Bellvitge is a Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail station serving the neighborhood of the same name, in the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality, to the south-west of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the conventional Madrid–Barcelona railway, between El Prat de Llobregat and Barcelona Sants, and is served by all trains on Barcelona commuter rail service lines R2 and R2 Nord, as well as some R2 Sud trains.[5] Some trains on regional line R15 also call at the station.[6]
Opened on 10 March 1977,[7] the current at-grade station is projected to be put underground together with the rest of the conventional Madrid–Barcelona railway on its way through L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in the coming years.[8] In October 2007, the construction works of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line in Barcelona's southern access, which runs through an underground route parallel to the conventional line in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, caused a partial sudden collapse of one of the station's platforms. Due to precedent ground subsidence in the area, the station was shut down as a preventive measure at the moment it occurred, so that there were neither fatalities nor injured people.[9]
Gornal station, served by Barcelona Metro line 8 and several commuter rail services, is located adjacent to Bellvitge station, on the east side of it, allowing for street-level transfers between the two stations.[2]
Rodalies de Catalunya's Bellvitge station should not be confused with the Barcelona Metro line 1 station of the same name, which is some 750 metres (2,460 ft) to the west.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ a b Google (28 July 2015). "Bellvitge railway station and surroundings" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Servei de rodalia de Barcelona" [Barcelona commuter rail service] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Schedule of lines R2, R2 Nord and R2 Sud" (PDF). Rodalies de Catalunya. Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 28 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Schedule of line R15" (PDF). Rodalies de Catalunya. Generalitat of Catalonia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Hoy entra en servicio el apeadero de Bellvitge" [New Bellvitge station open for passenger service] (PDF). La Vanguardia Española (in Spanish). 10 March 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Fomento avanza en el soterramiento de la C-2 en L'Hospitalet de Llobregat" [The Ministry of Public Works and Transport goes forward with line C-2's new underground route in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat] (PDF) (Press release) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Government of Spain. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "S'esfondra parcialment l'andana de l'estació de Bellvitge situada al costat de les obres de l'AVE" [The platform closest to the AVE line of Bellvitge station partially collapses]. 324.cat (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Distances measured using Google Maps's "Distance Measurement Tool".
External links edit
Media related to Bellvitge railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Bellvitge listing at the Rodalies de Catalunya website
- Information and photos of the station at trenscat.cat (in Catalan)
- Video on train operations at the station on YouTube
