Correos (Barcelona Metro) Explained

Correos
Type:Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
Address:Via Laietana, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
Coordinates:41.3819°N 2.1814°W
Structure:Underground
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:1
Opened:1934
Closed:1972
Owned:Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Services:None (abandoned)
Map Type:Spain Barcelona#Spain

Correos (Spanish) or Correus (Catalan) was a former Barcelona metro station. The station site is located on what is now line L4 between the existing stations of Jaume I and Barceloneta, and under the street of Via Laietana.[1] [2]

The station opened in 1934 as a terminus of a branch of the Gran Metro de Barcelona, Barcelona's first metro line. The Gran Metro de Barcelona came to be known as line L3 but Correos remained the terminus of a branch. The station was dismantled in 1972 to permit the extension of the line into La Barceloneta, as part of the integration of the branch into line L4.[1] [2]

Along with Banco, it is one of the two metro stations on Via Laietana that have disappeared.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'estació 'fantasma' del metro de Barcelona més ben conservada és la de Gaudí, l'única que no ha funcionat mai . Catalan . Directe!Cat . 2014-12-05 . 2011-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110401012558/http://www.directe.cat/noticia/9550/lestacio-fantasma-del-metro-de-barcelona-mes-ben-conservada-es-la-de-gaudi-lunica-que-no-h-9550 . dead .
  2. Web site: Track map of the Barcelona Metro . cartometro.com . 2014-12-02.