Plaça de Sants is a station

Metro station

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 serving line 1

Barcelona Metro line 1

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 and line 5

Barcelona Metro line 5

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 of the Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

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 located in the district

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 of Sants

Sants

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, in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 (Catalonia

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, Spain

Spain

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).

The Line 1 station was opened on 1926 and is located below the Carrer de Sants between Carrer d'Alcolea and Carrer de Guadiana. A connection to line 5 was added in 1969, under the Plaça de Sants between Carrer de Sants and Carrer Galileu.

The station has six accesses.

External links

• Collblanc at Trenscat.com