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The Diagonal line of the Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...

 network was a proposed underground railway service in the Spanish

Spain

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 city of Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

. The proposal was made by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the main public transit operator in Barcelona, made up of two formerly separate companies, Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA. and Transports de Barcelona, SA....

 (TMB) between 1989 and 1992. It would have been a line crossing the city's most important avenue, Avinguda Diagonal, from northwest to southeast, through central Barcelona. However, the project was finally abandoned.

As of 2009 the current project to link the two main modern tram

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

 systems (Trambaix

Trambaix

The Trambaix is a light rail system operated by TRAMMET connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona, Catalonia. It opened to the public on April 5, 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be used free of charge....

 and Trambesòs

Trambesòs

The Trambesòs is a light rail system operated by TRAMMET connecting Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona with the city of Barcelona in Catalonia. The original line, known as T4, opened on May 8, 2004 and runs from Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica in Barcelona to the east of the city and extends roughly...

) through Avinguda Diagonal may be considered its successor, even though the exact location of the stations and the nature of the tram system to be used have not been finalized.

Stations never built

Many of the stations numbered in this project would have been connection stations with other than existing or projected metro services, although a number of these stations were never built as such and are only part of this project. Also, other stations became instead part of the tram networks. These are:

• Econòmiques - A Line 9
  Barcelona Metro line 9
  Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...
  
   station will be roughly in the same location.
• Pius XII - Currently a Trambaix station.
• Numància - Currently a Trambaix station.
• Ganduxer -
• Francesc Macià - Currently a Trambaix terminus station. It will become part of Line 8
  Barcelona Metro line 8
  — Line 8, coloured pink and operated by FGC, is part of the Barcelona Metro network, and therefore of the larger ATM fare-integrated transport system...
  
  , and was part of the project called line VI-
• Muntaner
• Balmes
• Llúria
• Nàpols
• Bilbao
• Pere IV - Currently a Trambesòs station.
• Josep Pla

External links

• Map of the project