Barcelona Metro line 4

Barcelona Metro Line 4

Legend Trinitat Nova end Via Júlia depot Via Júlia Llucmajor Service connexion Maragall Guinardó | Hospital de Sant Pau Joanic Verdaguer Girona Passeig de Gràcia Service connexion (old branch ) Urquinaona Jaume I Barceloneta Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica Bogatell Llacuna Poblenou Selva de Mar El Maresme | Fòrum Besòs Mar Besòs x20px La Pau end Service connexion Triangle ferroviari depot Santander Sagrera | TAV La Sagrera Enlargement* (*) PDI 2009-2018

Barcelona Gran Metro (1934)
Legend Lesseps Fontana Diagonal-Psg de Gràcia (now Diagonal) Aragó (now Psg. de Gràcia) now now Catalunya Urquinaona Liceu Jaume I Correus (now closed)

File:L4 metro de Barcelona (Pla 66 i 74).svg

The alignments for line 4 under the 1966 plan (in black) and 1974 plan (in grey) as well as the extension to Sagrera-Meridiana under construction (in dashed line)

40px — Line 4, also known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" (yellow line), is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network. It serves the northern districts of the city, and it is being extended to the new major metro and rail stations Estació de la Sagrera and Sagrera-Meridiana.

Overview

Opened to the public in 1973, it serves the northern half of Barcelona using part of the infrastructure of Barcelona's first metro line the Gran Metro de Barcelona, covering a wide C-shaped area stretching from La Pau (in la Verneda) to Trinitat Nova, where it is linked with the recent L11. The 16.7 kilometres that make up the whole line are underground.

Although in 1966 it was planned for line 4 to be a loop line connecting Trinitat Nova and La Pau stations with three intermediate stations, in 1974 the plan was subsequently changed such that it became a C-shaped line of today, with provisions for two extensions northeast of Trinitat Nova (to link it with line 3 at the border of Barcelona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet) and La Pau stations (intended to penetrate inside Santa Coloma de Gramenet) that have never been realised.

Chronology

• 1973 – Joanic-Jaume I section opened (part of it had been part of L3 previously)
• 1974 – Joanic-Guinardó section opened
• 1976 – Jaume I-Barceloneta section opened
• 1977 – Barceloneta-Selva de Mar section opened
• 1982 – Guinardó-Via Júlia and Selva de Mar-La Pau sections opened.
• 1985 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section opened
• 1999 – Via Júlia-Trinitat Nova section opened.
• 2002 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section closed (and moved to L2)
• 2003 – El Maresme-Fòrum station opened.

Technical details

• Colour on map: Yellow
• Number of stations: 22
• Type: Conventional metro
• Length: 16.7 km (10.4 mi)
• Rolling stock: 2100 and 9000 series
• Journey time: 27 minutes
• Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
• Traction: Electricity
• Power supply: Rigid overhead wire
• Open-air sections: No
• Mobile phone coverage: Partial
• Depots: Trinitat Nova, Verneda (Triangle Ferroviari)

Current stations

File:Metro Barcelona station Trinitat Nova L4 L11.JPG

Trinitat Nova metro station: lines 4 and 11

Stations or lines shown in italics are under construction.

• Trinitat Nova (L11)
• Via Júlia
• Llucmajor
• Maragall (L5)
• Guinardó-Hospital de Sant Pau (L9, L10)
• Alfons X
• Joanic
• Verdaguer (L5)
• Girona
• Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, RENFE)
• Urquinaona (L1)
• Jaume I
• Barceloneta
• Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica (T4)
• Bogatell
• Llacuna
• Poblenou
• Selva de Mar (T4)
• El Maresme-Fòrum (T4)
• Besòs Mar
• Besòs (T5)
• La Pau (L2)
• Santander (under construction)
• Sagrera-TAV (under construction) (L9, L10)
• Sagrera-Meridiana (under construction) (L1 L5, L9, L10)

References

• Trenscat

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons