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{{Short description|Station of the Barcelona Metro network in Spain}}
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| name            = Lesseps
| type            = [[Barcelona Metro]] [[rapid transit]] station
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| image           = Metro Barcelona Lesseps Station.jpg
| image_caption   = Platform in Lesseps metro station
| address         = [[Barcelona]] ([[Gràcia]])
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| structure       = Underground
| platform        = 2 [[side platform]]s
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| tracks          = 2
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| opened          = 1924
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| owned           = [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona]]
| zone            = 1 ([[Autoritat del Transport Metropolità|ATM]])
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| map_type        = Spain Barcelona#Spain
| map_caption     = Location in Barcelona##Location in Spain
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'''Lesseps''' is a station in the [[Barcelona Metro]] network, named after its location, ''[[Plaça de Lesseps]]'', in the [[Gràcia]] district of [[Barcelona]], itself named after [[Ferdinand de Lesseps]], who was appointed [[France|French]] consul in 1842. The station is served by line [[Barcelona Metro line 3|L3]].<ref name=trenscat>{{cite web | url = http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03lesseps_ct.html | title = Lesseps | language = Catalan | publisher = trenscat.com | accessdate = 2014-11-28}}</ref><ref name=tmap>{{cite web | url = http://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-barcelona/ | title = Track map of the Barcelona Metro | publisher = cartometro.com | accessdate = 2014-11-28}}</ref>

The station opened in 1924 as the northern terminus of the first metro line of the city, which ran south to [[Catalunya (Barcelona Metro)|Catalunya station]] and was operated by the [[Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona]] rail company. To the north of the station were terminal sidings, which in turn gave access to the Lesseps workshops via a vehicle elevator. The line was extended north to [[Montbau (Barcelona Metro)|Montbau station]] in 1985, diverging to the right before the terminal sidings, which remain in existence although little used. The Lesseps workshops closed in 1988.<ref name=trenscat/><ref name=tmap/>

The station is located under ''[[Carrer Gran de Gràcia]]'', between ''[[Carrer de Maurici Serrahima]]'' and ''Plaça de Lesseps'', and can be accessed from the square, in the corner where ''[[Avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries]]'' ends. It has two tracks, with twin side platforms that are {{convert|95|m}} long.<ref name=trenscat/><ref name=tmap/>

Future plans are for Lesseps to be served by the joint section of lines [[Barcelona Metro line 9|L9]] and [[Barcelona Metro line 10|L10]]. Platforms for this are currently under construction, and will provide interchange with line L3.<ref name=tmap/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Lesseps metrostation|Lesseps metro station}}
*[http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03lesseps_ct.html Lesseps at Trenscat.com]
*[http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Lesseps_L3 Lesseps at Wiki del Transport Català, with photos and history of the station.]

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[[Category:Barcelona Metro line 3 stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1924]]
[[Category:Transport in Gràcia]]


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