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
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 sys ...
network operated by
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Organizations
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* Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain
Places
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, 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 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
External links
Official site for Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona*
Catalan Wikipedia article on the metro network
{{Railway lines in Catalonia
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Transport in Eixample
Transport in Horta-Guinardó
Transport in Nou Barris
Transport in Sant Andreu
Transport in Sants-Montjuïc
Transport in Cornellà de Llobregat
Transport in Esplugues de Llobregat
Transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Railway lines opened in 1959
Standard gauge railways in Spain