Barcelona Metro line 5
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Barcelona
First service	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Cornellà Vall d'Hebron
Stops	27
Distance travelled	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Average journey time	30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	5000 series Can Boixeres, Vilapicina, Sant Genís depots
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Legend Rodalies to Molins de Rei Cornellà Centre () Gavarra Sant Ildefons Depot│Can Boixeres Can Vidalet Pubilla Cases Ernest Lluch Collblanc to Can Tries – Gornal Zona Universitària Rodalies to El Prat de Llobregat Badal Line 1 to Hospital de Bellvitge Plaça de Sants Barcelona Sants Sants Estació Entença Hospital Clínic Provença Barcelona–Vallès line Diagonal Verdaguer ( to La Pau) Sagrada Família ( to Paral·lel) Gaudí (never opened) Line 2 to Badalona Pompeu Fabra Sant Pau - Dos de Maig Camp de l'Arpa La Sagrera Line 9 & Line 10 to Bon Pastor Line 1 to Fondo Rodalies to Montcada Junction [es] Congrés Maragall ( to Trinitat Nova) Virrei Amat Depot│Vilapicina Horta El Carmel El Coll | La Teixonera Vall d'Hebron Line 3 to Trinitat Nova

Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre – Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often called "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit metro line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.

It opened in 1959 as the line 2 (originally). Line 5 is 18.8 km (11.7 mi) long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron in the northern part of Barcelona, where it meets L3.

• 1959 – Sagrera-Vilapicina 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-Vilapicina 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.
• 2021 – Ernest Lluch station opened.

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

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