Vallcarca is a
Barcelona Metro station in the
Vallcarca i els Penitents
Vallcarca i els Penitents is a neighbourhood in the northernmost part of Gràcia, a district of Barcelona. Locked between two hills, Putget and El Coll, it grew out of a few scattered settlements, namely L'Hostal de la Farigola, Can Falcó, Can ...
neighbourhood, in the
Gràcia district of
Barcelona.The station is served by line
L3.
The station opened in 1985 when the section of line L3 between
Lesseps and
Montbau
Montbau is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of the city of 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 ...
stations was inaugurated.
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The station is located underneath '' Avinguda de Vallcarca'' (formerly known as the ''Avinguda de l'Hospital Militar''), between '']Carrer de l'Argentera
Carrer may refer to:
People with the surname:
* Gustavo Carrer (1885-1968), Italian athlete in football
* Pavlos Carrer (1829-1896) Greek music composer
In street names;
*In Barcelona, Spain:
** Carrer d'Aragó
**Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, Barcelona
...
'' and the Vallcarca bridge *Vallcarca i els Penitents, Barcelona neighbourhood in the Gràcia District
* Vallcarca metro station, a station on the Barcelona Metro system
*Vallcarca, Sitges
Vallcarca is an abandoned coastal settlement in the Garraf Massif, Catalonia, Spain ...
. It has three entrances and can be accessed from either side of ''Avinguda de Vallcarca'', as well as from '' Avinguda de la República Argentina''. It has twin side platforms that are long and which are accessed from the entrance lobby by stairs
Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage ...
and escalators.
See also
* List of Barcelona Metro stations
References
External links
*
Trenscat.com
Barcelona Metro line 3 stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1985
Transport in Gràcia
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