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Barcelona Metro line 4

Barcelona Metro line 4
Overview
Service typeRapid transit
LocaleBarcelona
First service1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Current operator(s)TMB
Route
TerminiTrinitat Nova
La Pau
Stops22
Distance travelled16.7 km (10.4 mi)
Average journey time27 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock2100 and 9000 series
Trinitat Nova, Vernedai depots
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)TMB
Route map
Trinitat Nova
Via Júlia depot
Via Júlia
Llucmajor
Maragall
Guinardó –
Hospital de Sant Pau
Alfons X
Joanic
Verdaguer
Girona
Passeig de Gràcia
Urquinaona
Jaume I
Barceloneta
Barcelona França
Ciutadella –
Vila Olímpica
Bogatell
Llacuna
Poblenou
Selva de Mar
El Maresme | Fòrum
Besòs Mar
Besòs
La Pau
connection to Line 2
Triangle ferroviari depot
proposed extension
to La Sagrera
Barcelona Gran Metro
1934
Lesseps
Fontana
Diagonal-Passeig
de Gràcia
Aragó
current
current
Catalunya
Urquinaona
Liceu
Jaume I
Correus
The alignments for line 4 under the 1966 plan (in black) and 1974 plan (in grey) as well as the extension to Sagrera-Meridiana under construction (in dashed line)

Line 4, also known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" (yellow line), is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network. It serves the northern districts of the city, and it is being extended to the new major metro and rail stations Estació de la Sagrera and Sagrera-Meridiana.

Overview

Opened to the public in 1973, it serves the northern half of Barcelona using part of the infrastructure of Barcelona's first metro line the Gran Metro de Barcelona, covering a wide C-shaped area stretching from La Pau (in la Verneda) to Trinitat Nova, where it is linked with the recent L11. The 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) that make up the whole line are underground.

Although in 1966 it was planned for line 4 to be a loop line connecting Trinitat Nova and La Pau stations with three intermediate stations, in 1974 the plan was subsequently changed such that it became a C-shaped line of today, with provisions for two extensions northeast of Trinitat Nova (to link it with line 3 at the border of Barcelona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet) and La Pau stations (intended to penetrate inside Santa Coloma de Gramenet) that have never been realised.

Chronology

  • 1973 – Joanic-Jaume I section opened (part of it had been part of L3 previously)
  • 1974 – Joanic-Guinardó section opened
  • 1976 – Jaume I-Barceloneta section opened
  • 1977 – Barceloneta-Selva de Mar section opened
  • 1982 – Guinardó-Via Júlia and Selva de Mar-La Pau sections opened.
  • 1985 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section opened
  • 1999 – Via Júlia-Trinitat Nova section opened.
  • 2002 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section closed (and moved to L2)
  • 2003 – El Maresme-Fòrum station opened.

Stations

Trinitat Nova metro station: lines 4 and 11
District Station Opened Connections
Nou Barris Trinitat Nova 1999 Barcelona Metro: L3, L11
Via Júlia 1982
Llucmajor 1982
Horta-Guinardó Maragall 1982 Barcelona Metro: L5
Guinardó | Hospital de Sant Pau 1974
Alfons X 1974
Gràcia Joanic 1973
Eixample Verdaguer 1970 Barcelona Metro: L5 Trambesòs: T4
Girona 1973
Passeig de Gràcia 1973 Renfe Media Distancia: R11, R13, R14, R15, R16
Rodalies de Catalunya: R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud
Barcelona Metro: L2, L3
Urquinaona 1926 Barcelona Metro: L1
Ciutat Vella Jaume I 1926
Barceloneta 1976 Renfe Operadora: Euromed, Talgo (at Barcelona França)
Renfe Media Distancia: R13, R14, R15, R16 (at Barcelona França)
Rodalies de Catalunya: R2 Sud (at Barcelona França)
Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica 1977 Trambesòs: T5 T6
Sant Martí Bogatell 1977
Llacuna 1977
Poblenou 1977
Selva de Mar 1977 Trambesòs: T4
El Maresme | Fòrum 2003 Trambesòs: T4
Besòs Mar 1982
Besòs 1982 Trambesòs: T5 T6
La Pau 1982 Barcelona Metro: L2
Santander
Sant Andreu Sagrera-TAV Renfe: AVE (planned)
Renfe Media Distancia (planned)
Rodalies de Catalunya (planned)
Barcelona Metro: L9, L10 (planned)
La Sagrera-Meridiana Renfe Media Distancia: R12
FGC: R3, R4
Barcelona Metro: L1 L5, L9, L10

References

41°26′57″N 2°10′56″E / 41.44917°N 2.18222°E / 41.44917; 2.18222