Airport T1 (Barcelona Metro)
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Airport T1 Aeroport T1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TMB rapid transit station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Barcelona–El Prat Airport 08820 El Prat de Llobregat Catalonia Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°17′22.7″N 2°04′26.0″E / 41.289639°N 2.073889°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Ifercat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Barcelona Metro line 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Several airport parking garages serving Barcelona–El Prat Airport's terminal T1 are located nearby. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | The station is fully handicap-accessible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 (ATM Àrea de Barcelona) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opening | 12 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airport T1 (
Opened in 2016, the station is located underneath the airport terminal and consists of two levels. The trains run on the lower level, where there is a 16-metre (52 ft)
History
A tunnelling machine began excavating the tunnel for Barcelona Metro line 9 from Mas Blau to the Airport T1 station in March 2008 and finished in April 2009. The completion of the station's main structure was part of the construction of terminal T1, which opened in June 2009.
When the terminal opened, the airport branch of L9 was expected to be ready for passenger service in 2012.
Train service
Service on the airport section of Barcelona Metro line 9 (L9), designated L9 Sud ("South"), operates driverless with a service frequency of 7 minutes in each direction between Airport T1 and Zona Universitària in western Barcelona. Additional partial services may be added if necessary, reducing the frequency to 4 minutes.[5] Passengers using the metro stations located at the airport terminals are required to purchase a special ticket known as an airport ticket; basic single tickets issued by the operating company Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) are not valid.[6] The airport ticket costs €4.50 and also gives access to the rest of the TMB-operated Barcelona Metro system. Multiple-use tickets and unlimited passes issued by the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM)—a public agency in charge of coordinating public transportation operators in the Barcelona area—are valid, with the exception of the T-10 ten-trip ticket.[7]
Future
Commuter rail services to central Barcelona will also serve the station once a new airport rail link is built. Although a rail link has existed since 1975, it only reaches terminal T2, which is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from terminal T1.[8] Construction work for the new link began in July 2015, originally with completion expected in 2018,[9] with opening currently expected around 2022. There is also a project to extend Barcelona Metro line 2 (L2) southwards using the route of the L9 between Parc Logístic and Airport T1 stations.[10]
References
- ^ Borràs, Bernat. "el metro de Barcelona - línia L9 sud - Aeroport T1" [Barcelona Metro - line L9 sud - Airport T1]. trenscat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- Generalitat of Catalonia. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- Generalitat of Catalonia. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- Generalitat of Catalonia. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Generalitat of Catalonia. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Bitllets a l'aeroport" [Airport link tickets] (in Catalan). Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "L'ATM aprova la rebaixa dels abonaments de 2 a 6 zones, l'ampliació de la T-12 fins els 14 anys i la congelació de la resta de títols" [The ATM passes a price reduction of all of its tickets and passes of 2 to 6 zones, the age extension to 14 years for the T-12, and a price freeze for the rest of the ATM passes and tickets] (PDF) (Press release) (in Catalan). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Distance measured using Google Maps's "Distance Measurement Tool".[original research?]
- Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Government of Spain. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Fitxes de les actuacions". Pla Director d'Infraestructures del transport públic col·lectiu de la regió metropolitana de Barcelona 2011-2020 [2011–2020 Infrastructure Master Plan for the public transport system in the Barcelona metropolitan area] (PDF) (Report) (in Catalan). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. pp. 124–125. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
External links
- Aeroport T1 listing at the Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) website
- Information and photos of the station at trenscat.cat