatalunya_ct.html Information and photos about FGC station]
• [http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/01catalunya_ct.html Information and photos about L1 metro station]
• [http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03catalunya_ct.html Information and photos about L3 metro station]

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