Llefià is a
Barcelona Metro station named after the neighbourhood of the same name where the station is situated, near Llefià Market, in
Badalona
Badalona (, , , ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By popu ...
municipality. This neighbourhood is one of Badalona's with highest population density and built in a very uneven piece of land. The station was opened on 18 April 2010 with the opening of the line from
Gorg to
Bon Pastor
Bon Pastor is a neighbourhood in Sant Andreu, a district in the city of Barcelona. Since April 2010 it's served by the Barcelona Metro station ''Bon Pastor
Bon Pastor is a neighbourhood in Sant And ...''.
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. It is served by
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Organizations
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* Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain
Places
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-operated
Barcelona Metro line
L10.
Layout
The station is located under the intersection between Ronda Sant Antoni de Llefià and Avinguda d'Amèrica and it was built like many other new L9/L10 metro stations with a 32-meter depth and 26 meter diameter well. The station is divided in four levels: the upper hall, the pre-platform, the upper platform and the lower platform. The upper hall is located at the same level as the street, in a building built specifically for this purpose. It has three accesses from the street, all equipped with fixed stairs, escalators and elevators, and making the station accessible for disabled persons. The upper hall has also ticket vending machines and a TMB Control Center. The upper platform is where run the trains towards
La Sagrera
La Sagrera is a neighborhood of Barcelona.
Geography
La Sagrera is bordered to the north by Sant Andreu del Palomar and to the east by the neighborhood of La Verneda; included by the south end is the zone named Navas, and to the west the Co ...
and the lower platform is where run the trains towards
Gorg. The architectural design of the station was designed by architect Alfons Soldevila Barbosa.
Gallery
File:L10_Metro_de_Barcelona_016.JPG, Stairs on the pre-platform level to the upper platform and the lower platform
File:L10_051.JPG, Side view of the well from the pre-platform level
File:Llefià_metrostation.jpg, Full view of the well where the ventilation system of the station can be seen
References
External links
The station listing at TMB websitePhoto gallery of Llefià and La Salut metro stationsOverview of the station in a video from YouTubeView of the building under construction from Google Maps Street View
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Railway stations in Spain opened in 2010
Railway stations in Badalona
Barcelona Metro line 10 stations