Barcelona Sants railway station

Barcelona Sants
Barcelona Sants
	The station's main façade in 2010
General information
Location	Plaça dels Països Catalans; 08014 Barcelona; Spain
Coordinates	41°22′44″N 2°08′24″E
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)	Madrid–Barcelona (PK 677.9); Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona (PK 186.5); Madrid–Barcelona–Figueres (high-speed) (PK 621.0);
Platforms	7 island platforms
Tracks	14 6 standard gauge high-speed; 8 Iberian gauge regional/local;
Connections	Barcelona Metro: at Sants Estació; Adjacent bus station; Local bus;
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Parking	Adjacent parking garage.
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	71801 (Adif)
IATA code	YJB
History
Opened	18 July 1975
Passengers
2018	46,511,388 ()[1]
Rank	2[2]
Services
Location
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Barcelona Sants is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of Spain. It has become the most important transport hub of the city - being the centre of Rodalies de Catalunya including Barcelona suburban railway services and regional services, as well as the main inter-city station for national and international destinations. The station is named after Sants, the neighbourhood of Barcelona in which it is located. New parts of the station have recently been remodeled to accommodate the Spanish high-speed train AVE in the city, which started serving the city on 20 February 2008. There is also an adjacent international bus station bearing the same name, and a link to the Sants Estació metro station that serves the railway station.

History and architectural design

Concourse of the station.

The modern Sants station was built in the 1970s as part of construction of the second east–west regional line running under the centre of Barcelona. The first east–west railway to Estació de França terminus, more to the north,[3] was covered up and is now also in use as a railtunnel for the regional and long-distance trains. Over the last 30 years, Estació de Sants has since eclipsed the earlier França terminus (Barcelona Estació de França), from the 1920s, as Barcelona's main railway station.

The station was built in a modern airport style, with all of its many platforms sited underground. A hotel (Hotel Barceló Sants) occupies most of the upper floors of the station's main building.

Location

Access to the metro station from the railway station

The station is in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, a little way to the west of the city centre, and is easily accessible via metro (see section below) or bus from anywhere in the city. Sited at the end of Avinguda Roma between two squares, Plaça dels Països Catalans and Plaça Joan Peiró, it has two entrances, one in each.

Services

Long distance

Madrid is two and a half hours away on the AVE Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line, after the link between Camp de Tarragona and Barcelona opened in 2008. Extension of the high-speed network east into France connecting with the TGV network was completed in January 2013 upon completion of the Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line and a direct TGV service started in December 2013.[4][5] The high speed service uses platforms 1 to 6, which have now been converted to standard gauge for use by the AVE services, unlike the remaining 8 for other RENFE services using broader Iberian gauge tracks. A second major railway station in Barcelona, Estació de la Sagrera, currently under construction, is expected to join it in order to provide a wider access to high-speed and long-distance trains to the north of the city.

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora		Following station
Camp de Tarragona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		AVE	Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha			Girona towards Figueres-Vilafant
Camp de Tarragona towards Seville-Santa Justa			Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Málaga María Zambrano			Terminus
Terminus			Girona towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
Terminus			Girona towards Toulouse-Matabiau
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus			Girona towards Marseille-St-Charles
Zaragoza Delicias towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		Avlo	Terminus
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus			Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha			Girona towards Figueres-Vilafant
Camp de Tarragona towards Bilbao Abando		Alvia	Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Hendaye
Camp de Tarragona towards A Coruña
Camp de Tarragona towards Vigo-Guixar
Camp de Tarragona towards Gijón
Camp de Tarragona towards Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla		Euromed
Camp de Tarragona towards Alicante		Euromed
Camp de Tarragona towards Alicante		Intercity
Camp de Tarragona towards Murcia del Carmen
Camp de Tarragona towards Cartagena
Camp de Tarragona towards Lorca-Sutullena
Camp de Tarragona towards Seville-Santa Justa
Preceding station	SNCF		Following station
Terminus		TGV	Girona towards Paris-Lyon
Preceding station	Ouigo España		Following station
Camp de Tarragona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		Madrid to Barcelona	Terminus
Preceding station	Iryo		Following station
Camp de Tarragona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		Madrid to Barcelona	Terminus

Regional and commuter rail

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora		Following station
Camp de Tarragona towards Lleida Pirineus		Avant	Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Tortosa			Terminus
Terminus			Girona towards Figueres-Vilafant
Camp de Tarragona towards Valladolid-Campo Grande		Intercity	Terminus
Camp de Tarragona towards Pamplona
Tarragona towards Valencia Nord
Sant Vicenç de Calders towards Zaragoza–Delicias		Media Distancia 34	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Barcelona Estació de França
Preceding station	Rodalies de Catalunya		Following station
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat towards Molins de Rei		R1	Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya towards Maçanet-Massanes
Bellvitge towards Castelldefels		R2	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Granollers Centre
Bellvitge towards Barcelona–El Prat Airport		R2 Nord	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Maçanet-Massanes
Bellvitge towards Sant Vicenç de Calders		R2 Sud	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Barcelona Estació de França
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		R3	Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya towards Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat towards Sant Vicenç de Calders		R4	Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya towards Manresa
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		RG1	Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya towards Portbou
Terminus		R11	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Cerbère
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Terminus		R12	Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya towards Lleida Pirineus
Gavà towards Lleida Pirineus		R13	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Barcelona Estació de França
Gavà towards Lleida Pirineus		R14
Bellvitge towards Riba-roja d'Ebre		R15
Vilanova i la Geltrú towards Ulldecona-Alcanar-La Sénia or Tortosa		R16
Vilanova i la Geltrú towards Port Aventura		R17
Suspended
Bellvitge towards Barcelona–El Prat Airport		R10	Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia towards Barcelona Estació de França

Barcelona Metro

References

"Adif - Información de estaciones - Barcelona Sants". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
"Atocha Cercanías lidera las estaciones de tren en España con más de 270.000 viajeros al día". Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
railwaymap 1908 The square in front of the station is situated at 'Carres de Tarragona' also visible on the map.
"High speed line opens between Barcelona and Figueres". Railway Gazette International. 8 January 2013.
Communiqué de presse Paris - Barcelone

External links

Barcelona Sants listing at Adif website
Barcelona Sants listing at Rodalies de Catalunya website
Information and photos of the station at Trenscat.com (in Catalan)

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[1] "Adif - Información de estaciones - Barcelona Sants". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[2] "Atocha Cercanías lidera las estaciones de tren en España con más de 270.000 viajeros al día". Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[3] railwaymap 1908 The square in front of the station is situated at 'Carres de Tarragona' also visible on the map.

[4] "High speed line opens between Barcelona and Figueres". Railway Gazette International. 8 January 2013.

[5] Communiqué de presse Paris - Barcelone