Tarragona is a station in the

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 sys ...

network in the

Sants-Montjuïc Sants-Montjuïc () is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been split since 1984, numbered District 3. Comprising very different areas of the city, it covers the southern part of Barcelona, joining the two former districts ''II'' (mad ...

district of

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 ...

. It is served by line L3 (green line). The station is located under ''

Carrer de Tarragona Carrer de Tarragona is a street in Barcelona. A long street lined with high-rises, it serves as the border between Hostafrancs, in the district of Sants-Montjuïc, and Eixample. This street runs from Plaça d'Espanya towards Plaça dels Païso ...

'' between '' Carrer de València'' and ''

Carrer d'Aragó Carrer may refer to: People with the surname: *Gustavo Carrer (1885-1968), Italian athlete in football *Pavlos Carrer (1829-1896) Greek music composer In street names; *In Barcelona, Spain: **Carrer d'Aragó **Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, Barcelona **C ...

'', not far from

Barcelona Sants railway station Barcelona Sants is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of Spain. It has become the most important transport hub of the city - being the centre of Rodalies de Catalunya including Barcelona sub ...

. Station entrances are situated at the junctions of the ''Carrer de Tarragona'' with ''Carrer de València'', ''Carrer d'Aragó'', '' Carrer de l'Elisi'' and '' Carrer de Sant Nicolau''. In the vestibule served by the southern entrance is the artwork ''Tres Boles'' by José Luis Carcedo Vidal. At the lower level, the station has two tracks served by two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

. The station opened in 1975, along with the other stations of the section of L3 between Paral·lel and Sants Estació stations. This section was originally operated separately from L3, and known as L3b, until the two sections were joined in 1982.

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Barcelona Metro line 3 stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 1975 Transport in Sants-Montjuïc {{Barcelona-metro-stub