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{{Short description|Metro station in Barcelona, Spain}}
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| name          = Rocafort
| type          = [[Barcelona Metro]] [[rapid transit]] station
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| image         = Estació de Rocafort.jpg
| image_caption = The station's interior as seen from the platforms
| address       = [[Barcelona]] ([[Eixample]])
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| structure     = Underground
| platform      = 2 [[side platform]]s
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| tracks        = 2
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| opened        = {{start date and age|1926}}
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| owned         = [[Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona]]
| zone          = 1 ([[Autoritat del Transport Metropolità|ATM]])
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| services      = {{Adjacent stations|system=Barcelona Metro|line=L1|left=Espanya |right=Urgell }}
| map_type      = Spain Barcelona#Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
| map_caption   = Location in Barcelona##Location in Province##Location in Spain
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'''Rocafort''' is a [[Barcelona Metro]] station, named after the ''[[Carrer de Rocafort]]'', in the [[Eixample|Eixample district]] of the [[Barcelona|city of Barcelona]]. The station is served by [[Barcelona Metro line 1|line L1]].<ref name=planbcn>{{cite web | url = http://w20.bcn.cat/GuiaMap//default.aspx#x=29415&y=81398&z=5&c=K001&w=1380&h=787&base=GuiaMartorell | title = Plànolbcn | publisher = Ajuntament de Barcelona | language = Catalan | accessdate = 2015-01-16}}</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 = 2015-01-16}}</ref>

The station is located under the ''[[Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes]]'' between the ''Carrer de Rocafort'' and the ''[[Carrer de Calàbria]]''. The station can be accessed from entrances on the ''Gran Via'', the ''Carrer de Rocafort'' and the ''Carrer de Calàbria''. It has twin tracks, flanked by two {{convert|88|m|adj=on}} long [[side platform]]s.<ref name=planbcn/><ref name=trenscat>{{cite web | url = http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/01rocafort_ct.html | title = Rocafort | language = Catalan | publisher = trenscat.com | accessdate = 2015-01-16}}</ref>

Rocafort is on the original section of line L1 (then the [[Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona]]) between [[Catalunya (Barcelona Metro)|Catalunya]] and [[Bordeta (Barcelona Metro)|Bordeta]] stations, which was opened in 1926.<ref name=tmap/><ref name=trenscat/>

== Urban Legend ==

The perception of Rocafort Station as a cursed place has deeply rooted itself in Barcelona. Workers from Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) avoid being assigned to this station due to legends that speak of mysterious voices in the tunnels around midnight.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ha-neul Jung |publisher=Caesar Cipher Editores |title=Paranormal Investigations at Rocafort Station}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> 

The station, with its flickering lights and dimly lit corridors, has been the perfect setting for local horror stories. According to these legends, Rocafort has a malevolent influence that lures the desperate to their end. This reputation has generated numerous urban tales, consolidating the station’s image as a place surrounded by mystery and fear.<ref>{{cite news |title=The tragic legend of Rocafort, the cursed metro station in Barcelona | url= https://www.eldebate.com/espana/cataluna/barcelona/20240727/tragica-leyenda-rocafort-estacion-metro-maldita-barcelona_215926.html|newspaper= El Debate|date=2024-07-27 }}</ref>

== In Popular Culture ==

Rocafort Station appears in the Spanish psychological horror film [[Estación Rocafort]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=July 29, 2024 |publisher=Telecinco |title=The ghosts of Rocafort station come to the big screen: a dark legend of apparitions and deaths |url=https://www.telecinco.es/noticias/cultura/20240729/estacion-rocafort-fantasmas-leyenda-apariciones-thriller_18_013132148.html}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=June 10, 2024 |publisher=El Español |title=The most terrifying metro station in Barcelona: several dead and a movie |url=https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/vida/20240727/video-estacion-terrorifica-barcelona-pelicula/871412928_0.html}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> (2024). In the film, the Barcelona metro station becomes a key setting where part of the plot unfolds. The movie is inspired by the dark legend of Rocafort Station. It is directed by [[Luis Prieto (director)|Luis Prieto]] and stars [[Natalia Azahara]] alongside [[Javier Gutiérrez (actor)|Javier Gutiérrez]], [[Valèria Sorolla]], and [[Albert Baró]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Rocafort metrostation|Rocafort metro station}}

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[[Category:Barcelona Metro line 1 stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1926]]


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