El Coll - La Teixonera (Barcelona Metro)
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El Coll - La Teixonera is a Barcelona metro
station located in the Horta-Guinardó
district. The station opened on the 30 July 2010 as part of a 3 station extension to line 5
.
It is situated on the border between three neighbourhoods, El Carmel
, La Teixonera
and El Coll
. As its name suggest it mainly serves the two neighbourhoods El Coll and La Teixonera even though one of the three station entrances is located in the neighbourhood El Carmel. The station situated under a steep hill, holds various records for Barcelona metro. The eastern entrance serving the neighbourhoods El Coll and El Carmel has the
highest elevated station entrance on the whole network at 181.60 metres (596 feet) above sea level (one elevator though reaches a unspecified height of around 189 meters or 620 feet above sea level), the station also includes the longest lift on the whole network with 63 metres (207 feet).
The station also has the highest number of moving walkway
s (12) for any station in Barcelona. The height differance between the platform and the eastern street level entrance is larger than on any other station on the network with 73.53 metres (241 feet) and 80+ metres including the unspecified elevator, the platform is located 108.1 metres (354 feet) above sea level. Directly east of the station the metro runs deeper than anywhere else on the network, 105 metres under ground. The east and the west station entrances are the most spaced apart on the whole network, over 400 metres (1300 feet) by foot.
Direct link to the technical paper {pdf}
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...
station located in the Horta-Guinardó
Horta-Guinardó
Horta-Guinardó is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², which sums up for the 11,9% of the total extension of the...
district. The station opened on the 30 July 2010 as part of a 3 station extension to line 5
Barcelona Metro line 5
— Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often simply called "Línia Blava" is line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network....
.
It is situated on the border between three neighbourhoods, El Carmel
El Carmel
El Carmel , or simply Carmel, is a neighbourhood in the district of Horta-Guinardó, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Carmel is in the municipal district of Horta-Guinardó. The area was developed mainly in the 60s and 70s when immigrant workers, encouraged to move to Barcelona by the government of...
, La Teixonera
La Teixonera
La Teixonera is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia . The name honours Joaquim Taxonera, who urbanized the neighbourhood....
and El Coll
El Coll
El Coll is a neighbourhood of Gràcia, one of the 10 districts Barcelona is divided in. Located at the base of Tibidabo hill, it's 300 meters above sea level and is nowadays inhabited by 6.850 people.-History:...
. As its name suggest it mainly serves the two neighbourhoods El Coll and La Teixonera even though one of the three station entrances is located in the neighbourhood El Carmel. The station situated under a steep hill, holds various records for Barcelona metro. The eastern entrance serving the neighbourhoods El Coll and El Carmel has the
highest elevated station entrance on the whole network at 181.60 metres (596 feet) above sea level (one elevator though reaches a unspecified height of around 189 meters or 620 feet above sea level), the station also includes the longest lift on the whole network with 63 metres (207 feet).
The station also has the highest number of moving walkway
Moving walkway
A moving walkway or moving sidewalk is a slow moving conveyor mechanism that transports people, across a horizontal...
s (12) for any station in Barcelona. The height differance between the platform and the eastern street level entrance is larger than on any other station on the network with 73.53 metres (241 feet) and 80+ metres including the unspecified elevator, the platform is located 108.1 metres (354 feet) above sea level. Directly east of the station the metro runs deeper than anywhere else on the network, 105 metres under ground. The east and the west station entrances are the most spaced apart on the whole network, over 400 metres (1300 feet) by foot.
Reference
The reference for this article is taken from a technical paper published by the catalan government department for public works on the webpage gisa.cat.Direct link to the technical paper {pdf}