27-10-1999

Neighbourhood on the western side of the Meridiana Avenue which separates it from Trinitat Vella (see Line 1).

19-04-1982

The street of this name is a Rambla type avenue in the district of Nou Barris. Until Oct. 1999 this station was called Roquetes which is a neighbourhood on the foot of the Collserola mountain range that surrounds Barcelona from north to west. The name actually means 'small rocks'. The former station name reappeared in 2008 on the signs of a new station opened on Line 3 between Canyelles and Trinitat Nova.

19-04-1982

Square named after a town in Mallorca. This Balearic Isle gave names to several streets in this area.

19-04-1982 Avenue and square dedicated to the poet Joan Maragall i Gorina (1860-1911).

16-05-1974

There's a park, a street, a square and even half a district with this name. It's derived from an old manor house, which has its name from an old form of 'guineu', which means 'fox'.

Future transfer to line L9

'Hospital de Sant Pau' added to the station name in 2009 after the hospital complex was rebuilt and the main entrance relocated closer to this station than that on L5.

16-05-1974

Square named after Alfonso X, the Wise, king of Castilla in the 13th century.

05-02-1973

Square called after the owner of a former estate in Gràcia, Josep Joanic.

2004 2008

05-02-1973

Square paying homage to the very important Catalan poet, Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845-1902).

05-02-1973

Street dedicated to the City of Girona, 100 km north of Barcelona.

05-02-1973

originally called 'Gran Via'. See L2 and L3 for more details.

19-12-1926

Square named after a 19th century Barcelona bishop.

19-12-1926

This man, James I, was Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon in the 13th century. He extended Catalan power over the Mediterranian and south along the coast. The street bearing his name leads from the Metro station to Plaça Sant Jaume, where the City Hall and the Catalan Government are.

15-03-1976

This is the name (it actually means 'small Barcelona') of a very special neighbourhood belonging to the district of Ciutat Vella, the old town centre. It's built on a triangle reaching out into the sea, with very narrow streets and long but high blocks of houses.

 Ciutadella
 Vila Olímpica

07-10-1977

In 1715, after the Catalans lost definitely their special status within Spain, Felipe V built a huge military fortress to control the city. It was demolished in 1869, and the terrain used for the 1888 exhibition. After that it became Barcelona's city park. The second part of the station name, 'Olympic Village' was added in 1992, as the station also serves this new part of town situated between the park and the seaside.

07-10-1977

This station was first called 'Pere IV' after another street. 'Bogatell' is the name of a former river, now an underground canal taking waters into the sea.

07-10-1977

Initially called after another street, 'Luchana', it now bears the name of a street called 'lagoon' as this part of Sant Martí was covered by the sea until the 15th century.

07-10-1977

Meaning 'new village', it's quite an old part of the district of Sant Martí. Formerly quite industrial it has been changing a lot recently, especially along the seaside where beaches and parks have been laid out.

07-10-1977

'Forest by the sea' is the name of a street remembering a small village of that name in Empordà in upper Catalonia

(2003) Station added to the existing line to serve the area developed for the 2004 Forum of Cultures. Maresme refers to the coastal region north of Barcelona and means 'marsh land by the sea':

15-10-1982

Originally called 'Mina' after another neighborhood, the name was eventually changed into 'Besòs Mar' - referring to the river (see next station) and the nearby sea.

15-10-1982

The river Besòs is Barcelona's city limit towards the north-east. In the 60's large areas were developed as sleeping towns, one of them called Besòs after the river. There are projects to make the river a more pleasant place, today it's just a sewer.

15-10-1982

Meaning 'peace', this neighborhood was built in the 60's remembering the end of the Spanish Civil War 25 years earlier, in 1939.