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INSET: CENTRAL BARCELONA
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
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DISCONTINUATION DATES OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN 21 JULY 1970 AND 17 MARCH 1971 (affected route numbers in parantheses)
- 1970 July 21: C. de Berlin; C. Mallorca & C. València (NE of C. del Dos de Maig) and C. de Rogent (54)
- 1970 Aug. 4: Ciutat Universitària – Av. Diagonal – Av. de Sarrià (65)
- 1970 Aug. 17: C. de Vilamarí – Gran Via – Pl. de la Universitat (50)
ROUTES
Operator: Transportes de Barcelona (ancestor of Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB))
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 49 | Drassanes – Est. de França – Arc de Triomf – Tetuan – C. Mallorca [back : C. València] – Maragall – Horta |
| 50 | C. de Vilamarí – Gran Via – Tetuan – C. Mallorca [back : C. València] – Maragall – Virrei Amat – Via Júlia |
| 54 | Pl. del Centre – C. de Berlin – C. de Muntaner [back: C. d'Aribau] – Universitat - Gran Via – Pl. Tetuan – C. Mallorca [back: C. València] – C. de Rogent |
| 65 | Ciutat Universitària – Av. Diagonal – Av. de Sarrià – C. de Muntaner [back: C. d'Aribau] – Universitat – Gran Via – Tetuan – Arc de Triomf – Est. de França – Drassanes |
TOURIST TRAMWAY ("BLUE TRAMWAY")
Operator: Sociedad Anónima El Tibidabo
| Pl. Kennedy - Av. de Tibidabo - Funicular del Tibidabo |
METRO
Operator: FC Metropolitano de Barcelona
| I | Sta. Eulàlia - Pl. de Sants - Pl. de Espanya - Pl. de Catalunya - Arc de Triomf - Glòries - Clot - La Sagrera - Fabra i Puig - Torras i Bages |
| III | Lesseps - Diagonal - Pl. de Catalunya - [Drassanes - Paraŀlel] / Correos |
| V | Collblanc - Pl. de Sants - Sants Estació - Provença - Diagonal - Sagrada Família - La Sagrera - Maragall - Horta |
Operator: Ferrocarriles de Cataluña
| Pl. de Catalunya - Provença - Sant Gervasi - La Bonanova - Sarrià | |
| Pl. de Catalunya - Provença - Pàdua - Av. de Tibidabo |
FUNICULARS
| Paraŀlel - Montjuïc | |
| Pl. Dr. Andreu - Tibidabo | |
| Peu del Funicular - Vallvidrera |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: ? km.
- Metro (Municipal): ? km.
- Metro (Ferrocarriles de Cataluña): 6 km.
- Blue tramway: 1.1 km.
- Montjuïc funicular: 758 m.
- Tibidabo funicular: 1130 m.
- Vallvidrera funicular: 736 m.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (First cycle): (horse-drawn) 27 June 1872 - 1905?; (electric): 26 Jan. 1899 - 18 Mar. 1971.
- Urban tramways (Second cycle): (electric) 3 Apr. 2004 - today.
- Blue Tramway: (electric) 29 Oct. 1901 - today.
- Urban metro lines: 30 Dec. 1924 - today.
- FGC metro lines: (steam) 1863; (electric) 1906 - today.
- Montjuïc funicular: 24 Oct. 1928 - today.
- Tibidabo funicular: 29 Oct. 1901 - today.
- Vallvidrera funicular: 1906 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways (First cycle): 1435/1000 mm.
- Urban tramways (Second cycle): 1435 mm.
- Blue Tramway: 1435 mm.
- Metro (L1): 1674 mm.
- Other metro lines: 1435 mm.
- Montjuïc funicular: 1200 mm.
- Tibidabo & Vallvidrera funiculars: 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Cabrera, E. "Unifying Barcelona's tramways", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2021 (84: 1003), p.268-271.
- Gonzàlez Masip, A. Els tramvies de Barcelona – Història i explotació [Barcelona tramways – History and operations] (2 vols.) Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 1998.
- "Systems Factfile: No.16 - Barcelona, Spain", Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2009 (72: 853), p.21-23.
- Young, J. Barcelona transport maps (sheet maps). Exeter: Quail Map Co., 1985.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Barcelona: Teething troubles ironed out", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2004 (67: 799), p.253-257.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Barcelona: Brand new impetus for the metro", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2004 (67: 801), p.331-333.
- Zurita, F. "The tramways of Barcelona", Modern Tramway, Apr. 1963 (26: 304), p.122-131.
- Zurita, F. "The urban railways of Barcelona", Modern Tramway, Aug. 1963 (26: 308), p.269-290.
WIKIS
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya / Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad de Cataluña (FGC)
- Funicular de Montjuïc
- Funicular de Vallvidrera
- Funicular del Tibidabo
- Metro de Barcelona
- Tram de Barcelona
- Tramvia Blau
- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona / Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona (TMB)
WEB SITES
- Autobuses BCN (Despite its title, this site has a thorough coverage of the history of rail-based transportation in Barcelona as well).
- Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM)
- Barcelona (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya / Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad de Cataluña (FGC)
- Tram (Official web site of the TMB devoted to trams)
- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona / Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona (TMB)
- wefer.com (Site devoted to the history of rail-based transportation in Catalonia)
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