BARCELONA

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ROUTES

Operator: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)

URBAN TRAM ROUTES, IN TWO SEPARATE NETWORKS:

TRAMBAIX

TRAMBESÒS

TOURIST TRAMWAY ("BLUE TRAMWAY")

METRO

Operator: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)

Operator: Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Cataluña (FGC)

NB: The line numbered L8 (Pl. Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa), named as such since 2003, is in reality part of a suburban mainline railway line, and is not considered here as part of the Barcelona metro system.

FUNICULARS

Operator: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)

Operator: Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Cataluña (FGC)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Tramways: 30 km.
• Metro (Municipal): 107 km.
• Metro (Ferrocarriles de Cataluña): 7 km.
• Blue tramway: 1.3 km.
• Montjuïc funicular: 758 m.
• Tibidabo funicular: 1,152 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

PRINT

• 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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