Navas is a
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 ...
station located in the
Sant Andreu
Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant Andreu de Palomar, which was the largest in the area and now makes up the bulk of the neighbourhood be ...
district of Barcelona, served by
L1. It opened in 1953. The name refers to carrer Navas de Tolosa, and the station was originally called ''Navas de Tolosa'' until it adopted its current name in 1982.
Like the rest of stations in this section of L1, Navas is located under
Avinguda Meridiana
Avinguda Meridiana () is a major avenue in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, spanning parts of the Sant Andreu, Nou Barris and Sant Martí northern districts of the city. Originally planned by Ildefons Cerdà in 1859 to be one of the two most impo ...
, and can be accessed from the street of the same name and from carrer de Biscaia.
On 21 February 2007 a deaf
ONCE lottery seller was murdered in the station by being pushed on to the railtrack.
Services
See also
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List of Barcelona Metro stations
This is a list of stations of the Barcelona Metro system.
Lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L9, L10, L11 and the Funicular de Montjuïc are administered by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the city's transit company. Lines L6, L7, ...
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab ( ar, معركة العقاب), took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the ''Reconquista'' and the medieval history of Spain. The Chris ...
References
External links
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Trenscat.com
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1953
Barcelona Metro line 1 stations
Transport in Sant Andreu
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