Terrassa Metro
Terrassa Metro (Catalan and Spanish: Metro de Terrassa) will be the name of the future subway in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, operated by the Catalan government-owned rail company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC henceforth). It could be more accurately defined as an underground addition to the already existing FGC commuter train network in the city, located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona.
Construction of the subway line is due to start in 2008 and date of completion is estimated to be in 2010. The proposed line will link the already existing FGC station Terrassa - Rambla with the Renfe rail line in the city, and will cover a larger portion of the city area, including the Polytechnic University of Catalonia schools located in Terrassa. Construction of the tunnel in Can Roca started in April 2007.[1]
Details
Generalitat de Catalunya stated a budget of 178.8 million euros will be available for the construction of the Terrassa Metro,[2] which will be made up of an addition to the Terrassa train stations belonging to the FGC line S1. These new stations will be:
- UPC-Vallparadís
- Intercanviador FGC-Renfe
- Can Roca
The Catalan government also esteems daily passenger ridership at 32,000[2] not including though, the Renfe commuter train service which crosses the city. FGC and Renfe budgets combined sum will sum 321 million euros.[1] Renfe itself is going to build another station in the city: Terrassa Est - Passeig del Camp[3]
A larger network
Parts of the Vallès line operated by FGC are actually already known under the collective name of Metro del Vallès, which will include the Terrassa service and the extension of S2 which will become Sabadell Metro in the almost adjacent municipality of Sabadell, which is already under construction.[4]
See also
- FGC line S1
- Metro del Vallès
- TramVallès
- Sabadell Metro
- Barcelona Metro