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{{short description|Rapid transit line in Barcelona, Spain}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Expand Catalan|Línia 11 del metro de Barcelona|date=August 2019|topic=transport}}
{{Infobox rail service
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| name            = Barcelona Metro line 11
| color           = {{rail color|Barcelona Metro|11}}
| logo            = File:L11 barcelona.svg
| logo_width      = 53px
| image           = Trinitat Nova L11 2025.png
| image_width     = 300px 
| caption         = [[Platform screen doors]] at [[Trinitat Nova station|Trinitat Nova]]
| type            = [[Automatic train operation|Automated]] [[light metro]]
| status          = 
| locale          = [[Barcelona]]
| predecessor     = 
| first           = 
| last            = 
| successor       = 
| owners          = [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|TMB]]
| operator        = [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|TMB]]
| formeroperator  = 
| ridership       = 
| start           = [[Trinitat Nova (Barcelona Metro)|Trinitat Nova]]
| stops           = 5
| end             = [[Can Cuiàs (Barcelona Metro)|Can Cuiàs]]
| distance        = {{convert|2.1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| journeytime     = 4 minutes
| frequency       = 
| trainnumber     = 
| stock           = 500 series<br><small>Trinitat Nova depot</small>
| gauge           = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| el              = {{1,500 V DC}} [[Overhead lines|rigid overhead wire]]
| speed           = 
| routenumber     = 
| map             = {{Barcelona Metro Line 11 route map}}
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'''Barcelona Metro line 11''' is a [[light metro]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pemb.cat/public/docs/794_r6_cat_b2_17_perllongament_linia_3_de_metro_corr.pdf |title=Perllongament de la línia 3 Canyelles-Trinitat Nova |publisher=Pla Estratègic Metropolitano de Barcelona}}</ref> line of the [[Barcelona Metro]].

One of the newer lines on the network, '''Line 11''' is operated by [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|TMB]] and part of the [[Autoritat del Transport Metropolità|ATM]] fare-integrated transport network in [[Barcelona]]. The 2.1 km line is [[Automatic train operation|automated]], with [[platform screen doors]] and short, 2 car trains. With only 5 stations, Line 11 connects the terminus of [[Barcelona Metro line 3|Line 3]] and [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]] at [[Trinitat Nova station|Trinitat Nova]] to [[Can Cuiàs (Barcelona Metro)|Can Cuiàs]] in [[Montcada i Reixac]].

==Overview==
Line 11 is one of the more recent additions to the main [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|TMB]] network, having opened in 2003. It serves the hilly and dense northern corner of Barcelona, from [[La Trinitat Nova]], where it links with [[Barcelona Metro line 3|Line 3]] and [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]], to [[Can Cuiàs (Barcelona Metro)|Can Cuiàs]]. The line's short, [[Automatic train operation|automated]] trains provide [[rapid transit]] to the historically unconnected neighbourhoods of [[Torre Baró]] and [[Ciutat Meridiana]], on the hills of the [[Nou Barris]] district. The terminus at [[Can Cuiàs (Barcelona Metro)|Can Cuiàs]] is the only [[Barcelona Metro]] station in [[Montcada i Reixac]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.trenscat.com/tmb/metrol11_ct.html | title = L11 Trinitat Nova-Can Cuiàs | language = Catalan | publisher = trenscat.cat | accessdate = 2025-02-06}}</ref>

The line's only connection besides those at [[Trinitat Nova station|Trinitat Nova]] is found at [[Torre Baró – Vallbona (Barcelona Metro)|Torre Baró | Vallbona]], with the [[Rodalies de Catalunya]] station [[Torre del Baró railway station|Torre del Baró]] just a short walk away.<ref name=TorreBaró>{{cite web | url = https://www.trenscat.com/tmb/11torrebaro_ct.html | title = Torre Baró - Vallbona | language = Catalan | publisher = trenscat.cat | accessdate = 2025-02-06}}</ref>

Most of the line is [[Single-track railway|single-tracked]], with a [[passing loop]] at [[Torre Baró – Vallbona (Barcelona Metro)|Torre Baró | Vallbona]], where trains have to wait to cross.<ref name=TorreBaró></ref>

The colour assigned to this line by TMB is intended to represent a mixture of the official colours of [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]]. Additional metro lines projected to be built in following years will probably be quite similar to L11, and their colours have been designed using the same convention.

==History==
The line was projected to provide [[Barcelona Metro]] coverage to the most remote neighbourhoods on the hills of [[Nou Barris]], which have historically been isolated and had poor access to [[mass transit]]. The arrival of the [[rapid transit|metro]] had long been demanded by the neighbourhood associations in the area.<ref name=tmb>{{cite web | first = Gustau | last = Lamadrid | url = https://noticies.tmb.cat/historia/linia-11-dues-decades-de-metro-lleuger | title = Línia 11, dues dècades de metro lleuger | language = Catalan | publisher = noticies.tmb.cat | date = 2023-12-14 | accessdate = 2025-02-09}}</ref>

