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Carrer De Sants, Barcelona
Carrer de Sants is a high street in the eponymous neighbourhood of Sants, in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). After being designated officially a commercial road in 1999 by shopkeepers' associations of its district, it is often claimed to be Europe's longest commercial road, spanning also Carrer de la Creu Coberta (which is essentially the same street). The Sants-Montjuïc district council has its seat there. Names and history The street's name stems from the old parish of Santa Maria de Sants, the neighbourhood's patron saint. It is often referred to as Carretera de Sants, especially by locals, which reveals the street's origins as an 18th-century road from Barcelona to the then village of Sants. The incorporation of Sants into Barcelona took place in 1897 by order of regent Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain. Then it became the very core of the much industrialised, proletarian Sants. Before 1900 it was variously called Carretera de Madrid or Carretera Real. Past Carrer de la Rier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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, as of 2007, a large line made up of 30 stations, the network's busiest. These stations are architecturally homogenous, and as in the case of most metro lines in Barcelona, ornamentation is virtually absent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collblanc (Barcelona Metro)
Collblanc is a station on line 5, line 9 and line 10 of the Barcelona Metro. The station is located underneath Carretera de Collblanc in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, between Travessera de les Corts and Carrer Francesc Layret. It was opened in 1969 and served as terminus until the extension to Pubilla Cases station of the L5 in 1973. The name of the station was "San Ramón" (in Spanish) or "Sant Ramon" till the mid 1980s. In February 2016 was opened the L9 station. In September 2018 opened the L10 section. The L5 is a side platform station and the L9/L10 is a two levels station. It has a ticket hall on either end, the western one with two accesses at Carrer Francesc Layret and Carrer Doctor Martí Julià, the eastern one with one access at San Ramón. Is the nearest station to the Camp Nou, the stadium of FC Barcelona. Rail services See also *List of Barcelona Metro stations *Transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Public transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badal (Barcelona Metro)
Badal is a station on line 5 of the Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: ) is an extensive network of rapid transit electrified railway lines that run mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport s .... The station is located underneath Carrer de Sants, between Carrer Arizala and Carrer Sant Feliu de Guíxols. It was opened in 1969. The side-platform station has a ticket hall on either end, the western one with two accesses at Carrer Arizala and Carrer Carreras Candi, the eastern one with one access at Carrer de Sants. Services External links Badal at Trenscat.com Railway stations in Spain opened in 1969 Barcelona Metro line 5 stations {{Barcelona-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona Metro Line 5
Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre – Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often called "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit 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 line 2 (originally). Line 5 is long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron Vall d'Hebron is a neighborhood in the ''Horta-Guinardó'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Four venues in the area hosted competitions for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Barcelona Metro line L3 stations of Vall d'Hebron, Montbau and ... in the northern part of Barcelona, where it meets L3. Chronology *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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaça De Sants (Barcelona Metro)
Plaça de Sants is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the nearby '' Plaça de Sants'', in the Sants-Montjuïc district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by lines L1 and L5. The line L1 platforms are located below the '' Carrer de Sants'' between the '' Carrer d'Alcolea'' and the '' Carrer de Guadiana'', and comprise two long side platforms. The line L5 platforms are some to the west, under the ''Plaça de Sants'' between the ''Carrer de Sants'' and the '' Carrer Galileu'', and comprise two long side platforms. The two sets of platforms are linked by an underground corridor, and there are six station accesses on the ''Plaça de Sants'' and ''Carrer de Sants''. Plaça de Sants metro station lies some 10 minutes walk from Barcelona's main Sants railway station, which is better served by the Sants Estació metro station on lines L3 and L5. The L1 part of the station is on the original section of line L1 (then the Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostafrancs (Barcelona Metro)
Hostafrancs () is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the Hostafrancs neighbourhood, in the Sants-Montjuïc district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by line L1. The station's name is still occasionally written as ''Hostafranchs'', following the old Catalan spelling, chiefly in Spanish-language contexts. The station is located under the '' Carrer de la Creu Coberta'' between the '' Carrer Moianès'' and '' Carrer Consell de Cent''. The station can be accessed from entrances on all three streets. It has twin tracks, flanked by two long and wide side platforms. Hostafrancs is on the original section of line L1 (then the Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona) between Catalunya and Bordeta stations, which was opened in 1926. See also *List of Barcelona Metro stations This is a list of stations of the Barcelona Metro system. Lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L9, L10, L11 and the Funicular de Montjuïc are administered by Transports Metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrocarrils De La Generalitat De Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, "Catalan Government Railways"), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain. The lines operated include metro and commuter lines in and around the city of Barcelona, tourist mountain railways, and rural railway lines. They include of gauge route, of route, of route, and of broad gauge route, making the FGC one of the few railway companies to operate on four different gauges. Whilst most lines are conventional adhesion railways, the FGC also operates two rack railways and four funicular railways. In 2018, the network carried 87.2 million passengers. History FGC was founded on 5 September 1979 to manage lines whose ownership was transferred from the state-owned FEVE to the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1978 as part of the process of regional devolution under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Its oldest line, the standard gauge '' Línia Barcelona-Vallès'' however dates back to 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espanya (Barcelona Metro)
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Sants
Sants is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Barcelona. It belongs to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to the northwest, and by the municipality of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat to the south. Although old-fashioned, its name is sometimes still written as ''Sans'' in some Spanish-language sources. The main artery of the neighbourhood is Carrer de Sants, popularly known as Carretera de Sants, which runs westwards from Plaça Espanya to the neighbouring municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It is one of the largest commercial streets in Barcelona. Barcelona Sants railway station, the major railway station in Barcelona, and the Parc de l'Espanya Industrial are both located in Sants. History Sants was the core of an industrial town known as Santa Maria de Sants on the plain bordering Barcelona. In the spring of 1883, the municipalities of Sants and Barcelona decided by mutual agreement to merge the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
