Barcelona Metro line 5

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Catalan. (August 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Catalan article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 227 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Catalan Wikipedia article at [[:ca:Línia 5 del metro de Barcelona]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|ca|Línia 5 del metro de Barcelona}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Barcelona Metro line 5
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Barcelona
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Start	Cornellà
Stops	27
End	Vall d'Hebron
Distance travelled	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Average journey time	30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	5000 series Can Boixeres, Vilapicina, Sant Genís depots
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Legend toward Cornellà Centre ( ) Gavarra Sant Ildefons Can Boixeres (Depot) Can Vidalet Pubilla Cases Ernest Lluch Zona Universitària Collblanc ( toward Can Tries | Gornal) toward El Prat de Llobregat Badal to Hospital de Bellvitge Plaça de Sants Barcelona Sants Sants-Estació Entença Hospital Clínic Provença (Barcelona–Vallès line) Diagonal Verdaguer ( to La Pau) Sagrada Família ( to Paral·lel) Gaudí (never opened) to Badalona Pompeu Fabra Sant Pau | Dos de Maig Camp de l'Arpa La Sagrera toward Bon Pastor to Fondo towards Congrés Maragall ( to Trinitat Nova) Virrei Amat Vilapicina (Depot) Horta El Carmel El Coll | la Teixonera Vall d'Hebron ( to Trinitat Nova) This diagram: view talk

Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre – Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often called "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a metro line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.

Overview[]

It opened in 1959 as the (original) line 2. Line 5 is 18.8 km. long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron in the northern part of Barcelona, where it meets L3.

Chronology[]

Evolution of Line 5, 1959–2010

• 1959 – Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened (as the former L2)
• 1967 – Vilapicina-Horta section opened (as the former L2)
• 1969 – Collblanc-Diagonal/Provença section opened.
• 1970 – Diagonal/Provença-Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened. The line then known as L2 integrated into L5.
• 1973 – Collblanc-Pubilla Cases section opened.
• 1976 – Pubilla Cases-Sant Ildefons section opened.
• 1983 – Sant Ildefons-Cornellà section opened.
• 2010 – Horta-Vall d'Hebron section opened.
• 2021 – Ernest Lluch station opened.

Current stations[]

Sagrada Família metro station

External links[]

• Official site for Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
• Catalan Wikipedia article on the metro network

Coordinates: 41°25′48″N 2°09′43″E / 41.430°N 2.162°E / 41.430; 2.162