Correos (Barcelona Metro)

Correos
Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
Location Via Laietana, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
Coordinates 41°22′55″N 2°10′53″E / 41.38194°N 2.18139°E / 41.38194; 2.18139Coordinates: 41°22′55″N 2°10′53″E / 41.38194°N 2.18139°E / 41.38194; 2.18139
Owned by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 1934
Closed 1972
Location

Location within Barcelona

Correos (Spanish) or Correus (Catalan) was a former Barcelona metro station. The station site is located on what is now line L4 between the existing stations of Jaume I and Barceloneta, and under the street of Via Laietana.[1][2]

The station opened in 1934 as a terminus of a branch of the Gran Metro de Barcelona, Barcelona's first metro line. The Gran Metro de Barcelona came to be known as line L3 but Correos remained the terminus of a branch. The station was dismantled in 1972 to permit the extension of the line into La Barceloneta, as part of the integration of the branch into line L4.[1][2]

Along with Banco, it is one of the two metro stations on Via Laietana that have disappeared.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "L'estació 'fantasma' del metro de Barcelona més ben conservada és la de Gaudí, l'única que no ha funcionat mai" (in Catalan). Directe!Cat. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  2. 1 2 "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". carto.metro.free.fr. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
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