Barcelona Metro line 2

Barcelona Metro line 2
Passeig de Gràcia station
Overview
Service type	Conventional metro
Locale	Barcelona
First service	1959 (1959) (as line II, now part of line 5) 1985 (1985) (La Pau – Pep Ventura segment, as part of Line 4) 1995 (1995) (current route)
Current operator(s)	TMB
Route
Termini	Paral·lel Badalona Pompeu Fabra
Stops	18
Distance travelled	13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Average journey time	24 minutes
Technical
Rolling stock	9000 series based at Triangle ferroviari depot
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,200–1,500 V DC rigid overhead wire
Track owner(s)	TMB
Route map Badalona Pompeu Fabra Pep Ventura Gorg Sant Roc Trambesòs Artigues-Sant Adrià Besòs River Verneda to Granollers Centre to Maçanet-Massanes Triangle ferroviari depot La Pau Sant Martí Bac de Roda Clot (El Clot-Aragó) Rodalies Encants Line 5 Sagrada Família Monumental Rodalies to Barcelona França Tetuan Passeig de Gràcia Barcelona–Vallès Line Rodalies to Plaça de Catalunya Madrid–Barcelona line Universitat Sant Antoni Line 3 Paral·lel Line 3

Line 2 is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, coloured purple and sometimes called línia lila. It is part of the city's ATM fare-integrated transport network.

As of 2013, its termini are Paral·lel, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, and Badalona Pompeu Fabra, in Badalona. Plans are underway for a southern extension to Poble-Sec and Montjuïc, and eventually to El Prat airport.

Line 2's architecture bears resemblance to older lines, with its characteristic simplicity and lack of ornament. However, the stations enjoy noticeably better lighting and do incorporate some more modern architectural principles, a symbol of its construction in the 1990s.

Overview

The original plan for Line 2 and Line 5

Portions of Line 2 commenced in the 1950s as line II, now part of Line 5, initially running from La Sagrera-Meridiana station to Vilapicina station. The current L2 was planned in preparation for the 1992 Summer Olympics, to be held on the then-underserved Montjuïc. Delays, however, resulted in an opening dates in 1995, three years after the Games. L2 is the third-newest Metro line in the network, after L11 and the combined L9/L10. All of its stations are underground.

The formation of the modern L2 first began in 1968, when construction commenced to extend the original line II from Sagrada Família station to Poble Sec station, with expected completion in 1971. However, poor planning resulted in significant difficulties in the tunnel's construction. In 1970, it was decided to redirect the original Line II westward and rename it L5, concurrently abandoning the construction of Line II's Gaudí station near the present-day Sagrada Família station. Construction of the tunnel from Sagrada Família station to Sant Antoni halted in 1973. The project was restarted in 1991, which included reconstructing and remodeling stations and tunnels. The reconstruction was completed in 1995, and the following year L2 was extended to Paral·lel station.

Plans for western extension

Plans for L2 to reach Montjuïc and Zona Franca in the southwest of Barcelona were first discussed as early as 1971, and another proposal for L2 to terminate near the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys was made in 1987. In May 1999, a new master plan was adopted which raised the possibility of L2 potentially being extended to El Prat Airport, and in 2006 the plan was later modified for L2 to share L9 Sud's tracks after Parc Logístic station. L9 Sud is El Prat's first connection to the Metro system, supplementing its current connection to the Rodalies commuter rail system. Under the 2006 plan, L2 and L9 will share the same route from Terminal entre pistes (Aeroport T1) to Parc Logístic, at which point they will diverge. L9 will then continue to the north toward Zona Universitària station, and L2 will travel to the east, entering the city centre. However, the construction of the western extension of L2 has still yet to take place as of 2019.

Chronology

Evolution of Line 2, 1959–1967 (as line II, now part of line 5), 1995–2010 (current line 2), including future extensions

• 1995 – Sant Antoni-Sagrada Família section opens.
• 1996 – Sant Antoni-Paral·lel section opens.
• 1997 – Sagrada Família-La Pau section opens.
• 2002 – La Pau-Pep Ventura section moved from L4 to L2.
• 2010 – Pep Ventura-Badalona Pompeu Fabra section opens.

Stations

The line serves the following stations:

Location	Station	Opened	Connections
Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona	Paral·lel	1995	Barcelona Metro: L3, Funicular de Montjuïc
	Sant Antoni	1995
Eixample, Barcelona	Universitat	1995	Barcelona Metro: L1
	Passeig de Gràcia	1995	Renfe Media Distancia: R11, R13, R14, R15, R16 Rodalies de Catalunya: R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud Barcelona Metro: L3, L4
	Tetuan	1995
	Monumental	1995
	Sagrada Família	1995	Barcelona Metro: L5
	Encants	1997
Sant Martí, Barcelona	Clot	1997	Renfe Media Distancia: R11 (at El Clot-Aragó) Rodalies de Catalunya: R1, R2, R2 Nord, RG1 (at El Clot-Aragó) Barcelona Metro: L1
	Bac de Roda	1997
	Sant Martí	1997
	La Pau	1997	Barcelona Metro: L4
Sant Adrià de Besòs	Verneda	1985
Badalona	Artigues | Sant Adrià	1985
	Sant Roc	1985	Trambesòs: T5
	Gorg	1985	Barcelona Metro: L10 Trambesòs: T5, T6
	Pep Ventura	1985
	Badalona Pompeu Fabra	2010

External links

• Trenscat.com