Barcelona Sants railway station

Barcelona Sants
The station's main façade in 2008
Location	Plaça dels Països Catalans 08014 Barcelona Spain
Coordinates	41°22′44″N 2°08′24″E / 41.37889°N 2.14000°E / 41.37889; 2.14000Coordinates: 41°22′44″N 2°08′24″E / 41.37889°N 2.14000°E / 41.37889; 2.14000
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)	Barcelona–Manresa–Lleida (PK 369.7) Madrid–Barcelona (PK 677.9) Madrid–Barcelona–Figueres (high-speed) (PK 621.0)
Platforms	7 island platforms
Tracks	14 — 8 in Iberian gauge and 6 in standard gauge
Connections	Barcelona Metro: at Sants Estació Adjacent bus station Local bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Parking	Adjacent parking garage.
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	71801 (Adif)
History
Opened	July 18, 1975 (1975-07-18)
Location
Location within Barcelona

Barcelona Sants is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of Spain. It has become the Catalan capital's most important transport hub - being the centre of Rodalies de Catalunya including Barcelona suburban railway services and regional services, as well as the main inter-city station for national and international destinations. The station is named after Sants, the neighbourhood of Barcelona in which it is located. New parts of the station have recently been remodeled to accommodate the Spanish high-speed train AVE in the city, which started serving the city on 20 February 2008. There is also an adjacent international bus station bearing the same name, and a link to the Sants Estació metro station that serves the railway station.

History and architectural design

The modern Sants station was built in the 1970s as part of construction of the first east-west regional line running under the centre of Barcelona. Over the last 30 years, Estació de Sants has since eclipsed the earlier França terminus (Barcelona Estació de França), from the 1920s, as Barcelona’s main railway station.

The station was built in a modern airport style, with all of its many platforms sited underground. A hotel (Hotel Barceló Sants) occupies most of the upper floors of the station's main building.

Location

Access to the metro station from the railway station

The station is in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, a little way to the west of the city centre, and is easily accessible via metro (see section below) or bus from anywhere in the city. Sited at the end of Avinguda Roma between two squares, Plaça dels Països Catalans and Plaça Joan Peiró, it has two entrances, one in each.

Services

Long distance

Madrid is two and a half hours away on the AVE Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line, after the link between Camp de Tarragona and Barcelona opened in 2008. Extension of the line east into France connecting with the TGV network was completed in 2012 and a direct TGV service started in December 2013. The high speed service uses platforms 1 to 6, which have now been converted to the European standard gauge for use by the AVE services, unlike the remaining 8 for other RENFE services using the wider Spanish gauge tracks. A second major railway station in Barcelona, Estació de la Sagrera, currently under construction, is expected to join it in order to provide a wider access to high-speed and long distance train to the north of the city.

Regional and commuter rail

Preceding station		Rodalies de Catalunya		Following station
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat toward Molins de Rei		R1		Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya toward Maçanet-Massanes (via Mataró)
Bellvitge toward Castelldefels		R2		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Granollers Centre
Bellvitge toward Barcelona–El Prat Airport		R2 Nord		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Maçanet-Massanes (via Granollers Centre)
Bellvitge toward Sant Vicenç de Calders (via Vilanova i la Geltrú)		R2 Sud		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Barcelona Estació de França
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		R3		Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya toward Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat toward Sant Vicenç de Calders (via Vilafranca del Penedès)		R4		Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya toward Manresa
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		RG1		Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya toward Portbou (via Mataró)
Terminus		R11		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Cerbère (via Granollers Centre)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		R12		Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya toward Lleida Pirineus (via Manresa)
Gavà toward Lleida Pirineus (via Vilanova i la Geltrú and Valls)		R13		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Barcelona Estació de França
Gavà toward Lleida Pirineus (via Vilanova i la Geltrú and Tarragona)		R14
Bellvitge toward Riba-roja d'Ebre (via Vilanova i la Geltrú)		R15
Gavà toward Ulldecona-Alcanar-La Sénia (via Vilanova i la Geltrú)		R16
Preceding station		Renfe Operadora		Following station
Sant Vicenç de Calders toward Zaragoza-Delicias		Media Distancia		Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia toward Barcelona Estació de França
Vilanova i la Geltrú toward Valencia Estació del Nord		Media Distancia
Sant Vicenç de Calders toward Madrid Chamartín		Media Distancia
Camp de Tarragona toward Lleida Pirineus		Avant		Terminus
Terminus		Avant		Girona toward Figueres-Vilafant

Barcelona Metro

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estació de Barcelona-Sants.

• Barcelona Sants listing at Adif website
• Barcelona Sants listing at Rodalies de Catalunya website
• Information and photos of the station at Trenscat.com (Catalan)

Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line Stations Madrid Puerta de Atocha Guadalajara-Yebes Calatayud Zaragoza-Delicias Lleida Pirineus Camp de Tarragona El Prat de Llobregat (not opened) Barcelona Sants Barcelona Sagrera (under construction) Girona Figueres-Vilafant ( Perpignan ) Huesca branch Tardienta Huesca