Llobregat–Anoia line

Línia Llobregat-Anoia
Metro del Baix Llobregat
Carrilet'
First service 1892 (as interurban tram)
1912 (as railway line)
Operator FGC
Authority ATM Barcelona and
ATM Comarques Centrals (R5 in Bages in 2009)
Territory Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat,
Alt Penedès, Anoia i Bages
Lines 1 metro, 3 suburbans
and 2 regionals lines
Stations 41
km 140 km (87.0 mi)
Trains 211 and 213 series
Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Depots and workshops Martorell
FGC lines
Metro de Barcelona
Line 6 Line 7
Line 8
Barcelona-Vallès
Terrassa Sabadell
Rubí UAB
Llobregat-Anoia
Can Ros Olesa de Montserrat
Martorell Enllaç Manresa
Igualada 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 Llobregat-Anoia or Metro del Baix Llobregat is the collective name under which several 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (metre gauge) rail lines operated by the Catalan rail company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) are known. They serve several areas of Baix Llobregat, Anoia, Bages, Barcelonès in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, and their common terminus is the railway station in Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona. Its main depot is in Martorell, with train sidings between Sant Boi station and Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa station on the connecting Barcelona Metro line 8.

Traditionally that line is called el carrilet (in Catalan) which means "little" or "narrow" rail. This line also carries freight trains which serve the unelectrified branch line to the Port of Barcelona accessed behind Sant Boi station, as well as a branch to a potash mine at Súria accessed after Manresa-Viladordis station and a SEAT automobile factory accessed before Sant Esteve Sesrovires station.

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Coordinates: 41°22′28″N 2°08′55″E / 41.3745°N 2.1485°E