Provença is the name of a

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station located under

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and Balmes street. The station is served by FGC-operated

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lines L6 and L7, and

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suburban metro lines S1 and S2. Diagonal is the name of an important station in

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-operated

network. It is named after

, where the station is located together with Passeig de Gràcia. It is served by

-operated

lines L3 and L5, and it is also connected with FGC station.

History

FGC

The

station was opened in 1882 and in this moment it was not an underground station, but it was located on the same place. In 1929, the current station was opened, under Balmes street and between Provença and Rosselló streets. Currently, it has two accesses from the street, one at each side of the station. In 1995, the hall was extended and some elevators were installed. This hall has some ticket vending machines and some shops. The Rosselló access was opened in 1970 to connect with

-operated

stations and was extended and modernized in 2008.

Barcelona Metro

* Barcelona Metro line 3 station was opened in 1924 with the opening of the line between

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and Lesseps, the first metropolitan railway line in the city. The station is located under Passeig de Gràcia between Rosselló street and

and has two halls, one at each side of the station. It exists a corridor used to connect with

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station and FGC metro station. *

station was opened in 1969 with the opening of the line between this station and Collblanc. The station is located under Rosselló street, near

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. It has two halls, one at each side of the station and they are equipped with some ticket vending machines, a TMB ''information center'' and a bar. There are two long corridors, one to connect with Barcelona Metro line 3 station and the other one to connect with FGC metro station.

Gallery

File:Diagonal-mural.jpg, Mural at L5 Diagonal metro station File:CartellProvenca.jpg, Provença FGC metro station sign File:Metrodiagonall5.jpg, TV screen at L5 metro station File:202201_L3_Platform_of_Diagonal_station.jpg, Barcelona Metro line 3 station

External links

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Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaInformation about L3 metro station at TMBInformation about L5 metro station at TMBTransports Metropolitans de BarcelonaDiagonal L3, history and antique photos at Transport.cat
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