After an agreement to build the line between the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]] and neighbourhood associations was signed in 1999, construction started in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://arxiuhistoric.blogspot.com/2014/07/historia-del-metro-nou-barris-v-anys.html | title = Història del metro a Nou Barris (V): anys d'expansió i d'inauguracions | language = Catalan | publisher = Arxiu Històric de Roquetes-Nou Barris | date = 2014-07-13 | accessdate = 2025-02-09}}</ref> While the line would be built to [[light metro]] standards, certain aspects were taken into account during planning to allow for future conversion to full [[rapid transit|heavy rail]] standards, such as reserved space for 400 meter long platforms in stations or maximum slopes of 4% grade.<ref name=tmb></ref>

The entire segment between [[Trinitat Nova station|Trinitat Nova]] and [[Can Cuiàs (Barcelona Metro)|Can Cuiàs]] opened on December 14, 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.3cat.cat/324/una-festa-popular-inaugura-la-nova-linia-11-del-metro-que-enllaca-nou-barris-i-montcada/noticia/53666/ | title = Una festa popular inaugura la nova línia 11 del metro, que enllaça Nou Barris i Montcada | language = Catalan | publisher = 3cat.cat | date = 2003-12-14 | accessdate = 2025-02-06}}</ref> While the line was conceived as an [[Automatic train operation|automated]] [[light metro]] extension of [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]], it would only be in 2009 that [[platform screen doors]] were installed and automated operation began. This meant Line 11 became the second [[Automatic train operation|automated]] line of the [[Barcelona Metro]], after [[Barcelona Metro line 9|Line 9]].<ref>{{cite web | first = Ramon | last = Comorera | url = https://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/barcelona/20091217/la-l-11-es-converteix-en-116679 | title = La L-11 es converteix en la segona línia automàtica de la xarxa de metro | language = Catalan | publisher = El Periódico | date = 2009-12-17 | accessdate = 2025-02-06}}</ref> However, platform screen doors were initially not installed at [[Trinitat Nova station|Trinitat Nova]], as the platform was shared with [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]]. This would change in 2021, as the station's platform was extended and the services on the two lines were finally separated, with a new area with platform screen doors for Line 11.<ref>{{cite web | first = Anna | last = Ganzinelli | url = https://beteve.cat/mobilitat/nou-aspecte-andana-trinitat-nova-l11-recupera-normalitat/ | title = L’estació de metro de Trinitat Nova reobre amb andana lluminosa i algunes queixes
 | language = Catalan | publisher = beteve.cat | date = 2021-09-13 | accessdate = 2025-02-06}}</ref>

While several extensions towards [[Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]] and [[Ripollet]] or the possibility of [[Double-track railway|double-tracking]] the line have been proposed, there are currently no expansion plans for the line.

==Rolling stock==
The rolling stock on Line 11 is the 500 series. While similar to the 2100 series on [[Barcelona Metro line 4|Line 4]], its composition is unique in the network, as there are just three two-car trains running on the line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmb.cat/ca/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=016cd721-a62e-4f46-baf5-f09112423d13&groupId=10168 |title=Dades bàsiques 2014 |publisher=[[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona|TMB]] |language=ca, en |trans-title=Basic data 2014 |format=pdf |date=1 January 2014 |access-date=2014-08-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030531/http://www.tmb.cat/ca/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=016cd721-a62e-4f46-baf5-f09112423d13&groupId=10168 |archive-date=2014-04-27 }}</ref>

== Map==
[[File:Termómetro L11.svg|500px]]

== Stations==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%"
! Station
! style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Image
! Location
! data-sort-type="date"|Opened
! class="unsortable"|Interchanges
|-
| '''{{stl|Barcelona Metro|Trinitat Nova}}'''
| [[File:Trinitat Nova L11 2025.png|100px]]
|rowspan=4| [[Barcelona]] ([[Nou Barris]])
| 14 December 2003
| {{rint|barcelona|metro|size=20}}  {{rint|barcelona|L3|size=20}} {{rint|barcelona|L4|size=20}}
|-
| '''{{stl|Barcelona Metro|Casa de l'Aigua}}'''
| [[File:Estació Casa de l'Aigua novembre 2023.jpg|100px]]
| 14 December 2003
| 
|-
| '''{{stl|Barcelona Metro|Torre Baró-Vallbona}}'''
| [[File:Torre Baró-Vallbona L11 2025.png|100px]]
| 14 December 2003
| {{rint|catalonia|RDC|size=20}} {{rint|catalonia|R3|size=20}} {{rint|catalonia|R4|size=20}} {{rint|catalonia|R7|size=20}} (at [[Torre del Baró railway station|Torre del Baró]])
|-
| '''{{stl|Barcelona Metro|Ciutat Meridiana}}'''
| [[File:Estació Ciutat Meridiana novembre 2023.jpg|100px]]
| 14 December 2003
| 
|-
| '''{{stl|Barcelona Metro|Can Cuiàs}}'''
| [[File:Can Cuiàs L11 2025.png|100px]]
| [[Montcada i Reixac]] (Can Cuiàs)
| 14 December 2003
| 
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/metrol11_ct.html Line 11 at Trenscat.com]

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{{Barcelona Metro line 11}}
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[[Category:Barcelona Metro lines|11]]
[[Category:Transport in Nou Barris]]
[[Category:Transport in Montcada i Reixac]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge railways in Spain]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 2003]]