L2 Paral.lel Badalona Pompeu Fabra
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Línia L2

   Paral.lel

06-01-1996 This avenue runs exactly parallel to the equator and situates Barcelona in one line with Rome and New York. Formerly this station was called "Pueblo Seco". Transfer point to L3 and bottom station of the Montjuïc funicular.

 

L2 Paral.lel

L2 Paral.lel

 

   Sant Antoni  

25-09-1995

Market place dedicated to Saint Anthony, now name of the whole neighborhood.

L2 Sant Antoni
   Universitat

25-09-1995

The 'old' University was built in 1874 by Elies Rogent just outside old Barcelona after the city walls were torn down. Before that there was a University like school on the upper part of the Rambla, popularly called 'Rambla d'Estudis'.

L2 Universitat

L2 Universitat

   Passeig de Gràcia

25-09-1995

Central avenue connecting old Barcelona to the former village of Gràcia. Two of Gaudi's most famous buildings, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà (La Pedrera), among other modernist buildings, can be found along this avenue.

L2 Passeig de Gràcia

L2 Passeig de Gràcia

 

   Tetuan  

25-09-1995

Square named after a town in Morroc, former Spanish colony.

 
   Monumental  

25-09-1995

Nearby bull ring built in the mozarabic style.

 
   Sagrada Família

25-09-1995

This temple is Antoni Gaudi's most important work in Barcelona (work started in 1882 and might be finished in ?).

Sagrada Família Sagrada Família

 

   Encants  

20-09-1997

Popular name for an outdoor market and jumble sale on Plaça de les Glòries, and a newer indoor market near the station.

 

L2 Encants
   Clot

20-09-1997

Old neighborhood meaning something like 'hiding place'. But it also means 'low area surrounded by hills', which could be applied here, as the first settlement was along the Rec Comtal canal.

L2 Clot
   Bac de Roda  

20-09-1997

Street bearing the epithet of Francesc Macià i Ambert (+1713), who came from Roda de Ter (about 90 km north of Barcelona) and was a politician and fighter on the Catalan side against Felipe V.

L2 Bac de Roda

L2 Bac de Roda

   Sant Martí  

20-09-1997

Name of one of Barcelona's 10 city districts, former village 'Sant Martí de Provençals'.

L2 Sant Martí

 

   La Pau

20-09-1997

Meaning 'peace', this neighborhood was built in the 60's remembering the end of the Spanish Civil War 25 years earlier, in 1939.

L2 La Pau
   Verneda  

22-04-1985

Neighborhood in the district of Sant Martí; the name means area with alder trees, probably along the Besòs river, but there are not many trees left today.

 
   Artigues | St. Adrià  

22-04-1985

until 2002: JOAN XXIII - Avenue in Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs named after Pope John XXIII (1958-1963).

Artigues Sant Adrià
Photo DavorBCN

 

   Sant Roc

22-04-1985

New neighborhood in Badalona called after Saint Roc, a 14th century pilgrim who helped people suffering from the plague.

 
   Gorg

 

22-04-1985

Popular name given to this neighborhood which means 'marsh' as the sea and the land are almost on the same level.

Future interchange with L9/L10

L2 Gorg

L2 Gorg

 

   Pep Ventura  

22-04-1985

Square in the city of Badalona dedicated to Josep Maria Ventura i Casas, who dedicated part of his life to the Sardana, the Catalan national dance, in the 19th century.

L2 Pep Ventura

 

   Badalona
 Pompeu Fabra
 

11-07-2010

Located right in the centre of Badalona.
Future interchange with L1

L2 Badalona Pompeu Fabra

L2 Badalona Pompeu Fabra

Special Features of Line L2:

Total length: 13 km, 18 stations

European standard track gauge of 1435 mm

Operated in ATO mode

Running on the left between Paral.lel and Monumental

Section La Pau - Pep Ventura transferred from L4 to L2 on 01-10-2002

 

 


 

 

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