Correos (
Spanish
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) or Correus (
Catalan
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) was a former
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 ...
station. The station site is located on what is now line
L4 between the existing stations of
Jaume I
James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 127 ...
and
Barceloneta, and under the street of
Via Laietana
Via Laietana () Vía Layetana in Spanish, is a major thoroughfare in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the Ciutat Vella district. The avenue runs from Plaça Urquinaona to Plaça d'Antonio López, by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods ...
.
The station opened in 1934 as a terminus of a branch of the
Gran Metro de Barcelona, Barcelona's first metro line. The Gran Metro de Barcelona came to be known as line
L3 but Correos remained the terminus of a branch. The station was dismantled in 1972 to permit the extension of the line into
La Barceloneta
La Barceloneta () is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The neighborhood was constructed during the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction ...
, as part of the integration of the branch into line L4.
[
Along with Banco, it is one of the two metro stations on Via Laietana that have disappeared.][
]
See also
* Disused Barcelona Metro stations
*Gaudí (Barcelona Metro)
Gaudí is a defunct metro station of the Barcelona Metro. The Line 5 train continues to pass through the station. The upper lobby has been converted into an office for retired TMB workers.
History
Built in the 1960s, the station was originally to ...
*Banc (Barcelona Metro)
Banc, also called Banco, is a defunct metro station of the Barcelona metro. Built in 1911 as part of the first Barcelona metro line, it has never been opened to the public.
History
The station was built in 1911 as part of the original tunnel buil ...
References
External links
Lost Barcelona metro stations (with photos)
Disused Barcelona Metro stations
Defunct railway stations in Spain
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1934
Railway stations closed in 1972
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