Les Planes is a railway station in

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, in the

Serra de Collserola The Serra de Collserola (), or simply Collserola, is a mountain range between the rivers Besòs (river), Besòs and Llobregat. It is part of the Catalan Coastal Range. These mountains separate Barcelona from the Vallès plain and their tallest p ...

hills, part of the

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sarrià-Sant Gervasi () is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-we ...

district of

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. It is served by lines S1 and S2 of the

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system, which are operated by

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, "Catalan Government Railways"; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad de Cataluña''), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain. The lines operated include metro and commu ...

, who also run the station. The station has three tracks, although the track nearest the station building is a terminal track only accessible from the south. The tracks are served by four platform faces, but only those of the

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

between the through tracks are in normal use. This platform is accessed by footbridge, stairs, and lifts. The station building is the only example of a railway station in

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executed in the '' modernista'' or

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style. It opened in 1916 as the northern terminus of the first section of the line from Peu del Funicular station to the

Vallès El Vallès (or simply Vallès) is a historical county in Catalonia, Spain, located in the center of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. It is nowadays represented by two separate administrative divisions (Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques'') which a ...

. File:LesPlanes.jpg, Les Planes railway station from outside File:Catalunya en Miniatura-Estació de Les Planes.JPG, Scale model of the station at Catalunya en Miniatura

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Les Planes at Trenscat.com
Stations on the Barcelona–Vallès Line Railway stations in Spain opened in 1916 Transport in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Modernisme architecture in Barcelona Art Nouveau railway stations {{Catalonia-railstation-stub

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