Barcelona Metro line 5 explained
Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre – Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often called "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit metro line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.
Overview
It opened in 1959 as the line 2 (originally). Line 5 is 18.8km (11.7miles) long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron in the northern part of Barcelona, where it meets L3.
Chronology
- 1959 – Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened (as the former L2)
- 1967 – Vilapicina-Horta section opened (as the former L2)
- 1969 – Collblanc-Diagonal/Provença section opened.
- 1970 – Diagonal/Provença-Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened. The line then known as L2 integrated into L5.
- 1973 – Collblanc-Pubilla Cases section opened.
- 1976 – Pubilla Cases-Sant Ildefons section opened.
- 1983 – Sant Ildefons-Cornellà section opened.
- 2010 – Horta-Vall d'Hebron section opened.
- 2021 – Ernest Lluch station opened.
Current stations
| Municipality or District | Station | Opened | Connections |
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| Cornellà de Llobregat | | 1983 | Rodalies de Catalunya R1, R4
Trambaix: T1, T2
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| Gavarra | 1983 | |
| Sant Ildefons | 1976 | |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Can Boixeres | 1976 | |
| Can Vidalet | 1976 | |
| Pubilla Cases | 1973 | |
| Ernest Lluch | 2021 | Trambaix: T1, T2, T3 |
| Collblanc | 1969 | Barcelona Metro L3, L9, L10
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| Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona | Badal | 1969 | |
| Plaça de Sants | 1965 | Barcelona Metro: L1 |
| Sants Estació | 1965 | Renfe Operadora AVE, Alvia, Euromed, Alaris, Talgo, TGV, Trenhotel (at)
Renfe Media Distancia: R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, 34 (at Barcelona Sants)
Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R3, R4, RG1 (at Barcelona Sants)
Barcelona Metro: L3
|
| Eixample, Barcelona | Entença | 1969 | |
| Hospital Clínic | 1969 | |
| Diagonal | 1969 | Barcelona Metro: L3
FGC: L6, L7, S1, S2, S5, S6, S7 (at Provença) |
| Verdaguer | 1973 | Barcelona Metro: L4 |
| Sagrada Família | 1970 | Barcelona Metro: L2 |
| Sant Pau Dos de Maig | 1970 | |
| Sant Martí, Barcelona | Camp de l'Arpa | 1970 | |
| Sant Andreu, Barcelona | La Sagrera | 1957 | Renfe Media Distancia: R12
Rodalies de Catalunya: R3, R4
Barcelona Metro: L1, L4, L9, L10 |
| Congrés | 1959 | |
| Nou Barris, Barcelona | Maragall | 1959 | Barcelona Metro: L4 |
| Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona | Virrei Amat | 1959 | |
| Vilapicina | 1959 | |
| Horta | 1967 | |
| El Carmel | 2010 | |
| El Coll La Teixonera | 2010 | |
| Vall d'Hebron | 2010 | Barcelona Metro: L3 | |
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