Plaça de Sants (Barcelona Metro)

Plaça de Sants is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the nearby ''Plaça de Sants'', in the Sants-Montjuïc, Sants-Montjuïc district of the Barcelona, city of Barcelona. The station is served by lines Barcelona Metro line 1, L1 and Barcelona Metro line 5, L5.

The line L1 platforms are located below the ''Carrer de Sants'' between the ''Carrer d'Alcolea'' and the ''Carrer de Guadiana'', and comprise two long side platforms. The line L5 platforms are some to the west, under the ''Plaça de Sants'' between the ''Carrer de Sants'' and the ''Carrer Galileu'', and comprise two long side platforms. The two sets of platforms are linked by an underground corridor, and there are six station accesses on the ''Plaça de Sants'' and ''Carrer de Sants''.

Plaça de Sants metro station lies some 10 minutes walk from Barcelona's main Barcelona Sants railway station, Sants railway station, which is better served by the Sants Estació metro station on lines Barcelona Metro line 3, L3 and L5.

The L1 part of the station is on the original section of line L1 (then the Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona) between Catalunya (Barcelona Metro), Catalunya and Bordeta (Barcelona Metro), Bordeta stations, which was opened in 1926. The L5 part was opened in 1969, along with the original section of L5 between Collblanc (Barcelona Metro), Collblanc and Diagonal (Barcelona Metro), Diagonal stations.

See also

*List of Barcelona Metro stations

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Barcelona Metro line 1 stations
Barcelona Metro line 5 stations
Railway stations opened in 1926
Transport in Sants-Montjuïc
Railway stations located underground in Spain

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