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Baix Llobregat Metro

Llobregat–Anoia Line
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Overview
Other name(s) El Carrilet, Els Catalans
Native name Línia Llobregat-Anoia
Type Rapid transit, commuter rail, freight rail
Status Operational
Locale Barcelona metropolitan area and northern Bages
Termini Pl. Espanya
Igualada, Manresa Baixador
Stations 41
Ridership 21,253,193 passenger journeys (2014)
Line number L8, S33, S4, S8, R5, R50, R6, R60
Operation
Opened
  • 1885 (1885) (Manresa–Guardiola de Berguedà section, as the Manresa to Berga and Guardiola de Berguedà Economical Railway)
  • 1893 (1893) (Martorell–Igualada section, as the Central Catalan Railway)
  • 1912 (1912) (Barcelona–Martorell section)
Owner Government of Catalonia
Operator(s) Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
Character At-grade, underground (in Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat)
Depot(s) Martorell Enllaç
Rolling stock
Technical
Line length 138 km (86 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2 (main route, including the Martorell–Olesa de Montserrat section)
  • 1 (Igualada and freight branches, including the Olesa de Montserrat–Manresa section)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead lines (excepting the freight branches)

The Llobregat–Anoia Line (Catalan: Línia Llobregat-Anoia) is an unconnected metre gauge railway line linking Barcelona with the Baix Llobregat, Bages and Anoia regions, in Catalonia, Spain. Its name refers to the fact that it follows the course of the Llobregat and Anoia rivers for most of its length. Plaça d'Espanya station serves as the Barcelona terminus of the line, then continuing northwards to Martorell, where two main branches to Manresa and Igualada are formed. It also includes several freight branches, accounting for a total line length of 138 kilometres (86 mi) and 41 passenger stations.

Barcelona Metro rapid transit line 8, together with a number of commuter and freight rail services, runs on the line's main route between Barcelona and Sant Boi de Llobregat. The section between Barcelona and Olesa de Montserrat is operated as a high-frequency commuter rail system known as Baix Llobregat Metro (Catalan: Metro del Baix Llobregat), with some services continuing northwards to Manresa and Igualada. This system further includes the temporarily closed Olesa de Montserrat–Esparreguera Cable Car, which is also operated by FGC. The Llobregat–Anoia Line is part of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) fare-integrated public transport system for the Barcelona metropolitan area.


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