Sant Adrià de Besòs and ''Estació de Sant Adrià'' (

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for "Sant Adrià Station") are a

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station and a

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, respectively, together forming an

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complex in

Sant Adrià de Besòs Sant Adrià de Besòs () is a city and a municipality within the comarca of Barcelonès in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. It is situated on the Mediterranean coast, at the mouth of river Besòs, extending to both sides of the estuary although th ...

, to the north-east of

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, in

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. The Rodalies de Catalunya station is on the Barcelona to Maçanet-Massanes via Mataró railway, between Barcelona El Clot-Aragó and . It is operated by Renfe Operadora and is served by Barcelona commuter rail service line and Girona commuter rail service line . The Trambesòs stop is the northern terminus of routes and and is operated by

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History

Although the Barcelona–Mataró Railway, the first railway line in the

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, passed through Sant Adrià de Besòs, it did not have any kind of stop in the municipality when it was opened on . However, since several local factories were connected to the railway line, its opening was a major boost for the town’s economy. In 1888, with the opening of a

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line that travelled from Barcelona to

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, communications in the area were improved when a stop serving this new tram line was built in town. In mid-1933, due to popular demand, ''Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante'' (M.Z.A.; "Madrid to Zaragoza and Alicante Railways Company") started the economic process to build a small halt on the Barcelona–Mataró Railway in Sant Adrià de Besòs. The new halt eventually started services on 10 October of that year. At that time, it was mainly served by commuter trains and did not have any ticket office so that tickets had to be bought on-train. On , the first section of the

system, which travelled from

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to this stop, was opened as part of route . Four years later, on , new route was launched and started serving this stop. Although the T6 initially ran between this stop and Gorg metro station in Badalona via the Sant Adrià de Besòs neighbourhood of La Mina, since the restructuring of the Trambesòs system applied on , the T6 terminates at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes instead of Gorg. On , Girona commuter rail service line , which is actually an extension of Barcelona commuter rail service line towards

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, was launched and started serving the Rodalies de Catalunya station.

Station layout

The Rodalies de Catalunya station consists of two tracks served by their respective

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s, which are partially covered by metal shelters and communicated by an underpass equipped with stairs and elevators. A small station building is located on the left side of the tracks, looking north, which consists of a single storey where there is a hall hosting the

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s to the platforms,

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s and a ticket office. On the opposite side of the station building, there are also some ticket gates providing direct access to the street and the Trambesòs stop. The Trambesòs stop lies parallel to the Rodalies de Catalunya station, at the same level, in order to make transfers between the two transport modes easier. Located at the southernmost side of the railway station, the tram stop has two tracks served by an

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equipped with the usual

metal shelter, which includes ticket vending machines and information screens. As it is a terminus stop, the platform is slightly longer, so that two tramcars can be parked on each track.

Accessibility

In recent years, lifting platforms for wheelchair people were installed at the accesses to the underpass of the Rodalies de Catalunya station. They, nevertheless, did not work very often and received several complaints from a local association of physically disabled people. Thus, in order to improve the station's

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, in mid-2010, a complete renovation of the station with a budget of €740,000 was announced by Adif, the owner of the station. The works were completed on and involved the renovation of the

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s as well as the installation of two

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s in order to replace those lifting platforms, among other upgrading operations. On the other hand, the Trambesòs stop, as well as the rest of

’s stops, was already designed to be accessible.

References

External links

Sant Adrià de Besòs
listing at the

website
Photo gallery of the Trambesòs stop
at TRAMvia.org
Upcoming departures and location information about the Trambesòs stop
at

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* Information and photos about th
Rodalies station
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at trenscat.cat
Picture of the opening ceremony of the station in 1933
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