The Llobregat–Anoia Line ( ca, Línia Llobregat-Anoia) is an unconnected

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linking

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 second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

with the

Baix Llobregat Baix Llobregat () is a comarca (county) on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Sant Feliu de Llobregat. Municipalities Proposed changes It has long been proposed to split the northern part of Baix Llobregat into a separate comarca. ...

Bages Bages () is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a ''subcomarca'', Lluçanès. Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Carden ...

and

Anoia Anoia () is a comarca (county) in central Catalonia, Spain, with its capital at Igualada. The comarca of l'Anoia is irrigated by the Anoia River; the leading industry is the making of paper. To the north are Solsonès and Bages, to the west, ...

regions, in

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. Its name refers to the fact that it follows the course of the

Llobregat The Llobregat () is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain, after the Ter. It flows into the Mediterranean south of the city of Barcelona. Its name could have originated in an ancient Latin word meaning 'dark', 'sorrowful' or 'muddy', or ...

and

rivers for most of its length. Plaça d'Espanya station serves as the Barcelona terminus of the line, then continuing northwards to

Martorell Martorell () is a municipality that forms part of the Baix Llobregat Comarques of Catalonia, comarca, in Catalonia, Spain, primarily known for its medieval Pont del Diable, Devil's bridge. It lies at the confluence of the Llobregat and Anoia Rive ...

, where two main branches to

Manresa Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...

and

Igualada Igualada () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the ...

are formed. It also includes several freight branches, accounting for a total line length of and 41 passenger stations. Barcelona Metro line 8, together with a number of commuter and

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rail services, runs on the line's main route between Barcelona and Sant Boi de Llobregat. The section between Barcelona and

Olesa de Montserrat Olesa de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia, Spain. Olesa de Montserrat is well known around the nearby places because of its olive oil and textile production, but especially because of its Passion play ...

is operated as a high-frequency commuter rail system known as Baix Llobregat Metro ( ca, Metro del Baix Llobregat), with some services continuing northwards to Manresa and Igualada. This system further includes the temporarily closed Olesa de Montserrat–Esparreguera Cable Car, which is also operated by FGC. The Llobregat–Anoia Line is part of the

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(ATM) fare-integrated public transport system for the

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History

The Llobregat–Anoia Line originated from three formerly separate narrow gauge railway lines: ''Tranvía o Ferrocarril Económico de Manresa a Berga'' (opened in 1885), ''Ferrocarril Central Catalán'' (opened in 1893) and ''Camino de Hierro del Nordeste de España'', built to quickly and cheaply give passenger and freight transportation to the rapidly industrialising Llobregat area. The Metro del Baix Llobregat designation was first introduced on this line in 2000, and the line 8 service has been formally included in the Barcelona Metro network since 6 November 2003.

Development plans

In January 2017, the Catalan government approved a plan to extend the Llobregat–Anoia line from Plaça d'Espanya through the city as far as

Gràcia station Gràcia is a railway station located under Plaça de Gal·la Placídia in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It is served both by lines L6 and L7 of the Barcelona Metro, and by lines S1, S2, S5 and S55 of the Metro del Vallès commuter rai ...

, also stopping at Hospital Clínic and Francesc Macià station, thereby linking with the

Barcelona–Vallès Line The Barcelona–Vallès Line ( ca, Línia Barcelona-Vallès) is an unconnected standard gauge rapid transit and commuter railway line linking Barcelona with Sabadell and Terrassa via the Collserola mountain range, in Catalonia, Spain. Its name ...

, at an estimated cost of over €300 million. A second phase is also being considered to extend the line towards the Besòs station in the eastern part of the city.

List of stations

The following table lists the name of each station on the Llobregat–Anoia Line in order from south to north; a photo of the current station; the rail services operating at the station (L8, S33, S4, S8, R5, R50, R6 and/or R60); the date the current station was opened; the

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or the

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(in the case of Barcelona) in which each station is located; the fare zone each station belongs to according to the

(ATM) fare-integrated public transport system; remarkable notes about the station, including clarifications, additional information and a location map; and usage figures.

Maps

*Pl. Espanya – *Magòria-La Campana– *Ildefons Cerdà – *Europa Fira – *Gornal – *Sant Josep – *L'Hospitalet Av. Carrilet – *Almeda – *Cornellà Riera – *Sant Boi – *Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa – *Colònia Güell – *Santa Coloma de Cervelló – *Sant Vicenç dels Horts – *Can Ros – *Quatre Camins– *Pallejà – *Sant Andreu de la Barca – *El Palau – *Martorell Vila Castellbisbal – *Martorell Central – *Martorell Enllaç – *Abrera – *Olesa de Montserrat – *Aeri de Montserrat – *Monistrol de Montserrat – *Castellbell i el Vilar – *Sant Vicenç Castellgalí – *Manresa Viladordis – *Manresa Alta – *Manresa Baixador – *Sant Esteve Sesrovires – *La Beguda – *Can Parellada – *Masquefa – *Piera – *Vallbona d'Anoia – *Capellades – *La Pobla de Claramunt – *Vilanova del Camí – *Igualada –

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) official website

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