Hospital de Bellvitge, formerly known as Feixa Llarga, is a
Barcelona Metro
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station, in the
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality of the
Barcelona metropolitan area
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, and named after the nearby
Bellvitge University Hospital. The station is the western terminus of
line L1.
The station lies under the car park of the hospital, between the hospital itself and the ''
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes''. It has a single entrance and underground ticket hall, which gives access to two long
side platform
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s on a lower level. Beyond the platforms at the country end of the station are several storage and reversing sidings.
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The station opened in 1989, when line L1 was extended from Avinguda Carrilet station. It was originally known as Feixa Llarga, after the Estadi La Feixa Llarga, the football stadium of local team ]CE L'Hospitalet
Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in , holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, wit ...
. It was given its current name in 2003.[
Future plans are for L1 to be extended from this station towards ]El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat (), commonly known as El Prat , is a municipality of Spain located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia. The Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport largely lies within the municipal limits. It is part of ...
, where it will provide interchange with the planned joint section of lines L2 and L9 towards Barcelona Airport
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.[
]
See also
*List of Barcelona Metro stations
This is a list of stations of the Barcelona Metro system.
Lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L9, L10, L11 and the Funicular de Montjuïc are administered by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the city's transit company. Lines L6, L7, ...
*Transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Public transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is operated by several companies, most of which are part of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, a transport authority managing services in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. L'Hospitalet is locat ...
References
External links
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Trenscat.com
Barcelona Metro line 1 stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1989
1989 establishments in Catalonia
Railway stations in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Railway stations located underground in Spain
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