Barcelona Metro line 3

Barcelona Metro line 3
Platforms at Lesseps
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Barcelona
First service	1982 (1982)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Zona Universitària Trinitat Nova
Stops	26
Distance travelled	18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Average journey time	30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	5000 and 7000 series Vall d'Hebron depot
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 to Airport T1 Zona Universitària Palau Reial Maria Cristina to Francesc Macià les Corts Plaça del Centre Sants Estació to Cornellà Centre Barcelona Sants Madrid–Barcelona line Tarragona Plaça d'Espanya Llobregat–Anoia line Poble Sec to Badalona Pompeu Fabra Paral·lel Drassanes Liceu Barcelona–Vallès line Plaça de Catalunya to La Pau Passeig de Gràcia to Trinitat Nova Provença–Diagonal Barcelona–Vallès line Fontana Lesseps Lesseps depot (closed) Vallcarca Penitents Vall d'Hebron Sant Genís depot Montbau Mundet Valldaura Canyelles Roquetes Trinitat Nova

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

Line 3, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda ("Green line"), is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region. This V-shaped line is the result of the junction of two related lines: the original L3 and L3B, in 1982. The central section of L3 has the city's oldest metro stations, built in the mid-1920s, with additions almost every decade since then. All of L3 stations are underground.

Its current termini are Zona Universitària, which serves the University of Barcelona campus located on the western end of Avinguda Diagonal in Les Corts district, and Trinitat Nova in Nou Barris. There are plans for it to be extended from Trinitat Nova to Trinitat Vella, providing a connection with Line 1, and also from Zona Universitària to nearby suburbs in the Baix Llobregat area.

Overview

Line L3 is the oldest line in the metro network, having opened in 1924 under the name Gran Metro de Barcelona with the occasion of the 1927 World Fair, joining Plaça Lesseps with Plaça Catalunya, the latter becoming the central underground station in the city and a terminus of both metro lines. It was operated by now defunct Compañía del Gran Metro de Barcelona (GMB). Nowadays it covers a V-shaped area between the west end of Avinguda Diagonal (Zona Universitària) and Canyelles as a result of the integration of the original L3 and a subsidiary line called L3B or L3bis which appeared in 1975 joining Drassanes with Zona Universitària, and which became part of a larger L3 in 1982 when the infrastructures of both joined and they became fare-integrated. A section of the original L3 disappeared as plans to extend it in that direction would have required too much effort and the construction of L4 provided coverage for the line. These former stations of L3 remain unused.

Chronology

• 1924 – Catalunya-Lesseps section opened.
• 1925 – Fontana station opened. Catalunya-Liceu section opened.
• 1926 – Passeig de Gràcia-Jaume I section opened.
• 1934 – Jaume I-Correos section opened.
• 1946 – Liceu-Fernando section opened.
• 1968 – Fernando-Drassanes section opened.
• 1970 – Drassanes-Paral·lel section opened.
• 1972 – Passeig de Gràcia-Correos section closed.
• 1975 – Paral·lel-Zona Universitària section opened (as L3B).
• 1982 – L3B integrated into L3.
• 1985 – Lesseps-Montbau section opened.
• 2001 – Montbau-Canyelles section opened.
• 2008 – Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section opened.

Stations

Station	Image	District	Opened	Interchanges
Zona Universitària		Les Corts	20 January 1975
Palau Reial			20 January 1975
Maria Cristina			20 January 1975
Les Corts			20 January 1975
Plaça del Centre			20 January 1975
Sants Estació		Sants-Montjuïc	20 January 1975
Tarragona			20 January 1975
Espanya			15 July 1975
Poble Sec			15 July 1975
Paral·lel			17 July 1970
Drassanes		Ciutat Vella	14 December 1968
Liceu			5 July 1925
Catalunya		Eixample	30 December 1924
Passeig de Gràcia			30 December 1924
Diagonal			30 December 1924
Fontana		Gràcia	1 May 1925
Lesseps			30 December 1924
Vallcarca			6 November 1985
Penitents			6 November 1985
Vall d'Hebron		Horta-Guinardó	6 November 1985
Montbau			6 November 1985
Mundet			21 September 2001
Valldaura			21 September 2001
Canyelles		Nou Barris	21 September 2001
Roquetes			4 July 2008
Trinitat Nova			4 July 2008

Map

Former stations

Original stations, 1924–1934.

Main article: Disused Barcelona Metro stations

• Fernando
• Banco (currently on tracks used by L4)
• Correos (currently on tracks used by L4)

External links

• Geographic data related to Barcelona Metro line 3 at OpenStreetMap
• Media related to Barcelona Metro line 3 at Wikimedia Commons