BARCELONA METRO LINE 2

— 'Line 2', also known by the names of its termini, currently 'Paral·lel' - 'Pep Ventura', is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, coloured purple and sometimes simply called ''línia lila''. It's part of the city's ATM fare-integrated transport network. As for its architecture, it's not too different from older Barcelona Metro lines when it comes to the network's trademark sobriety and lack of ornament, but is noticeably more illuminated and incorporates some more modern architectural principles —as it was built in the 1990s— and its stations feature some unique designs.
As of 2007, its termini are Paral·lel, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, and Pep Ventura, in Badalona. It's going to be extended southbound into Montjuïc and the immediacy of Plaça Espanya, with the addition of Fira 2, and maybe even to the El Prat airport; and northbound further into Badalona in the new station Badalona Centre, where this line will be joined by L1 for a more extensive coverage of this municipality north of Barcelona proper.

Contents

Overview

Chronology

Technical details

Current stations

Overview

Although its construction started in the 1960s, it wasn't open until 1995, three years after the 1992 Summer Olympics, the event the line was supposed to be already open for, which makes it the second newest metro line in the network (after L11). All of its stations are underground.

Chronology

★ 1995 - Sant Antoni-Sagrada Família section opened.

★ 1996 - Sant Antoni-Paral·lel section opened.

★ 1997 - Sagrada Família-La Pau section opened.

★ 2002 - La Pau-Pep Ventura section moved from L4 to this line.

Technical details

★ Colour on map: Purple

★ Number of stations: 17

★ Type: Conventional metro

★ Length: 13,1 km.

★ Rolling stock: 2100, 5000 and 9000 series

★ Journey time: 24 minutes

★ Track gauge: 1.435 metre

★ Traction: Electricity

★ Power supply: Rigid overhead wire

★ Open-air sections: No

★ Mobile phone coverage: Partial

★ Depots: Verneda (Triangle Ferroviari)

★ Operator: TMB

Current stations

Station and line names shown in italics are under construction.

★ Paral·lel (L3, Funicular de Montjuïc)

★ Sant Antoni

★ Universitat (L1)

★ Passeig de Gràcia (L3, L4, RENFE)

★ Tetuan

★ Monumental

★ Sagrada Família (L5)

★ Encants

★ Clot (L1, RENFE)

★ Bac de Roda

★ Sant Martí

★ La Pau (L4)

★ Verneda

★ Artigues-Sant Adrià

★ Sant Roc

★ Gorg (''L10'')

★ Pep Ventura

★ ''Badalona Centre (under construction)''