Plaça Molina (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

Metro station in Barcelona, Spain

41°24′05″N 2°08′51″E / 41.40139°N 2.14750°E / 41.40139; 2.14750Owned byFerrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundOther informationFare zone1 (ATM)HistoryOpened1953Passengers2018663,553^[1] Services

Preceding station	FGC			Following station
Gràcia towards Barcelona Pl. Catalunya		L7		Pàdua towards Av. Tibidabo

Plaça Molina is a station of the Barcelona Metro on the FGC-operated line L7 (also known as Línia de Balmes). The station is situated under by Plaça Molina, a square in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district. It is connected by an underground pedestrian passageway to the nearby Sant Gervasi station on line L6 of the metro.^[2]^[3]

The station opened in 1953, with the inauguration of the railway section spanning from Gràcia to Avinguda Tibidabo (still the terminus of the line). The link to Sant Gervasi station opened in 2008.^[3]^[4]

The station has twin tracks, with two 60 metres (200 ft) long side platforms. Because of proximity to street level, each platform has its own street access, with the two platforms being linked by an underpass below the track level.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2018. p. 76. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Plaça Molina" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pl Molina". Transporte Barcelona (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-12-26.
^ Bernat Borràs (2004-02-27). "El Bloc de trenscat.cat: De Pl.Molina a St.Gervasi sense sortir al carrer". Trenscatbloc.blogspot.com.

External links

Media related to Plaça Molina station at Wikimedia Commons
Information and photos about the station at Trenscat.com
Information and photos about the station at TransporteBCN.es

Barcelona–Vallès Line

Stations

Main route	Pl. Catalunya Provença (Diagonal ) Gràcia Sant Gervasi Muntaner La Bonanova Les Tres Torres Sarrià Peu del Funicular Baixador de Vallvidrera Les Planes La Floresta Valldoreix Sant Cugat
Av. Tibidabo branch	Pl. Molina Pàdua El Putxet Av. Tibidabo
Reina Elisenda branch	Reina Elisenda
Terrassa branch	Mira-sol Hospital General Rubí Les Fonts Terrassa Rambla Vallparadís Universitat Terrassa Estació del Nord Terrassa Nacions Unides
Sabadell branch	Volpelleres (Sant Cugat del Vallès ) Sant Joan Bellaterra Autonomous University Sant Quirze Can Feu \| Gràcia Sabadell Plaça Major La Creu Alta Sabadell Nord Sabadell Parc del Nord

Rolling stock

112 Series
113 Series
114 Series

History

Former companies	Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona Ferrocarriles de Cataluña
Former rolling stock	Brill 10–27 Brill 301–312 400 Series 600 Series 111 Series
Closed stations	Sabadell Rambla