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Barcelona Metro line 5

Coordinates: 41°25′48″N 2°09′43″E / 41.430°N 2.162°E / 41.430; 2.162
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Barcelona Metro line 5
5000 series train at Badal
Overview
Service typeRapid transit
SystemBarcelona Metro
LocaleBarcelona
First service1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Current operator(s)TMB
Route
TerminiCornellà Centre
Vall d'Hebron
Stops27
Distance travelled18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Average journey time30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock5000 series
Can Boixeres, Vilapicina, Sant Genís depots
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)TMB

Line 5, often known as "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit line of the Barcelona Metro network, operated by TMB and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.

Originally opened in 1959, Line 5 crosses the north of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona's Eixample district, with its termini serving the municipality of Cornellà and the district of Horta-Guinardó.

Overview

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Line 5 is 18.8 km (11.7 mi) long and has 27 stations. As most lines in the Barcelona Metro network, the line has 1,435 mm standard-gauge track and overhead wire electrification. Its current termini are Cornellà Centre, which provides connections to the Rodalies and Trambaix networks and Vall d'Hebron, which is an interchange station with Line 3 of the Barcelona Metro.

The line runs from Cornellà, in the Baix Llobregat comarca, to the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, serving the northern boroughs of Hospitalet and the districts of Sants-Montjuïc and Eixample. Line 5 is currently the only Barcelona Metro line that serves the municipality of Esplugues, with the station of Can Vidalet having both of its accesses in the municipality (while the station itself is located within the limits of L'Hospitalet).

Line 5 is the second most used line in the Barcelona Metro after Line 1, with 111 million passengers using it in 2024.[1]

History

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Line 5's initial section was opened on July 21, 1959.[2] It was initially known as Line II and was part of the Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona (FMB), one of the two rapid transit companies that would merge to form the Barcelona Metro. The initial section was a 5 station, 2.3 km route linking Vilapicina to La Sagrera, where a connection to FMB's Metro Transversal was provided.[3] The line saw the pioneer use of a photoelectric cell-based automatic train operation system developed by the Barcelona Metro in 1960.[3] In 1967, it would be extended from Vilapicina to Horta.

A separate project, known as Transversal Alt or Line V would open in 1969, with the initial section running from Collblanc (then known as Sant Ramon) to Diagonal. In 1970, the line would be extended from Diagonal to La Sagrera, with Line II merging into Line V.[4] The line was expanded towards Hospitalet and Cornellà in the 1970s, with an extension to Pubilla Cases opening in 1973 and a further one to Sant Ildefons in 1976. The line would reach its current terminus in Cornellà Centre in 1983.[5]

In 1982, with a major reorganization of TMB's network, several stations were renamed (such as General Mola, which became Verdaguer) and Line V became Line 5, as Roman numerals were abandoned.[5]

The line would be extended from Horta towards Vall d'Hebron during the 2000s. While works began in 2002, construction ran into trouble as tunneling works caused a major collapse in El Carmel neighborhood in 2005. 3 buildings had to be demolished and around a thousand neighbors were displaced.[6] The extension to the line's current terminus at Vall d'Hebron would finally open in 2010, providing a new connection to Line 3.[7]

A new infill station, Ernest Lluch, opened in 2021 in Les Corts, providing a connection to the existing Trambaix station.[8]

Chronology

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Evolution of Line 5, 1959–2010

Stations

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Station Image Location Opened Interchanges
Cornellà Centre Cornellà de Llobregat 23 December 1983
Gavarra 23 December 1983
Sant Ildefons 23 November 1976
Can Boixeres L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 23 November 1976
Can Vidalet 23 November 1976
Pubilla Cases 5 February 1973
Ernest Lluch 25 July 2021
Collblanc 3 November 1969
Badal Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona 3 November 1969
Plaça de Sants 3 November 1969
Sants Estació 3 November 1969

Renfe
Entença Eixample, Barcelona 3 November 1969
Hospital Clínic 3 November 1969
Diagonal 3 November 1969
Verdaguer 26 June 1970
Sagrada Família 26 June 1970
Sant Pau | Dos de Maig 26 June 1970
Camp de l'Arpa Sant Martí, Barcelona 26 June 1970
La Sagrera Sant Andreu, Barcelona 21 July 1959
Congrés 21 July 1959
Maragall Nou Barris, Barcelona 21 July 1959
Virrei Amat Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona 21 July 1959
Vilapicina 21 July 1959
Horta 5 October 1967
El Carmel 30 July 2010
El Coll - La Teixonera 30 July 2010
Vall d'Hebron 30 July 2010

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Garcia, Marc (2025-02-13). "Quina parada del Metro de Barcelona té més passatgers? Quina menys? Gràfics, estació per estació" (in Catalan). 3cat. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  2. ^ Contel, JM. "La Sagrera - Vilapicina, l'embrió de la línia 5". Ajuntament de Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Línia II (Sagrera-Vilapicina): precursora de l'automatització". TMB Notícies (in Catalan). 2 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. ^ Lamadrid, Gustau (11 October 2024). "La línia 5 de metro s'estenia de Diagonal a La Sagrera fa 50 anys". TMB Notícies (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Espinosa, Marta (11 October 2024). "Les estacions de la xarxa de metro que han canviat de nom: la línia blava (L5)". TMB Notícies (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  6. ^ Solanas, Berta (27 January 2025). "20 anys de l'esvoranc al Carmel: cicatrius que perduren i què reivindiquen els veïns". 3cat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  7. ^ "El nuevo tramo de la L5 entra en funcionamiento cinco años después del derrumbe del Carmel". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  8. ^ Espinosa, Marta (26 July 2021). "En servei la nova estació d'Ernest Lluch de la línia 5 de metro". TMB Notícies (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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