Montbau is a

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station, in the

Horta-Guinardó Horta-Guinardó () is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², ...

district of

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, and named after the nearby Montbau neighbourhood. The station is served by line L3. The station is located underneath the '' Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron'' and the ''

Ronda de Dalt Ronda () is a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about west of the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma ...

'' expressway, between '' Carrer de l'Arquitectura'' and '' Carrer Pare Mariana''. The station has a single ticket hall with two entrances; as the station is on a mountainside, one of the entrances is actually below the ticket hall level, requiring passengers to climb stairs up, but in August 2009 a new entrance has been open with no stairs to climb. There are two long

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s. The station was opened in 1985, when the section of line L3 from Lesseps station was inaugurated. It remained the terminus of the line until the extension to Canyelles station opened in 2001.

References

External links

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Montbau at Trenscat.com

Barcelona Metro line 3 stations Barcelona Metro stations located underground Railway stations opened in 1985 Transport in Horta-Guinardó 1985 establishments in Spain {{Barcelona-metro-stub