Passeig de Gràcia station

Arago tunnel

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The Passeig de Gràcia station is one operated by the Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF underground regional train station (formerly international train station ) in the Catalan metropolis Barcelona.

Location

In the district of Eixample in the same street, Passeig de Gràcia lying, the train station is centrally located and is an important transport hub in Barcelona. Traffic Technically it is in the Arago - tunnel, one of the two tunnels, which left the Barcelona Sants railway station to the east. He is also on the route between the station and Sants Barcelona França and played for this reason, once an important role in the long-distance network, RENFE. Around a kilometer from the railway station is Barcelona 's Arc de Triomf, which is another important railway tunnel.

Traffic

Railway

Long-distance traffic

Previously the station was even maintenance of long-distance trains. At that time still existing broad gauge Intercity trains to and from Madrid - Chamartin wrong to Estacio de França and held in Passeig de Gràcia. Nowadays, these broad-gauge trains were replaced by standard gauge AVE trains which run only to and from Barcelona Sants and from 2014 even after Sagrera, but no longer to the city center. Also passed long-distance trains to and from France the station, but this was largely withdrawn from Barcelona Sants Estacio de França and led to.

Regional Transport

The S -Bahn system of Rodalies Barcelona serves the Station, on the R2 ( Castelldefels Granollers Centre), R2Nord ( Airport Maçanet - Massanes ) and the line R2Sud ( França - Sants- Vilanova i la Geltrú -Sant Vicenç de Calders ). These alignments are the result of the renovation work of railway stations in Sant Andreu in the northeast of Barcelona on the occasion of the new mainline and regional train station Sagrera, for otherwise also the lines R2 ( Maçanet - Massanes -Sant Vicenç de Calders ) and the line R10 ( França - Barcelona Airport ) depart from here.

The RENFE operates Passeig de Gràcia with various lines of Catalunya Express, which operate on the one hand to the two main railway stations Sants and França, on the other hand, as far as Tortosa, Figueres, Port Bou, Zaragoza, Reus and Lleida Pyrenees.

Subway

The Barcelona Metro has at the station about an eponymous metro station, which is, L3 and L4 hit by the lines L2 and therefore is an important node in the network.

• Station in Barcelona
• Station of the Barcelona Metro