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Rail services. Several rapid transit and commuter rail services run on the Barcelona–Vallès Line, all of them either starting or terminating at Plaça de Catalunya station in central Barcelona (excepting the L12 shuttle services). All rail services call at Barcelona's Provença, the second-busiest station on the line after Pl. Catalunya.
- Línia Barcelona-Vallès
- L6, L7, L12, S1, S2, S5, S6, S7
- Operational
- Government of Catalonia
Reina Elisenda is a railway station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line, in Sarrià, in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. It is the northern terminus and only station of a branch line coming from Sarrià station. Since 2016, a single-track shuttle service, designated L12, links the two stations at four-minute intervals during rush ...
- Underground
- Passeig de la Reina Elisenda de Montcada, Barcelona
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It has 40 passenger stations in operation and a total line length of 48.1 kilometres (29.9 mi). The Barcelona–Vallès Line is an unconnected standard gauge rapid transit and commuter railway line linking Barcelona with Sabadell and Terrassa via the Collserola mountain range, in Catalonia, Spain.
- History
- Barcelona Metro and Commuter Lines
- Mountain Railway, Tourist and Funicular Lines
- Broad-Gauge Lines
- Freight
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FGC was founded on 5 September 1979 to manage lines whose ownership was transferred from the state-owned FEVE to the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1978 as part of the process of regional devolution under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Its oldest line, the standard gauge Línia Barcelona-Vallès however dates back to 1863 which was built and operated...
FGC operates some of the commuter rail network in Barcelona. Voice announcements and signs on trains and stations of lines operated by FGC are exclusively in the Catalan language, unlike in the lines operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona and Renfe which remain bilingual or trilingual (Catalan, Spanish or "Castellano" and eventually Engl...
The FGC operates three mountain railwaylines: 1. The Montserrat Rack Railway, which runs from Monistrol, on FGC's suburban line to Manresa (R5), to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat. This line re-opened in 2003, having opened in 1892 and closed in 1957. It is of metre gauge using the Abtrack railway system. 2. The Vall de Núria Rack Railway,...
On 1 January 2005, ownership of the non-electrified broad-gauge line from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur passed from Renfe to FGC. This is the most derelict line in Catalonia — the stretch from Lleida to Balaguer had been upgraded (using second-hand rails) in the recent past, but from Balaguer northwards the track was in an appalling state. FGC has a ...
FGC currently operates two types of freight services on the Llobregat–Anoia line; one of which carries potash and salt from Súria and Sallent respectively to Martorell for cleaning and processing before being sent to the Port of Barcelona, and the other carries cars from SEAT's main factory in Martorell to the Port of Barcelona. In September 2012, ...
- September 5, 1979; 44 years ago
- 1534 (2008)
- Railway
Check the map and all the information you need about trains, schedules and stations from line Barcelona - Vallès S1, S2, S5, S6, S7, L6, L7, L12.
La línia Barcelona-Vallès és una línia ferroviària de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) que connecta Barcelona amb el Vallès Occidental travessant la serra de Collserola.
The Barcelona–Vallès Line (Catalan: Línia Barcelona-Vallès) is an unconnected standard gauge rapid transit and commuter railway line linking Barcelona with Sabadell and Terrassa via the Collserola mountain range, in Catalonia, Spain. Its name refers to the Catalan historical region of Vallès, whereby most part of the line runs.
