Barcelona Metro line 9

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Map of line 9 (L9, L10 & L2)

Barcelona Metro Line 9

Legend Aeroport T1 S end Aeroport T. de Càrrega (under construction) Aeroport T2 Mas Blau depot Parc Nou end  Zona Franca | Zal Cèntric former bed of the Llobregat  El Prat Estació Zona Franca Nova ZAL La Ribera (under construction) Zona Franca ZAL Les Moreres Zona Franca Port   Llobregat river Zona Franca Litoral Mercabarna viaduct start  Parc Logístic Motors   Common section Fira Foc Cisell direction to INEF   Foneria Ildefons Cerdà Europa | Fira Provençana Can Tries | Gornal Torrassa Collblanc Camp Nou (under construction) Zona Universitària S end Campus Nord Manuel Girona Prat de la Riba Sarrià Mandri El Putxet Lesseps Muntanya Sanllehy Guinardó | Hospital de Sant Pau Maragall 11px La Sagrera N end 11px Sagrera | TAV (under construction) Connextion to Triangle ferroviari depot Onze de Setembre Bon Pastor Besòs river Besòs bifurcation Llefià Can Peixauet La Salut Santa Rosa end  Gorg Fondo Església Major Singuerlín Can Zam N end Can Zam depot S Aeroport T1 - Zona Universitària N La Sagrera - Can Zam La Sagrera - Gorg

Line 9 (Línia 9 in Catalan) is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with 24 stations open in Barcelona and the El Prat de Llobregat, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburbs, since December 2009. Currently, the line is divided in two branches, waiting for the connection between them to be built. The Aeroport T1 - Zona Universitària section is called L9 South (L9 Sud in Catalan), and the La Sagrera - Can Zam section L9 North (L9 Nord in Catalan). Upon completion, it will be the longest automatic train operation (i.e. driverless vehicle) metro line in Europe.

Lines 9 and 10

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Station of Line L9.

The complete project encompasses an underground line with two branches spanning a good deal of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, crossing Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Badalona, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is the company operating the line.

The name line 9 (L9) can refer either to the whole project of L9/L10 or to the common trunk plus the L9 branches. The total system will have a length of 47.8 km, of which 43.71 underground and 4.09 on viaducts. L9/L10 will be the deepest line in the Barcelona network.

Line 9 shares its route with L10 for a large part.

Construction

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Elevators offering access to platforms from the lobby at Fondo station.

Llefià station.

Originally expected to be ready by 2008, ongoing problems with its construction delayed its expected completion until as late as 2013-2014. Unfortunately, it has been delayed yet again to 2016.

On 13 December 2009, the section between Can Peixauet and Can Zam, with the exception of Santa Rosa station, opened to the public. A further station, Bon Pastor, opened on 18 April 2010; as the first section of L10 was opened. The section from La Sagrera to Bon Pastor (except Sagrera station) opened on 26 June 2010.

On February 12, 2016 the El Prat branch opened from Aeroport T1 to Zona Universitària stations. This is a 20 km section with 15 stations, however three stations – Aeroport Terminal de Càrrega, La Ribera and Camp Nou – did not open, as they are were built to serve future developments or for technical reasons.

Line 9 is being bored by a single 11.95 metres (39.2 ft) tunnel boring machine (TBM) – where other metros bore a pair of tunnels, one for each direction, Line 9's extra wide tunnel is wide enough for both the tracks (which are stacked on top of each other), and for the route's stations.

Because the route passes through different geological conditions, the TBM is designed to replace the cutterheads with heads suited for the current conditions. In June 2010 the TBM's hard rock cutterhead was replaced with its original cutterhead, designed to bore through clay.

List of stations

(The stations marked with * are currently under construction)

El Prat area
Provisional L9S Start

• Aeroport-T1 (Barcelona International Airport)
• Aeroport Terminal de Càrrega*
• Aeroport-T2 (Barcelona International Airport, RENFE)
• Mas Blau
• Parc Nou
• Cèntric
• El Prat Estació (L1, RENFE)
• Centre Direccional*
• Les Moreres
• Mercabarna
• Parc Logístic
• Fira
• Europa-Fira (L8)

Central branch, shared with L10

• Can Tries - Gornal
• Torrassa (L1)
• Collblanc (L5)
• Camp Nou* (T1, T2, T3)
• Zona Universitària (L3) (T1, T2, T3)

Provisional L9S End

• Campus Nord*
• Manuel Girona*
• Prat de la Riba*
• Sarrià* (L6)
• Mandri*
• El Putxet* (L7)
• Lesseps* (L3)
• Muntanya*
• Sanllehy*
• Guinardó* (L4)
• Maragall*

Provisional L9N Start

• La Sagrera (L1, L5, RENFE)
• Sagrera* (L4, RENFE-AVE)
• Onze de Setembre
• Bon Pastor

Besòs area

• Can Peixauet
• Santa Rosa
• Fondo (L1)
• Església Major
• Singuerlín
• Can Zam

Provisional L9N End

Extra cost

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There is charge of 4.5 euros if you go to the airport and it's announced on the tickets vending machines and inside the airport trains.

Going to the airport Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 stations is charged with an extra of 4.5 euros if are you traveling with a single ticket or with a T-10. The airport charge can be paid before exiting the metro. No need to pay the fee if you are traveling with daily, monthly, quarterly or Hola BCN! tickets.

External links

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