Línia Barcelona-Vallès

Línia Barcelona-Vallès Metro del Vallès
First service		1863
Operator		FGC
Authority		ATM Barcelona
Territory		Barcelonès and Vallès Occidental
Lines		2 metro lines and 4 suburbans lines
Stations		30
Trains		111 and 112 stock
Gauge		1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Depots and workshops		Rubí
FGC lines Metro de Barcelona Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Barcelona-Vallès Terrassa Sabadell Rubí UAB Llobregat-Anoia Can Ros Olesa M. Martorell Manresa Igualada Funiculars and aerial tramways FGC Services F. Gelida F. Vallvidrera C. Montserrat F. Santa Cova F. Sant Joan C. Núria Tc. Coma T. Olesa Tc. Molina

Barcelona-Vallès Line

Legend Castellar del Vallès enlargement phase 2 Pla de la Bruguera Cotxeres de Ca n'Oriac Ca n'Oriac enlargement Sabadell Nord Terrassa Nacions Unides enlargement Sabadell - Eix Macià Terrassa Estació del Nord Plaça Major - Centre Vallparadís Universitat Sabadell-Rambla end Terrassa Rambla end Sabadell-Estació Les Fonts Sant Quirze Rubí end Universitat Autònoma end Cotxeres de Rubí Bellaterra Hospital General Sant Joan Mira-sol Volpelleres Sant Cugat Valldoreix La Floresta Les Planes Baixador de Vallvidrera Sant Joan de Déu enlargement Universitats Peu del Funicular Monestir de Pedralbes Reina Elisenda end Sarrià Les Tres Torres Avinguda Tibidabo end La Bonanova El Putxet Muntaner Pàdua Sant Gervasi Plaça Molina Gràcia Provença Barcelona-Pl. Catalunya end

Línia Barcelona-Vallès or Metro del Vallès is the collective name under which several 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (standard-gauge) rail lines operated by the Catalan rail company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) are known. They serve several areas of Vallès and the metropolitan area of Barcelona, and their common terminus is the railway station in Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona. Its main depot is in Rubí: COR - Centre d'Operacions de Rubí.

While the name Línia Barcelona - Vallès implies a regular commuter train service, the denomination Metro del Vallès —even if still far from being a proper metro network— hints at FGC's aims of establishing a coherent inter-urban rapid transit service. Two of the biggest cities in the Barcelona metropolitan area, Sabadell and Terrassa, are developing their own subways: Sabadell Metro and Terrassa Metro, which will be part of this network. There is a Barcelona Metro line which is part of the line, but is not of Metro del Vallès, L7, named after Carrer de Balmes, which runs from Plaça Catalunya to Avinguda Tibidabo, making up the so-called "Balmes line" or línia de Balmes.

Lines

These lines are:

• S1. Barcelona-Terrassa.
• S2. Barcelona-Sabadell.
• S5. Barcelona-Sant Cugat del Vallès - Rubí
• S55 - Barcelona-Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Barcelona Metro line 6
• Barcelona Metro line 7

Running stock

• FGC 111 (111.01 - 111.20), used mainly in lines S5, S55, L6 and L7.
• FGC 112 (112.01 - 112.22), used mainly in lines S1 and S2.

See also

• List of FGC lines
• Metro del Baix Llobregat
• Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
• Barcelona Metro
• Terrassa Metro
• Sabadell Metro

External links

• Metro Vallès at Trenscat.com