Barcelona Sants train station
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 Exterior view of the train station
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| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Tunnel station |
| IBNR | 7100064 |
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| City / municipality | Barcelona |
| province | Barcelona Province |
| Autonomous community | Catalonia |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 22 '45 " N , 2 ° 8' 25" E |
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| List of train stations in Spain | |
The Barcelona Sants railway station is the main station of the Catalan capital Barcelona . It is located in the Sants-Montjuïc district on the square of the same name (Plaça de Sants). Among other things, it is the end point of the high-speed line Madrid – Barcelona .
history
The station with underground track systems and a hall above it was built in the 1970s. He replaced the Estació de França as the city's main train station. In 2008 the first AVE high-speed trains from Madrid reached the station. Since 2013, the Provença tunnel has made it possible to continue the high-speed line to the French border through the city. Sants is expected to have an antipole in the eastern part of the city with the Barcelona-Sagrera train station from 2023 . The high-speed trains to / from Madrid and France will stop at both locations. In the course of this expansion of the offer, various modifications are being made in the train station, which was built in an airport-like style.
traffic
Long-distance transport
Most of the long-distance trains that touch Barcelona leave from Barcelona-Sants. A few trains in the direction of France run from the Estació de França. From Sants, AVE / ALTRIA trains run to Madrid Atocha , Seville , Córdoba , Bilbao , Irún and Vigo as well as Euromed and Alaris to Alicante / Valencia , which are to start in Barcelona-Sagrera from 2019. In 2008 the HGV route to Madrid went into operation, the travel time between the two largest Spanish cities was reduced to less than three hours.
Regional traffic
Rodalies Barcelona
The following lines of the Rodalies Barcelona S-Bahn- like network serve the Sants station:
- R1
- R2
- R2 north
- R2 Sud
- R3
- R4
These lines are operated by Renfe . This makes the train station a central hub of the Rodalies system. The Rodalies trains operated by the Catalan railway company FGC run from Plaça de Catalunya and Plaça de Espanya stations .
After completion of the construction work on the Barcelona-Sagrera train station , the R10 line will run again, which runs from the Barcelona-França train station to the airport and, in addition to Sants, also serves the underground train station Barcelona-Passeig de Gràcia . The journey time from Sants is around 20 minutes.
Other regional traffic
Regional trains run from Sants to Lleida , Tortosa and Valencia . These trains usually start at França station and run via Sants.
Subway
The Barcelona Metro serves the station with the L3 (Zona Universitària – Trinitat Nova) and L5 (Cornellà Center – Vall d'Hebron) lines. The station on line L5 was opened in 1969, that of line 3 in 1969. In 2004, the counter hall on line 3 was renovated.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sants Estació: Barcelona's main railway station ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Center for Metropolitan Studies, accessed February 27, 2010
- ↑ Line map of the Rodalies lines operating in Barcelona . Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
