Estació del Nord (Barcelona)

Estació del Nord
The frontage seen from Plaça d'André Malraux
Location	Barcelona Catalonia (Spain)
Coordinates	41°23′38.36″N 2°10′58.09″E / 41.3939889°N 2.1828028°E / 41.3939889; 2.1828028Coordinates: 41°23′38.36″N 2°10′58.09″E / 41.3939889°N 2.1828028°E / 41.3939889; 2.1828028
History
Opened	1862
Rebuilt	1910-1915 (new train shed and facade) 1972 (as bus station and sports hall)
Location
Location within Barcelona

The Estació del Nord or Estación del Norte, is a former main line railway station in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally opened in 1862, it was closed as a railway station in 1972. It is now used partly as a bus station, partly as a large multi-purpose sports hall, and partly as a police station. The sports hall is known as the Poliesportiu Estació del Nord, and was a 1992 Summer Olympics venue. The bus station is known as the Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord, and is Barcelona's principal terminal for scheduled medium and long distance coach services.

The station lies in the Fort Pienc neighbourhood of the Eixample district of Barcelona, some 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) from Plaça de Catalunya. The Arc de Triomf station, served by Barcelona Metro line L1 and Rodalies de Catalunya suburban trains, has an entrance directly in front of the station on Plaça d'André Malraux. The Parc de l'Estació del Nord, laid out on the site of sidings associated with the station, lies to the south-east.

The original railway station on the site was built in phases, from 1861, on land that had previously been occupied by Fort Pienc, a fortress raised by Philip V following the fall of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession. The original façade, by P. Andrés i Puigdoller in a neoclassical style, still exists on the south-eastern side of the station facing the park. The station opened on 21 May 1862, as the terminus of the Compañía del Ferrocarril de Zaragoza a Barcelona line from Zaragoza.