Avinguda Carrilet station

Avinguda Carrilet, also known as L'Hospitalet Avinguda Carrilet, is an interchange complex underneath Avinguda Carrilet in the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality, to the south-west of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It consists of a railway station on the Llobregat–Anoia Line and a Barcelona Metro line 1 (L1) station. The Llobregat–Anoia Line station is served by Barcelona Metro line 8 (L8), Baix Llobregat Metro lines S33, S4 and S8, and commuter rail lines R5, R6, R50 and R60. The services on the Llobregat–Anoia Line (including the L8) are operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), whilst the L1 is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB).^[5][1][6]

Avinguda Carrilet
FGC rapid transit and commuter rail station TMB rapid transit station
A 213 Series train at the Llobregat–Anoia Line station in 2007.
General information
Location	Avinguda Carrilet 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Catalonia Spain
Coordinates	41°21′28.6″N 2°06′09.8″E
Owned by	Government of Catalonia
Operated by	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC; Llobregat–Anoia Line) Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB; Barcelona Metro line 1)
Line(s)	Llobregat–Anoia Line Barcelona Metro line 1
Platforms	2 island platforms (Llobregat–Anoia Line) 2 side platforms (Barcelona Metro line 1)
Tracks	4 (Llobregat–Anoia Line) 2 (Barcelona Metro line 1)
Connections	Urban buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	A bicycle parking rack is located in the station hall of the Llobregat–Anoia Line.[1]
Accessible	The station entrance from Avinguda Carrilet is fully accessible.
Other information
Station code	113 (Barcelona Metro line 1)[2]
Fare zone	1 (ATM Àrea de Barcelona)[3]
History
Opened	1912; 112 years ago (1912) (Llobregat–Anoia Line) 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (Barcelona Metro line 1)
Rebuilt	9 July 1985 (1985-07-09) (Llobregat–Anoia Line)
Original company	Camino de Hierro del Nordeste (Llobregat–Anoia Line)
Post-grouping	Compañía General de les Ferrocarriles Catalanes (CGFC; Llobregat–Anoia Line)
Passengers
2013	1,994,266[a] (Llobregat–Anoia Line)
Services
Preceding station FGC Following station Almeda towards Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa L8 Sant Josep towards Barcelona Pl. Espanya Almeda towards Can Ros S33 Almeda towards Olesa de Montserrat S4 Almeda towards Martorell Enllaç S8 Almeda towards Manresa Baixador R5 Almeda towards Igualada R6 Almeda towards Manresa Baixador R50 Almeda towards Igualada R60 Preceding station Metro Following station Bellvitge towards Hospital de Bellvitge L1 Rambla Just Oliveras towards Fondo
Location Avinguda Carrilet Location in the Barcelona area.

The original at-grade station for the Llobregat–Anoia Line was opened in 1912 by the company Camino de Hierro del Nordeste ("Northeastern Railway"). On 9 July 1985 (1985-07-09), the line's section between Sant Josep and Cornellà Riera stations was put underground and the current station started operating. The L1 station dates from 1987, when the line was extended southwards from Torrassa station. It served as the L1's southern terminus until 1989, when that line was extended to Hospital de Bellvitge station.^[6][5][1]

The platforms used by the Llobregat–Anoia Line are located between Rambla de la Marina and Plaça de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat. They comprise two island platforms, each flanked by a pair of tracks, with the two inner tracks on the main line and the outer tracks on loops off the main line. The L1 platforms are located underneath Rambla de la Marina, between Avinguda Carrilet and Carrer Prat de la Riba, comprising two 96-metre-long (315 ft) side platforms.^[5][1]

Accesses

The station has the following entrances:^[1][5]

• Avinguda Carrilet
• Carrer Prat de la Riba

Notes

1. Passenger figures according to recorded annual entries.^[4]

References

1. "L'Hospitalet-Av.Carrilet (FGC)" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
2. "Barcelona metro line 1 - Station Av. Carrilet". Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
3. Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
4. Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2013 [2013 Report of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya] (PDF) (Report) (in Catalan). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya; Department of Public Works and Transport. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2014. p. 63. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
5. "Avinguda Carrilet (L1)" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
6. "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". cartometro.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

External links

• Media related to Avinguda Carrilet station at Wikimedia Commons
• Avinguda Carrilet listing at the Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) website
• Information and photos of the Llobregat–Anoia Line and L1 stations at trenscat.cat (in Catalan)
• Information and photos of the Llobregat–Anoia Line station at WEFER (in Spanish)