Barcelona Metro line 3

. This V-shaped line is the result of the junction of two related lines: the original L3 and L3B, in 1982. The central section of L3 boasts the city's oldest metro stations, built in the mid 1920s, with additions almost every decade since then. All of L3 stations are underground.

Its termini as of 2007 are Zona Universitària, which serves the University of Barcelona campus located in the western end Avinguda Diagonal in the Les Corts district, and Canyelles in Nou Barris. Is going to be extended from Canyelles into Trinitat Nova, and possibly further south of Zona Universitària, where it would join new lines L9 and L10.

Overview

It's the oldest line in the metro network, having opened in 1924 under the name Gran Metro de Barcelona with the occasion of the 1927 World Fair, joining Plaça Lesseps with Plaça Catalunya, the latter becoming the central underground station in the city and a terminus of both metro lines. It was operated by now defunct Compañía del Gran Metro de Barcelona (GMB). Nowadays it covers a V-shaped area between the west end of Avinguda Diagonal (Zona Universitària) and Canyelles as a result of the integration of the original L3 and a subsidiary line called L3B or L3bis which appeared in 1975 joining Drassanes with Zona Universitària, and which became part of a larger L3 in 1982 when the infrastructures of both joined and they became fare-integrated. A section of the original L3 disappeared as plans to extend it in that direction would have required too much effort and the construction of L4 provided coverage for the line. These former stations of L3 remain unused.

Chronology

*1924 - Catalunya-Lesseps section opened.
*1925 - Fontana station opened. Catalunya-Liceu section opened.
*1926 - Passeig de Gràcia-Jaume I section opened.
*1934 - Jaume I-Correos section opened.
*1946 - Liceu-Fernando section opened.
*1968 - Fernando-Drassanes section opened.
*1970 - Drassanes-Paral·lel section opened.
*1972 - Passeig de Gràcia-Correos section closed.
*1975 - Paral·lel-Zona Universitària section opened (as "L3B").
*1982 - L3B integrated into L3.
*1985 - Lesseps-Montbau section opened.
*2001 - Montbau-Canyelles section opened.
*2008 - Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section opened.

Current stations

Station or line names shown in italics are under construction.
*Zona Universitària Access icon (T1, T2, T3, "L9, L10")
*Palau Reial Access icon (T1, T2, T3)
*Maria Cristina Access icon (T1, T2, T3)
*Les Corts Access icon
*Plaça del Centre Access icon
*Sants Estació Access icon (L5, RENFE)
*Tarragona Access icon
*Espanya Access icon (L1, L8)
*Poble Sec Access icon
*Paral·lel Access icon (L2, Funicular de Montjuïc)
*Drassanes Access icon
*Liceu Access icon
*Catalunya Access icon (L1, L6, L7)
*Passeig de Gràcia Access icon (L2, L4, RENFE)
*Diagonal (L5; "Provença": L6, L7)
*Fontana Access icon
*Lesseps Access icon ("L9, L10")
*Vallcarca Access icon
*Penitents Access icon
*Vall d'Hebron Access icon ("L5")
*Montbau Access icon
*Mundet Access icon
*Valldaura Access icon
*Canyelles Access icon
*Roquetes Access icon
*Trinitat Nova Access icon (L4, L11)

Former stations

*Fernando
*Banco (nowadays would be on L4)
*Correos (nowadays would be on L4)