Barcelona Metro line 3

Line 3, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda ("Green line"), is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region. This V-shaped line is the result of the junction of two related lines: the original L3 and L3B, in 1982. The central section of L3 has the city's oldest metro stations, built in the mid-1920s, with additions almost every decade since then. All of L3 stations are underground.

Barcelona Metro line 3
Platforms at Lesseps
Overview
Service typeRapid transit
LocaleBarcelona
First service1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Current operator(s)TMB
Route
TerminiZona Universitària
Trinitat Nova
Stops26
Distance travelled18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Average journey time30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock5000 and 7000 series
Vall d'Hebron depot
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)TMB
Route map
Zona Universitària
Palau Reial
Maria Cristina
to
Francesc
Macià
les Corts
Plaça del Centre
Tarragona
Espanya
Poble Sec
Paral·lel
Drassanes
Liceu
Catalunya
Passeig de Gràcia
Diagonal
Fontana
Lesseps
Lesseps depot (closed)
Vallcarca
Penitents
Vall d'Hebron
Sant Genís depot
Montbau
Mundet
Valldaura
Canyelles
Roquetes
Trinitat Nova
Barcelona Gran Metro
1934
Lesseps
Fontana
Diagonal-Passeig
de Gràcia
Aragó
current
current
Catalunya
Urquinaona
Liceu
Jaume I
Correus

Its current termini are Zona Universitària, which serves the University of Barcelona campus located on the western end of Avinguda Diagonal in Les Corts district, and Trinitat Nova in Nou Barris. There are plans for it to be extended from Trinitat Nova to Trinitat Vella, providing a connection with Line 1, and also from Zona Universitària to nearby suburbs in the Baix Llobregat area.[1]

Overview

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Line L3 is the oldest line in the metro network, having opened in 1924 under the name Gran Metro de Barcelona with the occasion of the 1927 World Fair, joining Plaça Lesseps with Plaça Catalunya, the latter becoming the central underground station in the city and a terminus of both metro lines. It was operated by now defunct Compañía del Gran Metro de Barcelona (GMB). Nowadays it covers a V-shaped area between the west end of Avinguda Diagonal (Zona Universitària) and Canyelles as a result of the integration of the original L3 and a subsidiary line called L3B or L3bis which appeared in 1975 joining Drassanes with Zona Universitària, and which became part of a larger L3 in 1982 when the infrastructures of both joined and they became fare-integrated. A section of the original L3 disappeared as plans to extend it in that direction would have required too much effort and the construction of L4 provided coverage for the line. These former stations of L3 remain unused.

Chronology

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  • 1924 – Catalunya-Lesseps section opened.
  • 1925 – Fontana station opened. Catalunya-Liceu section opened.
  • 1926 – Passeig de Gràcia-Jaume I section opened.
  • 1934 – Jaume I-Correos section opened.
  • 1946 – Liceu-Fernando section opened.
  • 1968 – Fernando-Drassanes section opened.
  • 1970 – Drassanes-Paral·lel section opened.
  • 1972 – Passeig de Gràcia-Correos section closed.
  • 1975 – Paral·lel-Zona Universitària section opened (as L3B).
  • 1982 – L3B integrated into L3.
  • 1985 – Lesseps-Montbau section opened.
  • 2001 – Montbau-Canyelles section opened.
  • 2008 – Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section opened.

Stations

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Station Image District Opened Interchanges
Zona Universitària   Les Corts 20 January 1975    
       
Palau Reial   20 January 1975        
Maria Cristina   20 January 1975        
Les Corts   20 January 1975
Plaça del Centre   20 January 1975
Sants Estació   Sants-Montjuïc 20 January 1975    
         
 
Tarragona   20 January 1975
Espanya   15 July 1975    
       
Poble Sec   15 July 1975
Paral·lel   17 July 1970      
Drassanes   Ciutat Vella 14 December 1968
Liceu   5 July 1925
Catalunya   Eixample 30 December 1924    
         
       
Passeig de Gràcia   30 December 1924      
   
 
Diagonal   30 December 1924    
         
Fontana   Gràcia 1 May 1925
Lesseps   30 December 1924
Vallcarca   6 November 1985
Penitents   6 November 1985
Vall d'Hebron   Horta-Guinardó 6 November 1985    
Montbau   6 November 1985
Mundet   21 September 2001
Valldaura   21 September 2001
Canyelles   Nou Barris 21 September 2001
Roquetes   4 July 2008
Trinitat Nova   4 July 2008      

 

Former stations

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Original stations, 1924–1934.

41°23′04.00″N 2°6′43.20″E / 41.3844444°N 2.1120000°E / 41.3844444; 2.1120000

References

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  1. ^ "D'Infraestructures (PDF) 2021 – 2030 - Proposta d'actuacions" (PDF). ATM. December 2020.
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