Barcelona Metro line 7 facts for kids

Line 7 or L7 coloured brown (currently known as Plaça Catalunya - Avinguda Tibidabo), is a metro in the Barcelona Metro network that is ran by FGC. It is also called Línia de Balmes, because it climbs Carrer de Balmes uphill into Tibidabo. It shares three stations with L6.

Technical details

• Number of stations: 12
• Type: Conventional metro
• Length: 7 km (4.3 mi)
• Journey time: 9 minutes
• Traction: Electricity
• Open-air sections: No
• Mobile phone coverage: All line
• Depots: Rubí
• Operator: FGC

Current stations

• Plaça Catalunya (L1, L3, L6, RENFE)
• Provença (L6; Diagonal: L3, L5)
• Gràcia (L6)
• Plaça Molina
• Pàdua
• El Putxet (L9, L10)¹
• Avinguda Tibidabo (Tramvia blau)

1: L9 and L10 under construction in this station.

Images for kids

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  Entrance to Rubí Operations Center.

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  All rail services call at Barcelona's Provença, the second-busiest station on the line after Pl. Catalunya.

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  Interior of a 112 Series train.

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  All the stations on the Barcelona–Vallès Line feature a characteristic rhombus-shaped nameplate. This one belongs to Sant Cugat station.

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  Current FGC plate at the Sabadell-Rambla station. This station will be replaced with the construction of further stations in the town.

See also

In Spanish: Línea 7 (Metro de Barcelona) para niños