Línia Barcelona-Vallès

Línia Barcelona-Vallès
Metro del Vallès
First service 1863
Operator FGC
Authority ATM Barcelona
Territory Barcelonès and Vallès Occidental
Lines 2 metro lines and 4 suburbans lines
Stations 30
Trains 111 and 112 stock
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Depots and workshops Rubí
FGC lines
Metro de Barcelona
Line 6 Line 7
Line 8
Barcelona-Vallès
Terrassa Sabadell
Rubí UAB
Llobregat-Anoia
Can Ros Olesa M.
Martorell Manresa
Igualada
Funiculars and aerial tramways
FGC Services
F. Gelida F. Vallvidrera
C. Montserrat F. Santa Cova
F. Sant Joan C. Núria
Tc. Coma T. Olesa
Tc. Molina

Línia Barcelona-Vallès or Metro del Vallès is the collective name under which several 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) (standard-gauge) rail lines operated by the Catalan rail company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) are known. They serve several areas of Vallès and the metropolitan area of Barcelona, and their common terminus is the railway station in Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona. Its main depot is in Rubí: COR - Centre d'Operacions de Rubí.

While the name Línia Barcelona - Vallès implies a regular commuter train service, the denomination Metro del Vallès —even if still far from being a proper metro network— hints at FGC's aims of establishing a coherent inter-urban rapid transit service. Two of the biggest cities in the Barcelona metropolitan area, Sabadell and Terrassa, are developing their own subways: Sabadell Metro and Terrassa Metro, which will be part of this network. There is a Barcelona Metro line which is part of the line, but is not of Metro del Vallès, L7, named after Carrer de Balmes, which runs from Plaça Catalunya to Avinguda Tibidabo, making up the so-called "Balmes line" or línia de Balmes.

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