Line 13 is a proposed service in the

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network which would join La Morera (neighborhood) in

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, a municipality of

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to the north of

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, with the hilly area around Can Ruti Hospital. The line, which will be a short hybrid

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addition to the main subway lines which will cover a poorly communicated area, similar to L11 and L8, was announced in 2002 by

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( Catalan government). It was also made public the line will be displayed in maps using a shade of pink (

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232C). In the future Morera, L13 will join L2, and will not be too far from the new terminus of L1, which are currently being extended into this area of

, in what will be '' Badalona Centre''. The chosen colour for L13 is intended to suggest a mixture of the L1 and L2 colours. As of 2019, the

hasn't stated when construction will start.

Stations in the original project

* Morera * Canyet * Can Ruti

References

Proposed Barcelona Metro lines {{spain-transport-stub