Barcelona Metro line 9

Barcelona Metro Line 9
Legend
Terminal Entre Pistes T1 end
Ciutat Aeroportuària
Terminal actual T2
Mas Blau
depot
Sant Cosme
end   Zona Franca | Zal
Plaça Catalunya
former bed of the Llobregat 
El Prat Intermodal
Zona Franca Nova ZAL
Eixample Nord
Zona Franca ZAL
Verge de Montserrat
Zona Franca Port
  Llobregat river
Zona Franca Litoral
Mercabarna
viaduct start 
Parc Logístic
Motors
  Common section
Fira
Foc Cisell
direction to INEF  
Foneria
Ildefons Cerdà
Europa | Fira
Provençana
Gornal
Torrassa
Collblanc
Camp Nou
Zona Universitària
Campus Nord
Manuel Girona
Prat de la Riba
Sarrià
Mandri
El Putxet
Lesseps
Muntanya
Sanllehy
Guinardó | Hospital de Sant Pau
Maragall
La Sagrera end
Sagrera | TAV (in construction)
Connextion to
Triangle ferroviari depot
Onze de Setembre
Bon Pastor
Besòs (Barcelona Metro) river
Besòs bifurcation
Llefià
Can Peixauet
La Salut
Santa Rosa (in construction)
end  Gorg
Fondo
Església Major
Singuerlín
Can Zam end
Can Zam depot
La Sagrera - Can Zam
La Sagrera - Gorg

Line 9 (Línia 9 in Catalan) is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009. Upon completion, it will be the longest automatic metro line in Europe.

Contents

Lines 9 and 10

The complete project encompasses a subway line with two branches spanning a good deal of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, crossing Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Badalona, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the company operating the line.[1]

The name line 9 (L9) can refer either to the whole project of L9/L10 or to the common trunk plus the L9 branches. The total system will have a length of 47.8 km, of which 43.71 underground and 4.09 on viaducts. L9/L10 will be the deepest line in the Barcelona network.[2]

Line 9 shares its route with L10 for a large part, but the lines will not run on the same tracks: rather, double tunnels will be built.

Progress

Originally expected to be ready by 2008, ongoing problems with its construction are going to delay its completion until as late as 2013-2014.

On 13 December 2009,[3] the section between Can Peixauet and Can Zam, with the exception of Santa Rosa station, opened to the public. A further station, Bon Pastor, opened on April 18, 2010; as the first section of L10 was opened. The section from La Sagrera to Bon Pastor (except Sagrera station) opened on 26 June 2010.

List of stations

(Only stations marked with * are actually open)

El Prat area

Central branch, shared with L10

Besòs area

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

References

  1. ^ A.a.v.v. Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2006: Anuari territorial de Catalunya 2005. ISBN 84-7283-881-1.
  2. ^ Gencat: L9.
  3. ^ La L-9 arribarà el 13 de desembre a cinc estacions de Santa Coloma, El Periódico de Catalunya.

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