Barcelona Metro line 8

Barcelona Metro Line 8

Legend
direcció Martorell and Manresa/Igualada
Molí Nou | Ciutat Cooperativa end
Sant Boi

Merchandises branch line to Barcelona Port
Cornellà Salines (new station)
Cornellà-Riera
Almeda
L'Hospitalet - Av. Carrilet
Sant Josep
direction to Barcelona-Sants

Gornal
direction to Sant Vicenç de Calders
Europa-Fira
Ildefons Cerdà
Magòria - la Campana
Barcelona-Pl. Espanya end
Entença
Francesc Macià
Gràcia
Joanic
Sagrada Família
Glòries
Pere IV o Parc Central
Cristòfol de Moura
UAB (Horta tunnel) enlargement LLA*
Besòs Mar
Besòs Parc enlargement L8*
(*) PDI 2009-2018

— Line 8, coloured pink (termini: Plaça Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa) and operated by FGC, is part of the Barcelona Metro network, and therefore of the larger ATM fare-integrated transport system. It joins Plaça Espanya, in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona with metropolitan area municipalities of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat and Sant Boi de Llobregat.

Overview

The pink line, mostly underground, links Plaça Espanya, in Barcelona proper, with Sant Boi de Llobregat, through L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It opened in 1912 as a train line (hence predating the first metro Line 3 by 12 years), and was known as S3 until 2003, hence the name of its suburban extended line (S33). It's also part of the Llobregat-Anoia and Metro del Baix Llobregat railway networks run by FGC, from which trains continue from Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa onwards. There is also a freight-only branch line before Sant Boi station that connects to the Port of Barcelona.

The line first took on its current form between 1985 and 1987 when the section Cornellà-Riera – Sant Josep was first moved underground, followed by the section Sant Josep – Espanya. In 1997 Magòria-La Campana station opened, followed by Molí Nou – Ciutat Cooperativa station in 2000.

An extension of the line further into central Barcelona, with a new station in Plaça Francesc Macià is being projected at the moment. It would link both the metro line and the Baix Llobregat line with Trambaix routes T1, T2 and T3 and the Vallès line. The line is also projected to extend into Besòs Parc station in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, and a branch line is also projected to link the (future) Cristòfol de Moura station with the Autonomous University of Barcelona campus via the "Horta tunnel".

Technical details

Current stations

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Coordinates: 41°22′30″N 2°08′57″E / 41.375°N 2.14916°E / 41.375; 2.14916

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