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Barcelona Metro line 5
Line 5, often known as "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit line of the Barcelona Metro network, operated by TMB and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.
Originally opened in 1959, Line 5 crosses the north of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona's Eixample district, with its termini serving the municipality of Cornellà and the district of Horta-Guinardó.
Line 5 is 18.8 km (11.7 mi) long and has 27 stations. As most lines in the Barcelona Metro network, the line has 1,435 mm standard-gauge track and overhead wire electrification. Its current termini are Cornellà Centre, which provides connections to the Rodalies and Trambaix networks and Vall d'Hebron, which is an interchange station with Line 3 of the Barcelona Metro.
The line runs from Cornellà, in the Baix Llobregat comarca, to the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, serving the northern boroughs of Hospitalet and the districts of Sants-Montjuïc and Eixample. Line 5 is currently the only Barcelona Metro line that serves the municipality of Esplugues, with the station of Can Vidalet having both of its accesses in the municipality (while the station itself is located within the limits of L'Hospitalet).
Line 5 is the second most used line in the Barcelona Metro after Line 1, with 111 million passengers using it in 2024.
Line 5's initial section was opened on July 21, 1959. It was initially known as Line II and was part of the Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona (FMB), one of the two rapid transit companies that would merge to form the Barcelona Metro. The initial section was a 5 station, 2.3 km route linking Vilapicina to La Sagrera, where a connection to FMB's Metro Transversal was provided. The line saw the pioneer use of a photoelectric cell-based automatic train operation system developed by the Barcelona Metro in 1960. In 1967, it would be extended from Vilapicina to Horta.[citation needed]
A separate project, known as Transversal Alt or Line V would open in 1969, with the initial section running from Collblanc (then known as Sant Ramon) to Diagonal. In 1970, the line would be extended from Diagonal to La Sagrera, with Line II merging into Line V. The line was expanded towards Hospitalet and Cornellà in the 1970s, with an extension to Pubilla Cases opening in 1973 and a further one to Sant Ildefons in 1976. The line would reach its current terminus in Cornellà Centre in 1983.
In 1982, with a major reorganization of TMB's network, several stations were renamed (such as General Mola, which became Verdaguer) and Line V became Line 5, as Roman numerals were abandoned.
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Barcelona Metro line 5
Line 5, often known as "Línia Blava" (Blue line), is a rapid transit line of the Barcelona Metro network, operated by TMB and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network.
Originally opened in 1959, Line 5 crosses the north of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Barcelona's Eixample district, with its termini serving the municipality of Cornellà and the district of Horta-Guinardó.
Line 5 is 18.8 km (11.7 mi) long and has 27 stations. As most lines in the Barcelona Metro network, the line has 1,435 mm standard-gauge track and overhead wire electrification. Its current termini are Cornellà Centre, which provides connections to the Rodalies and Trambaix networks and Vall d'Hebron, which is an interchange station with Line 3 of the Barcelona Metro.
The line runs from Cornellà, in the Baix Llobregat comarca, to the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, serving the northern boroughs of Hospitalet and the districts of Sants-Montjuïc and Eixample. Line 5 is currently the only Barcelona Metro line that serves the municipality of Esplugues, with the station of Can Vidalet having both of its accesses in the municipality (while the station itself is located within the limits of L'Hospitalet).
Line 5 is the second most used line in the Barcelona Metro after Line 1, with 111 million passengers using it in 2024.
Line 5's initial section was opened on July 21, 1959. It was initially known as Line II and was part of the Ferrocarril Metropolitano de Barcelona (FMB), one of the two rapid transit companies that would merge to form the Barcelona Metro. The initial section was a 5 station, 2.3 km route linking Vilapicina to La Sagrera, where a connection to FMB's Metro Transversal was provided. The line saw the pioneer use of a photoelectric cell-based automatic train operation system developed by the Barcelona Metro in 1960. In 1967, it would be extended from Vilapicina to Horta.[citation needed]
A separate project, known as Transversal Alt or Line V would open in 1969, with the initial section running from Collblanc (then known as Sant Ramon) to Diagonal. In 1970, the line would be extended from Diagonal to La Sagrera, with Line II merging into Line V. The line was expanded towards Hospitalet and Cornellà in the 1970s, with an extension to Pubilla Cases opening in 1973 and a further one to Sant Ildefons in 1976. The line would reach its current terminus in Cornellà Centre in 1983.
In 1982, with a major reorganization of TMB's network, several stations were renamed (such as General Mola, which became Verdaguer) and Line V became Line 5, as Roman numerals were abandoned.