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Metro Report InternationalBarcelona metro Series 7000 trainset enters service
SPAIN: The first Series 7000 trainset entered service on metro Line 3 in Barcelona on March 13. Alstom is supplying 26 Series 7000 trainsets for the 1 435 mm gauge Line 3 and 24 Series 8000 vehicles for the 1 668 mm gauge Line 1 under ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork to begin on Barcelona tram extension
SPAIN: Work on the long-planned link between the isolated Trambesòs and Trambaix light rail networks in Barcelona is expected to begin in the second week of March, following the award of construction contracts for the first half of the route. Following a series of feasibility studies, ...
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Tramvia Metropolità SA / Tramvia Metropolità del Besòs SA (TRAM)
Two separate modern tram networks, both opened in 2004. See Barcelona network map. The western Trambaix system is a ’Y’-shaped network operated as three routes (T1-3) and serving 29 stops. Its first section opened on April 5 2004, running from Plaça Francesc Macià to Montesa, dividing to a loop, but ...
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Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
FGC was created in 1979, bringing under common management several local railways in the Barcelona area. Part of its network serves as part of the Barcelona metro network (lines 6, 7 & 8) - see Barcelona network map. It also operates four funiculars (8 cars) and two Abt rack railways ...
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Infraestructures Ferroviàries de Catalunya (Ifercat)
This subsidiary of the Calatan Department of Planning & Sustainability administers the region’s rail infrastructure and is responsible for new projects. AddressAvinguda de Josep Tarradellas 2-608029 BarcelonaSpainPhone+34 93 553 88 00Emailinfo@ifercat.catWebsiteifercat.gencat.cat
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Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
First section opened 1924. TMB’s network comprises 8 lines with 163 stations. See Barcelona network map. A section of standard gauge Line 3 from Lesseps to Plaça de Catalunya was the first to open on December 30 1924. The sole broad gauge metro route opened on June 10 1926; the ...
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Barcelona LRT expansion
SPAIN: MAY 6 saw the opening of the latest phase of the Trambesòs light rail network in eastern Barcelona, a 2·2 km extension of Line T5 from Besòs to Sant Joan Baptista. With three intermediate stops, the route has cost €25m to build. Comprising routes T4 and T5, the Trambesòs ...