Fira, originally known as Fira 2 – Pedrosa, is a Barcelona Metro

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serving Fira de Barcelona's Fira Gran Via major trade fair venue and the Pedrosa

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, in the

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (; es, Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality of Spain, located to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is part of the Bar ...

municipality, to the south-west of

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. It is situated underneath ''Avinguda Joan Carles I'', at the intersection with ''Pedrosa'' and ''Botànica'' streets. It has a direct access to Fira Gran Via's main entrance. The station was designed by Japanese architect

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. The station opened for passenger service on 12 February 2016, when the , 15-station portion belonging to Barcelona Metro line 9 between Barcelona–El Prat Airport and

Zona Universitària station Zona Universitària is a station in the Barcelona Metro and Trambaix networks, in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. It is currently the western terminus of metro line L3 and L9. Also it's served by tram lines T1, T2 and T3. It is named afte ...

in western Barcelona started operating. Designated ''L9 Sud'' ("L9 South"), the new Barcelona Metro line 9 section offers a regular service frequency of 7 minutes in each direction, though additional partial services may be added if necessary.

References

External links

Information on the L9 Sud
at the Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona website
Information and photos of the station
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