Barcelona Metro line 1

Line 1, often shortened to L1, coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella ("Red Line"), is the second oldest Barcelona Metro line, after Line 3. It is the longest line of the Barcelona Metro and links L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, crossing and serving the centre of Barcelona. Originally operated by the independent Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona, it is today operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and is part of the ATM fare-integrated main transport system. L1 is the only metro line in Spain to use old Iberian gauge tracks (1674 mm), slightly wider than those used by most Spanish main line railways.

The line was created in 1926 as a means to join the rail stations the city had in the 1920s, and in preparation for the 1929 Universal Exposition. It has been growing since then to become a large line made up of 30 stations, as of 2007, the network's busiest one. These stations are architecturally homogenous, and as in the case of most metro lines in Barcelona, ornamentation is virtually absent from them. Some of them are improving their artificial lighting. Most of the line is underground, except for one short section, and at one point it shares tunnels with mainline tracks.

Future plans are for the line to be extended southwards towards El Prat de Llobregat and from its northern terminus into Badalona, where it will join Line 2 at Badalona Centre.

History

File:Línia 1 del metro de Barcelona.svg

Evolution of Line 1, 1926–1992 (including future extensions)

• 1926 – Bordeta-Catalunya section opened.
• 1932 – Bordeta-Santa Eulàlia and Catalunya-Arc de Triomf sections opened.
• 1933 – Arc de Triomf-Marina section opened.
• 1951 – Marina-Clot section opened.
• 1952 – Clot-Navas section opened.
• 1954 – Navas-Fabra i Puig section opened.
• 1968 – Fabra i Puig-Torras i Bages section opened.
• 1983 – Torras i Bages-Santa Coloma and Santa Eulàlia-Torrassa sections opened. Bordeta station closed.
• 1987 – Torrassa-Avinguda Carrilet section opened.
• 1989 – Avinguda Carrilet-Feixa Llarga (now Hospital de Bellvitge) section opened.
• 1992 – Santa Coloma-Fondo section opened.

Route

The line runs from Hospital de Bellvitge, in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, and Fondo, in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Most of the line is underground, except for a short section between Plaça de Sants and Santa Eulàlia stations.

Between Catalunya and Arc de Triomf stations, L1 shares tunnels with an ADIF owned main line railway, carrying Renfe operated Rodalies de Catalunya suburban passenger services. With four tracks in the tunnels, the outer tracks carry L1 metro services whilst the middle two tracks carry main line services. At Catalunya station, the L1 metro trains stop at side platforms, whilst the Rodalies de Catalunya trains serve an island platform. At Arc de Triomf station, the Rodalies de Catalunya trains stop at side platforms, whilst the L1 trains serve platforms in flanking single track tunnels. At the intermediate Urquinaona station, the L1 metro trains stop at side platforms, whilst main line trains do not stop.

Map

File:Mapa L1 Metro Barcelona.png

Stations

Station	Image	Location	Opened	Interchanges
Template:Stl	File:Hospital de Bellvitge L1 2025.jpg	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	19 October 1989
Template:Stl	File:Estació Bellvitge metro octubre 2023.jpg		19 October 1989
Template:Stl	File:Estació Avinguda Carrilet octubre 2023.jpg		24 April 1987	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació Rambla Just Oliveras octubre 2023.jpg		24 April 1987	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Can Serra 01 2018.jpg		24 April 1987
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Florida 01 2018.jpg		24 April 1987
Template:Stl	File:Estació Torrassa L1 01 2020.jpg		23 December 1983	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Santa Eulàlia.JPG		23 December 1983
Template:Stl	File:Sèrie 8000 FMB Mercat Nou.jpg	Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona	10 June 1926
Template:Stl	File:Plaça de Sants L1 2025.jpg		10 June 1926	Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Hostafrancs metro 2017.jpg		10 June 1926
Template:Stl	File:Espanya L1 4000 2.jpg		10 June 1926	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Rocafort.jpg	Eixample, Barcelona	10 June 1926
Template:Stl	File:Urgell metro 2017.jpg		10 June 1926
Template:Stl	File:Estació de metro L1 Universitat 01 2018.jpg		10 June 1926	Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Barcelona - Estació de Plaça de Catalunya (7481268738).jpg		10 June 1926	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Barcelona Spain (34137194133).jpg		1 July 1932	Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de metro Arc de Triomf 2018.jpg		1 July 1932	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Marina 2018.jpg	Sant Martí, Barcelona	1 April 1933	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació metro Glòries 01 2020.jpg		23 June 1951	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Andana clot metro.jpg		23 June 1951	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Navas inside, Barcelona Metro.jpg	Sant Andreu, Barcelona	8 May 1953
Template:Stl	File:Estació metro L1 La Sagrera 2019.jpg		26 January 1954	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de metro de Fabra i Puig.JPG		15 May 1954	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Estació de Sant Andreu (Metro de Barcelona).jpg		14 March 1968	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
Template:Stl	File:Torras i Bages L1 2025.png		14 March 1968
Template:Stl	File:Estaciótrinitatvella.JPG		21 December 1983
Template:Stl	File:Estacióbaródeviver.JPG		21 December 1983
Template:Stl	File:Metro Santa Coloma.jpg	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	21 December 1983
Template:Stl	File:Estació Fondo L1 2019 02.jpg		18 February 1992	Template:Rint Template:Rint

External links

• Template:OSM relation
• Stations and links of this line from OpenStreetMap data
• Trenscat.com