Barcelona Metro line 1

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Barcelona Metro line 1
Sant Andreu station
Overview
Service type	Conventional metro[1]
System	Barcelona Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona, Spain
First service	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Current operator(s)	TMB[1]
Route
Termini	Hospital de Bellvitge Fondo
Stops	30[1]
Distance travelled	20.7 km (12.9 mi)[1]
Average journey time	35 minutes[1]
Technical
Rolling stock	6000 & 8000 series[1]
Track gauge	1,672 mm (5 ft 5+13⁄16 in)[1]
Electrification	1,500 V DC rigid overhead wire[1]
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Legend 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 Line 5 Plaça de Sants Rodalies to Barcelona Sants Llobregat–Anoia Line│Line 5 Hostafrancs Plaça d'Espanya Rocafort Urgell Universitat Barcelona–Vallès Line Plaça de Catalunya Urquinaona Arc de Triomf Trambesòs Marina Auditori/Teatre Nacional Glòries Trambesòs Clot El Clot-Aragó Navas Sagrera depot La Sagrera Line 5 Sant Andreu Arenal Fabra i Puig Rodalies Sant Andreu Comtal Sant Andreu Torras i Bages Trinitat Vella Rodalies Baró de Viver Besòs River Santa Coloma Fondo Line 9 This diagram: view talk edit

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1][2]