Barcelona Sants railway station

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.

Barcelona Sants
The station's main façade in 2010
LocationPlaça dels Països Catalans
08014 Barcelona
Spain
Coordinates41°22′44″N 2°08′24″E
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)
Platforms7 island platforms
Tracks14 – 8 in Iberian gauge and 6 in standard gauge
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
ParkingAdjacent parking garage.
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code71801 (Adif)
IATA codeYJB
History
Opened18 July 1975 (1975-07-18)
Passengers
201846,511,388 ()[1]
Rank2[2]
Location
Barcelona Sants
Location in Barcelona
Barcelona Sants
Location in Spain

History and architectural design

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 the European standard gauge for use by the AVE services, unlike the remaining 8 for other RENFE services using the wider Spanish 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 train to the north of the city.

Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
AVETerminus
AVE
AVETerminus
AVE
TerminusAVE
AVE
Terminus
AVE
AlviaTerminus
toward Hendaye
Alvia
toward A Coruña
Alvia
toward Vigo-Guixar
Alvia
toward Gijón
Alvia
Tarragona
toward Valencia Nord		   Alaris   Terminus
Tarragona
toward Alicante		   Alaris  
Tarragona
Euromed
Terminus
Tarragona
toward Alicante
EuromedTerminus
Tarragona
toward Alicante		   Talgo   Terminus
Tarragona
toward Murcia del Carmen		   Talgo   Terminus
Tarragona
toward Cartagena or Lorca-Sutullena		   Talgo "Mare Nostrum"   Terminus
Tarragona
toward Seville-Santa Justa		   Talgo "Torre del Oro"   Barcelona Estació de França
Terminus
Camp de Tarragona
toward A Coruña or Vigo-Guixar		   Trenhotel "Galicia"   Terminus
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
TerminusTGV
toward Paris-Lyon

Regional and commuter rail
Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
AvantTerminus
toward Tortosa
AvantTerminus
TerminusAvant
Camp de Tarragona
toward Valladolid-Campo Grande		   Intercity   Terminus
Camp de Tarragona
toward Pamplona		   Intercity  
Tarragona
toward Valencia Nord		   Intercity  
Sant Vicenç de Calders
Media Distancia
34
Preceding station   Rodalies de Catalunya   Following station
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
toward Molins de Rei
R1
R2
R2 Nord
toward Sant Vicenç de Calders
R2 Sud
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Terminus
R3
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
toward Sant Vicenç de Calders
R4
toward Manresa
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Terminus
RG1
toward Portbou
TerminusR11
toward Cerbère
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Terminus
R12
Gavà
R13
Gavà
R14
toward Riba-roja d'Ebre
R15
Vilanova i la Geltrú
toward Ulldecona-Alcanar-La Sénia or Tortosa
R16
Vilanova i la Geltrú
toward Port Aventura
R17
  Suspended  
R10

Barcelona Metro
Main article: Sants Estació (Barcelona Metro)

References
  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
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