Aragó Tunnel (Barcelona)

Aragó tunnel

Passeig de Gràcia stop

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		from Sant Vicenç de Calders , Tarragona09 09 09 09 09 09
		Barcelona Sants A.
		to Torre Baró 09 09 09
		Catalunya – Terrassa / Sabadell (Metro del Vallès)
		Passeig de Gracia
		Barcelona-França	Line end 09
		former route from Maçanet-Massanes

		to Torre Baró
		Glòries junction
		Barcelona-Sants-Torre Baró
		from Barcelona-Sants 09
		El Clot-Aragó

		to Maçanet-Massanes , Cerbère09 09 09

The Aragó Tunnel is one of three train tunnels in the center of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain .

history

El Clot-Aragó train station

França train station

The Aragó tunnel was initially built as a cutting line along the Carrer d'Aragó road to create an east-west connection between the numerous newly opened railway lines. In 1902 the Aragó stop (today Passeig de Gràcia ) was opened. Since the beginning of the 1950s, the incision has been capped more and more, i. H. overbuilt. With the inauguration of Passeig de Gràcia , the common transfer station between the metro and the railroad, the tunnel was completed in 1960.

Opening date	Route section
0October 25, 1882	Barcelona-Sants-El Clot-Arágo / Barcelona-França

At that time, the line was the only rail connection between Madrid and the important train stations in Barcelona's Estació del Nord (North Station) and França (“French Station”) , so long-distance trains have always been on the route. Since the commissioning of the standard-gauge Provença tunnel , only the broad-gauge Euromed trains from Valencia and Alicante have been running through the Aragó tunnel. In 1975 the new, underground Sants main station went into operation, which connected to the Aragó tunnel. In 1977 the Meridiana Tunnel was also linked to the Aragó Tunnel in a new section.

service

Euromed long-distance trains to and from Valencia and Alicante operate between Barcelona-Sants and Barcelona-França . There are also regional express connections ( called Media Distancia in Spain ) to Tortosa , Flix and Lleida- Pirineus. The section between Sants station and El Clot-Arágo is the northern trunk line of the Rodalies and is served by the lines R2, R2 North and R2 Sud.

Route description

The Aragó Tunnel begins at the eastern head of the Sants station and initially runs below Avinguda de Roma , later it follows the course of the Carrer d'Aragó .

Passeig de Gracia

The stop on the famous boulevard Passeig de Gràcia consists of two exterior platforms. All Rodalies and regional trains stop here . There is also a connection to the metro lines L2 , L3 and L4 .

El Clot-Aragó

The four-track station with two central platforms is an important transfer station between the Rodalies lines and the L1 and L2 metro lines in eastern Barcelona. This is where the Rodalies lines R1, R2 and R2 Nord meet. The platforms are used in regular service, i. H. the northern platform from lines R2 and R2 Nord, in the direction of Sants (through the Aragó tunnel) or towards Granollers , the southern platform through the R1 in the direction of Sants (through the Meridiana tunnel) or in the direction of Maçanet-Massanes . Shortly after the train station, the Aragó tunnel ends with a ramp where the two railway lines separate.

Glòries junction (Ramal Glòries)

The Glòries junction connects the Aragó tunnel with França station. He leaves the actual Aragó tunnel on Avinguda Diagonal and then turns south at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes . Shortly thereafter, there is a track connection from the Meridiana tunnel from the north. The tunnel ends shortly before the França train station, where the old Maçanet-Massanes route joins.

Web links

http://barcelofilia.blogspot.de/ Barcelonfilia - El Baixador del Passaig de Gràcia (pictures from the Passaig de Gràcia station 1902–1960) (Catalan)

Individual evidence

↑ http://barcelofilia.blogspot.de/2010/10/el-baixador-del-passeig-de-gracia.html Barcelonfilia - El Baixador del Passeig de Gràcia (The Passeig de Gràcia station 1902–1960) (Catalan)
^ Chronicle of the line openings of the Spanish railways. (PDF) www.docutren.com, 2005, accessed on July 9, 2016 (Spanish).

[1] ttp://barcelofilia.blogspot.de/2010/10/el-baixador-del-passeig-de-gracia.html Barcelonfilia - El Baixador del Passeig de Gràcia (The Passeig de Gràcia station 1902–1960) (Catalan)

[2] Chronicle of the line openings of the Spanish railways. (PDF) www.docutren.com, 2005, accessed on July 9, 2016 (Spanish).