Metro line 5 (Barcelona)

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Route length:	16.6 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Cornellà Center Gavarra Sant Ildefons Can Boixeres Can Vidalet Pubilla Cases Ernest Lluch Collblanc Badal Plaça de Sants Sants Estació Duckça Hospital Clínic Diagonal Verdaguer Sagrada Família Sant Pau - Dos de Maig Camp de l'Arpa La Sagrera Congresses Maragall Virrei Amat Vilapicina Horta El Carmel El Coll - La Teixonera Vall d'Hebron

The L5 is a metro line of the Barcelona Metro . The line has 26 stations, all of which are in the tunnel. The route length is 18.6 kilometers. The line runs from the Cornellà Center station, in the southern suburb of Cornellà de Llobregat , to the northern district of Horta-Guinardó .

history

The Sant Pau - Dos de Maig station

The first section of the line was opened in 1959 between the stations Sagrera and Meridiana. Every year around 88.5 million passengers (as of 2016) use the air-conditioned L5 cars, which makes them the second most frequented line in the metro network. A trip from end point to end point takes about 30 minutes.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} TransMet Xifres - dades anuals 2016 (Spanish)

Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 44.6 "  N , 2 ° 9 ′ 38"  E