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Key facts
- Native name
- Metro de Barcelona
- Owner
- TMB (Lines 1-5, 9-11), FGC (Lines 6-8, 12)
- Area served
- Barcelona metropolitan area ( Barcelonès and Baix Llobregat )
- Locale
- Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 12 lines ( Total ) 8 TMB lines 4 FGC lines
- Number of stations
- 189 ( Total ) 189 TMB + FGC + Funicular de Montjuic stations
- Daily ridership
- 1,205,000
- Annual ridership
- 469,000,000 (2024)
- Website
- Barcelona Metro for TMB Railway services for FGC
- Began operation
- 1863 ; 163 years ago ( 1863 ) (Partial), 1924 ; 102 years ago ( 1924 ) (Full)
- Operator s
- TMB (Lines 1-5, 9-11), FGC (Lines 6-8, 12)
- System length
- Total: 166 km (103.1 mi) TMB : 145 km (90.1 mi) FGC : 21.4 km (13.3 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) for 1,672 mm ( 5 ft 5 + 13 ⁄ 16 in ) for 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) for all other lines
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Has part
- Ernest Lluch
- Official name
- Metro de Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Barcelona
- Image
- LlefiàL10.JPG
- Length
- 143.3
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- Commons category
- Barcelona Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Barcelona Metro
- Commons gallery
- Barcelona Metro
- track gauge
- 1668 mm track gauge
- patronage
- 411900000
- date of official opening
- 1924-12-30
- railway traffic side
- right
- inception
- 1924-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Can Peixauet station (L9 Nord). Plaça de Catalunya station (L1) Universitat station (L1) Gavarra station (L5) Ticket vending machines at Sants Estació station.
The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: Metro de Barcelona) 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 of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain, with unified fares under the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) scheme. As of 2024, the network is operated by two separate companies: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC). It is made up of 12 lines, combining the lines owned by the two companies. Two lines, L9 and L10, are being built at present, with both lines having different sections of each opened between 2009 and 2021. They are due to be fully completed in 2030. Three lines on the network have opened as automatic train operation/driverless vehicle systems since 2009: Line 11 being converted to driverless first, and then Lines 9 and 10, opening up driverless.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barcelona Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.