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 s ...

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 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 5 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