Sarrià is a railway station located under the ''

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'' at '' Carrer de l'Hort de la Vila'' in the

Sarrià Sarria is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. Sarria or Sarrià may also refer to: *Sarrià, Barcelona, a neighbourhood in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain **Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, the Barcelona district containing Sarrià **Sarrià ...

neighbourhood 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

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...

, Spain. It is served by lines L6 and L12 of the

Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro (Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish: ) is a rapid transit network that runs mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport system ...

, and by lines S1 and S2 of the Metro del Vallès

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

system. All these lines 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. Sarrià station is the junction point between Barcelona Metro line L12 to Reina Elisenda, and the Metro del Vallès lines L6, S1 and S2 to Sant Cugat,

Terrassa Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Te ...

and

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...

. The station originally had four tracks, with three island platform between them, and three accesses. As part of making the station wheelchair-accessible, the former third track was filled in to create a single island platform for L6, S1 and S2, while L12 uses the second island platform. The two pairs of tracks join in a flat junction just to the south of the station. The first Sarrià station opened in 1863 and was situated at ground level. The current station was opened in 1974. The station was rebuilt and made wheelchair-accessible in 2017, and it is expected to become part of the central section of

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double line L9 & L10 by 2028.

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Information and photos about the station at Trenscat.com
Stations on the Barcelona–Vallès Line Barcelona Metro line 6 stations Barcelona Metro line 12 stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Spain opened in 1974 Transport in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Railway stations located underground in Spain {{Barcelona-metro-stub

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