23-12-1983

Cornellà de Llobregat is one of the cities around Barcelona that grew very fast in the 50's and 60's. The name is derived from a Latin name 'Cornelianus' who probably had an estate there in ancient times. Until Nov. 2003, this station was only called 'Cornellà'.

23-12-1983

Part of Cornellà de Llobregat. 'Gavarra' means 'landscape with low hills'.

23-11-1976

Neighborhood in the City of Cornellà de Llobregat - no local reason why this name was chosen for this residential area.

23-11-1976

This former manor house is still there and the park around it, open to the public, still shows some box-trees that gave the name to the estate.

23-11-1976

Originally called 'Maladeta'. Like other stations in this area 'Can ...' evokes a former manor house belonging to a family called Vidalet.

05-02-1973

Neighborhood in the City of L'Hospitalet referring to Josefa Cases i Clavell, who was the heiress (pubilla) of an estate called Cases.

 Ernest Lluch 

25-07-2021

Fill-in station added right at the city border between Barcelona and L'Hospitalet, initially planned as 'Cardenal Reig', eventually named after a politician and University professor killed by ETA in 2000.

03-11-1969

Originally opened as 'San Ramón', it was eventually changed to show the name of the neighborhood on the city limits between Barcelona and L'Hospitalet. It sounds like 'white collar', but 'coll' actually also means 'low mountain pass', although it's difficult to recognise anything mountainous in the area.

Future interchange with line L9.

03-11-1969

The name of a part of the city ring road comes from the owners of an old mill in the area.

03-11-1969

Originally only called 'Sans', it's in the heart of this historic district of Sants-Montjuïc, actually meaning 'saints'. As an exception for the Barcelona Metro 'Plaça de' was added to distinguish this station from the nearby 'Sants-Estació' station on L3/L5.

03-11-1969

Station serving Barcelona's major railway station; L5 platfroms lying parallel to the (also underground) mainline tracks, on the northern side. Linked to L3 via a long and rather narrow corridor.

03-11-1969

Street named after Berenguer d'Entença who was a Catalan nobleman and fought with and against Rocafort in the Mediterranian during the 13th century.

03-11-1969

This hospital was opened in 1906 and houses the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.

03-11-1969

The original name was 'Diagonal - Rambla Cataluña'. See L3 for more details.

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26-06-1970

Originally called 'General Mola'. Square paying homage to the very important Catalan poet, Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845-1902)

26-06-1970

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

26-06-1970

This huge hospital complex was built at the beginning of our century by L. Domènech i Montaner and is one of Barcelona's modernist masterpieces. Original station name was 'Dos de Mayo', an adjacent street.

With the hospital being relocated, the station named changed from 'Hospital de Sant Pau' to 'Sant Pau-Dos de Maig' in 2010.

26-06-1970

The name actually translates as 'harp field' although there's nothing pointing at a harp in the area. It could come from 'Camp de l'Arca' which would make it a field of graves. Anyway, it's now the name of the neighborhood.

21-07-1959

The name of this neighborhood actually refers to a 'sacred area' around the parish church.

The new station for the AVE, the Spanish high speed train, is being built in the area - the present metro station, located below Meridiana avenue and previously simply called 'Sagrera', has been renamed 'La Sagrera' to distinguish it from the new railway station served by lines L4 and L9.

21-07-1959

Initially called 'Viviendas del Congreso'. This area was built up to house the participants of the Eucaristic Congress held in Barcelona in 1952.

21-07-1959

Avenue and square dedicated to the poet Joan Maragall i Gorina (1860-1911).

21-07-1959

Manuel d'Amat was Virrei (vice-king) of Peru in the 18th century.

21-07-1959

Neighborhood built around an ancient church Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina.

05-10-1967

Very old village, now together with Guinardó one of the 10 city districts. The name evokes former gardens and woods.