Line 4, also known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" (yellow line), is a line 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 s ...

network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network. It serves the northern districts of the city, and it is being extended to the new major metro and rail stations Estació de la Sagrera and Sagrera-Meridiana.

Overview

Opened to the public in 1973, it serves the northern half of Barcelona using part of the infrastructure of Barcelona's first metro line the '' Gran Metro de Barcelona'', covering a wide C-shaped area stretching from La Pau (in la Verneda) to Trinitat Nova, where it is linked with the recent L11. The 16.7 kilometres that make up the whole line are underground. Although in 1966 it was planned for line 4 to be a loop line connecting Trinitat Nova and La Pau stations with three intermediate stations, in 1974 the plan was subsequently changed such that it became a C-shaped line of today, with provisions for two extensions northeast of Trinitat Nova (to link it with line 3 at the border of Barcelona and

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) and La Pau stations (intended to penetrate inside Santa Coloma de Gramenet) that have never been realised.

Chronology

*1973 – Joanic-Jaume I section opened (part of it had been part of L3 previously) *1974 – Joanic-Guinardó section opened *1976 – Jaume I-Barceloneta section opened *1977 – Barceloneta-Selva de Mar section opened *1982 – Guinardó-Via Júlia and Selva de Mar-La Pau sections opened. *1985 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section opened *1999 – Via Júlia-Trinitat Nova section opened. *2002 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section closed (and moved to L2) *2003 – El Maresme-Fòrum station opened.

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* {{Railway lines in Catalonia 4 Transport in Ciutat Vella Transport in Eixample Transport in Horta-Guinardó Transport in Nou Barris Transport in Sant Martí (district) Railway lines opened in 1972 Standard gauge railways in Spain