Barcelona Metro line 4

Barcelona Metro line 4
Platforms at Urquinaona
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Barcelona
First service	1973 (1973)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Trinitat Nova La Pau
Stops	22
Distance travelled	16.7 km (10.4 mi)
Average journey time	27 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	2100 and 9000 series Trinitat Nova, Vernedai depots
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Line 11 to Can Cuiàs Trinitat Nova Via Júlia depot Via Júlia Llucmajor Line 5 to Cornellà Centre Maragall Guinardó – Hospital de Sant Pau Alfons X Joanic Verdaguer Line 5 to Vall d'Hebron Girona Rodalies Passeig de Gràcia Line 3 to Zona Universitària Rodalies Urquinaona Madrid–Barcelona line Jaume I Barceloneta Barcelona França Ciutadella – Vila Olímpica Bogatell Llacuna Poblenou Selva de Mar El Maresme | Fòrum Besòs Mar Besòs La Pau connection to Line 2 Triangle ferroviari depot proposed extension to La Sagrera

Barcelona Gran Metro
1934
Lesseps Fontana Diagonal-Passeig de Gràcia Aragó current current Catalunya Urquinaona Liceu Jaume I Correus

The alignments for line 4 under the 1966 plan (in black) and 1974 plan (in grey) as well as the extension to Sagrera-Meridiana under construction (in dashed line)

Line 4, also known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" (yellow line), is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network. It serves the northern districts of the city, and it is being extended to the new major metro and rail stations Estació de la Sagrera and Sagrera-Meridiana.

Overview

Opened to the public in 1973, it serves the northern half of Barcelona using part of the infrastructure of Barcelona's first metro line the Gran Metro de Barcelona, covering a wide C-shaped area stretching from La Pau (in la Verneda) to Trinitat Nova, where it is linked with the recent L11. The 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) that make up the whole line are underground.

Although in 1966 it was planned for line 4 to be a loop line connecting Trinitat Nova and La Pau stations with three intermediate stations, in 1974 the plan was subsequently changed such that it became a C-shaped line of today, with provisions for two extensions northeast of Trinitat Nova (to link it with line 3 at the border of Barcelona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet) and La Pau stations (intended to penetrate inside Santa Coloma de Gramenet) that have never been realised.

Chronology

• 1973 – Joanic-Jaume I section opened (part of it had been part of L3 previously)
• 1974 – Joanic-Guinardó section opened
• 1976 – Jaume I-Barceloneta section opened
• 1977 – Barceloneta-Selva de Mar section opened
• 1982 – Guinardó-Via Júlia and Selva de Mar-La Pau sections opened.
• 1985 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section opened
• 1999 – Via Júlia-Trinitat Nova section opened.
• 2002 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section closed (and moved to L2)
• 2003 – El Maresme-Fòrum station opened.

Map

Stations

Station	Image	District	Opened	Interchanges
Trinitat Nova		Nou Barris	27 October 1999
Via Júlia			19 April 1982
Llucmajor			19 April 1982
Maragall		Horta-Guinardó	19 April 1982
Guinardó-Hospital de Sant Pau			16 May 1974
Alfons X			16 May 1974
Joanic		Gràcia	5 February 1973
Verdaguer		Eixample	5 February 1973
Girona			5 February 1973
Passeig de Gràcia			5 February 1973
Urquinaona			19 December 1926
Jaume I		Ciutat Vella	19 December 1926
Barceloneta			15 March 1976
Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica			7 October 1977
Bogatell		Sant Martí	7 October 1977
Llacuna			7 October 1977
Poblenou			7 October 1977
Selva de Mar			7 October 1977
El Maresme-Fòrum			4 August 2003
Besòs Mar			15 October 1982
Besòs			15 October 1982
La Pau			15 October 1982

References

• "(home)". Trenscat.

External links

• Media related to Barcelona Metro line 4 at Wikimedia Commons