Zona Universitària is a station in the

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and

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networks, in the Les Corts district of

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. It is currently the western terminus of metro line L3 and L9. Also it's served by tram lines T1, T2 and T3. It is named after the

Universitat de Barcelona The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...

campus of the same name. The metro station is located under ''

Avinguda Diagonal Avinguda Diagonal (, in Spanish Avenida Diagonal) is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally with respect to the grid pattern of the surrounding streets, hence the name. It was or ...

'', between ''Carrer González Tablas'' and ''Avinguda Dr. Marañón''. It has five entrances, two on each side of ''Avinguda Diagonal'', one in ''Avinguda Dr. Marañón'', and two long

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 entrance lobby features an artwork by the

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. The Trambaix stop lies some to the east, in ''Carrer d'Adolf Florensa''. The metro station opened in 1975, along with the other stations of the section of L3 between Zona Universitària and Sants Estació stations. This section was originally operated separately from L3, and known as L3b, until the two sections were joined in 1982. In February 2016, the south branch of the L9 it opened from Aeroport T1 to this station, as a provisional terminal until it continue to connect the other branch of the line. It is planned that the station will be served by the common section of metro lines L9 and L10, and work is currently underway to build the L10 and the extension to the upper area of the city of these lines. In the longer term, an extension of line L3 beyond Zona Universitària is planned. File:Art, Ciència i Lletres.JPG, Art work by Angel Orensanz in the metro station File:Estació de Zona Universitària del Trambaix.jpg, The Trambaix stop

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* Avinguda Diagonal Barcelona Metro line 3 stations Barcelona Metro line 9 stations Barcelona Metro stations located underground Trambaix stops Railway stations opened in 1975 1975 establishments in Catalonia {{Barcelona-metro-stub

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