This suburban railway network was inaugurated on December 30, 1924

The history and current state of the five ghost stations of the Barcelona Metro

Esp 10·02·2024 · 23:35 0

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the second to have its own metro network, which was inaugurated in 1924.

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The Barcelona Metro began its history with the burying of the railway line between Barcelona and Sarrià, built in 1863. The first line of the current Barcelona Metro (the current Line 3) was inaugurated almost 100 years ago, on December 30, 1924, five years after the inauguration of the Madrid Metro. That first line was built by the Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona company, created in 1921 and which in 1957 passed into the hands of the City Council.

The inauguration of the first line of the Barcelona Metro, the current Line 3, on December 30, 1924 (Photo: Fundació TMB).

As is often the case with all suburban railway networks of a certain age, the Barcelona Metro has several ghost stations, that is, stations that have been abandoned due to lack of use or that, in some cases, were not even used due to poor planning during construction. A few days ago, Digar Productions published an interesting video reviewing the history and current situation of these ghost stations (the video is in Spanish, you can activate automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player):

You can see photos of some of these abandoned stations here:

The Correos Station, abandoned on March 20, 1972 (photo: TMB).

Another image of the Correos Station. It is on the current Line 4 and is very deteriorated (photo: TMB).

The Banco Station, one of the most mysterious stations in Barcelona, ​​linked to a legend that is explained in the video. It was on the current Line 4, its construction began in 1911 and it was never used. Its name is not official. It is known as such because it is located next to the former headquarters of the Bank of Spain (photo: TMB).

La Sagrera Station. It is on Line 1 (photo: TMB).

The Gaudí Station, with a Christmas decoration placed in 2008. It is on Line 5 and was never inaugurated (photo: TMB).

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