Barcelona Metro line 1

Line 1, shortened to L1, coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella ("Red Line"), is the second oldest Barcelona Metro line, after line L3. It is the longest line of the Barcelona Metro, and links L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Originally operated by the independent Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona, it is today operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and is part of the ATM fare-integrated main transport system. L1 is the only metro line in Spain to use Iberian gauge tracks, as used by most Spanish main line railways.

Barcelona Metro line 1
Sant Andreu station
Overview
Service typeConventional metro
SystemBarcelona Metro
StatusOperational
LocaleL'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona, Spain
First service1926 (1926)
Current operator(s)TMB
Route
TerminiHospital de Bellvitge
Fondo
Stops30
Distance travelled20.7 km (12.9 mi)
Average journey time35 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock4000, 6000 & 8000 series
Track gauge1,672 mm (5 ft 5+1316 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC rigid overhead wire
Depot(s)Santa Eulàlia, Sagrera
Track owner(s)TMB
Route map
Hospital de Bellvitge
Bellvitge
Avinguda Carrilet
Llobregat–Anoia Line
Rambla Just Oliveras
Can Serra
Florida
Torrassa
Rodalies to Bellvitge
Santa Eulàlia
Santa Eulàlia depot
Bordeta
Mercat Nou
Plaça de Sants
Rodalies
to Barcelona Sants
Llobregat–Anoia Line│Line 5
Hostafrancs
Plaça d'Espanya
Rocafort
Urgell
Universitat
Plaça de Catalunya
Urquinaona
Arc de Triomf
Trambesòs
Marina
Auditori/Teatre Nacional
Glòries
Trambesòs
Clot
El Clot-Aragó
Navas
Sagrera depot
La Sagrera
Sant Andreu Arenal
Fabra i Puig
Rodalies
Sant Andreu Comtal
Sant Andreu
Torras i Bages
Trinitat Vella
Rodalies
Baró de Viver
Santa Coloma
Fondo

The line was created in 1926 as a means to join the rail stations the city had in the 1920s, and in preparation for the 1929 Universal Exposition. It has been growing since then to become a large line made up of 30 stations, as of 2007, the network's busiest one. These stations are architecturally homogenous, and as in the case of most metro lines in Barcelona, ornamentation is virtually absent from them. Some of them are improving their artificial lighting. Most of the line is underground, except for one short section, and at one point it shares tunnels with mainline tracks.

Future plans are for the line to be extended southbound into El Prat de Llobregat and from its north terminus into Badalona, where it will join L2 in Badalona Centre.

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