Barcelona will experience a historic event in November and it will be claimed time and time again. union of Trambaix and Trambesòs through the city center will begin to be a reality. This work was the subject of multiple municipal protests for decades and was the subject of a citizen consultation in 2010, during which the “no” vote won. It is now preparing to become a new alternative to metropolitan transport.
During all these years, the debate has been constant as to whether the first option to improve metropolitan transport in Barcelona should be this action of the Diagonal avenue, one of the city’s main roads, and some also expressed doubt that a bus would not be allowed, which did not involve removing lanes or installing rails, to accomplish the same itinerary.
These doubts removed, the local and regional authorities have decided to opt for this expansion which, according to official sources, and thinking only of the first section which enters into service from Glòries to Verdaguer, will serve certain 24,000 trips per day and will allow the elimination of approximately 2,000 cars along Diagonal.
Opening date and hours
The municipality itself announced two weeks ago that the inauguration of the new section, between Glòries and Verdaguer, would be the next Saturday November 9 in a day which will be both an institutional event and a major civic celebration.
In recent days, the blank teststhat is, without a ticket but simulating a real service, a crucial phase to confirm that light changes, crossing intervals and signaling are correct.
The authorities have already confirmed that the new section, between Castillejos Bailén streets, can be completed in seven minutes. The operating hours of the new section will be the same as those of the rest of the Tram lines.
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Monday to Thursday: 5 a.m. to 12 a.m.
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Fridays, Saturdays and the day before public holidays: from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Sunday: 5 a.m. to midnight.
Three new stations
The line in question which will go to Verdaguer will be T4which has stopped ending its route in Ciutadella (which maintains the T5 and T6) and will now have three new stations, all located on Diagonal itself and spread over a stretch of approximately two kilometers. The new stops will be La Monumental (between Padilla and Lepanto streets), Sicília (between Sicília and Nàpols) and Verdaguer (between Bailèn and Girona).
The work also made it possible to reorganize the Glòries tram station a few weeks ago, which has today become a major modal interchange for the tram, bus and metro.
In this new section, users will be able to create links with four metro lines (L1, L2, L4 and L5) and thirteen bus lines of Metropolitan Transport of Barcelona. To find out more about the new service and plan better routes, you can consult the official channels of the Town Hall or the companies concerned, as well as mobility applications like Moovit.
