Arc de Triomf station

1931 underground rail station Part

  • Meridiana tunnel

I7i11i12i13i15i16i16i18i20Die Estacio del Arc de Triomf (, station Arc de Triomf ') is a double-track underground regional train station - actually a stop - in the Spanish city of Barcelona. It is operated mainly by trains of Rodalies Barcelona. It was built as an underground part of the then Estacio del Nord ( Northern Station '). He is the same triumphal arch under the Avinguda de Vilanovo in the Eixample.

History

1861 head station was created in the district of Eixample, where the railway line from Zaragoza found its endpoint. The station was named Estacio del Nord. 1929 Estacio de França was opened further south, which was connected to the North Station. Said connection tracks were removed in 1992 as part of a major renovation for the Olympic Games.

1931, including the double-track underground station was created, the current station Arc de Triomf. A year later, the Metro Station. Reason for the low-level station was that the Ferrocarrils del Norte their railway from Zaragoza plant, its railway line was the center of Barcelona, ​​and the Plaça de Catalunya, where today there is a subway station, extend. End of the 1960 years, then extended the Meridiana - called tunnel tube to L' Hospitalet de Llobregat to the construction work of the new central train station Barcelona Sants. In 1972, the aboveground station part was closed, the underground figured as new Estacio del Arc de Triomf. In the above-ground part of a still existing bus station was set up.

Traffic

Railway

The station is located on one of the two tunnels that leave Sants eastward and cross the city center. Through the tunnel with the Arc de Triomf predominantly employed trains of the Costa Brava (via Calella ) and from the north of Catalonia. In this tunnel the RENFE forms with the Barcelona Metro between Arc de Triomf and Plaça Catalunya a four-lane route. It is the only track in Barcelona, ​​both operate on the subway, and trains.

The use Rodalies Barcelona Arc de Triomf with the lines R1 ( Maçanet - Massanes - Molins de Rei), R3 ( L' Hospitalet de Llobregat -Vic ), R4 (Sant Vincenç de Calders - Manresa) and R7 ( L' Hospitalet de Llobregat Martorell ).

The RENFE operates the station with the line CA4B the Catalunya Express, which operates between L' Hospitalet de Llobregat and Lleida Pyrenees and also Sants or Plaça de Catalunya controls.

Subway

The Barcelona Metro serves the Arc de Triomf station with an eponymous subway station, where the line stops L1.

Other stations in the vicinity

  • Barcelona França
  • Barcelona 's Passeig de Gràcia
  • Barcelona - Catalunya
  • Station in Barcelona
Province of Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya station Barcelona Sants railway station
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