Barcelona Metro line 5

Barcelona Metro line 5
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Barcelona
First service	1959 (1959)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Cornellà Vall d'Hebron
Stops	27
Distance travelled	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Average journey time	30 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	5000 series Can Boixeres, Vilapicina, Sant Genís depots
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,200 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Rodalies to Molins de Rei Cornellà Centre () Gavarra Sant Ildefons Depot│Can Boixeres Can Vidalet Pubilla Cases Ernest Lluch Collblanc to Can Tries – Gornal Zona Universitària Rodalies to El Prat de Llobregat Badal Line 1 to Hospital de Bellvitge Plaça de Sants Barcelona Sants Sants Estació Entença Hospital Clínic Provença Barcelona–Vallès line Diagonal Verdaguer ( to La Pau) Sagrada Família ( to Paral·lel) Gaudí (never opened) Line 2 to Badalona Pompeu Fabra Sant Pau - Dos de Maig Camp de l'Arpa La Sagrera Line 9 & Line 10 to Bon Pastor Line 1 to Fondo Rodalies to Montcada Junction Congrés Maragall ( to Trinitat Nova) Virrei Amat Depot│Vilapicina Horta El Carmel El Coll | La Teixonera Vall d'Hebron Line 3 to Trinitat Nova

Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre – Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often called "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit metro line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.

Overview

It opened in 1959 as the line 2 (originally). Line 5 is 18.8 km (11.7 mi) long and has 26 stations, from Cornellà to Vall d'Hebron in the northern part of Barcelona, where it meets L3.

Chronology

Evolution of Line 5, 1959–2010

• 1959 – Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened (as the former L2)
• 1967 – Vilapicina-Horta section opened (as the former L2)
• 1969 – Collblanc-Diagonal/Provença section opened.
• 1970 – Diagonal/Provença-Sagrera-Vilapicina section opened. The line then known as L2 integrated into L5.
• 1973 – Collblanc-Pubilla Cases section opened.
• 1976 – Pubilla Cases-Sant Ildefons section opened.
• 1983 – Sant Ildefons-Cornellà section opened.
• 2010 – Horta-Vall d'Hebron section opened.
• 2021 – Ernest Lluch station opened.

Current stations

Sagrada Família metro station

Municipality or District	Station	Opened	Connections
Cornellà de Llobregat	‹See TfM›Cornellà Centre	1983	Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R4 Trambaix: T1, T2
	Gavarra	1983
	Sant Ildefons	1976
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Can Boixeres	1976
	Can Vidalet	1976
	Pubilla Cases	1973
	Ernest Lluch	2021	Trambaix: T1, T2, T3
	Collblanc	1969	Barcelona Metro: L3, L9, L10
Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona	Badal	1969
	Plaça de Sants	1965	Barcelona Metro: L1
	Sants Estació	1965	Renfe Operadora: AVE, Alvia, Euromed, Alaris, Talgo, TGV, Trenhotel (at Barcelona Sants) Renfe Media Distancia: R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, 34 (at Barcelona Sants) Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R3, R4, RG1 (at Barcelona Sants) Barcelona Metro: L3
Eixample, Barcelona	Entença	1969
	Hospital Clínic	1969
	Diagonal	1969	Barcelona Metro: L3 FGC: L6, L7, S1, S2, S5, S6, S7 (at Provença)
	Verdaguer	1973	Barcelona Metro: L4 Trambesòs: T4
	Sagrada Família	1970	Barcelona Metro: L2
	Sant Pau | Dos de Maig	1970
Sant Martí, Barcelona	Camp de l'Arpa	1970
Sant Andreu, Barcelona	La Sagrera	1957	Renfe Media Distancia: R12 Rodalies de Catalunya: R3, R4 Barcelona Metro: L1, L4, L9, L10
	Congrés	1959
Nou Barris, Barcelona	Maragall	1959	Barcelona Metro: L4
Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona	Virrei Amat	1959
	Vilapicina	1959
	Horta	1967
	El Carmel	2010
	El Coll | La Teixonera	2010
	Vall d'Hebron	2010	Barcelona Metro: L3

External links

• Official site for Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
• Catalan Wikipedia article on the metro network