Rocafort is a
Barcelona Metro
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station, named after the ''
Carrer de Rocafort'', in the
Eixample district of the
city of Barcelona
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. The station is served by
line L1.
The station is located under the ''
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes
Gran may refer to:
People
*Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran"
* Gran (name)
Places
* Gran, the historical German name for Esztergom, a city and the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary
* Gran, Norway, a municipality in Innlandet coun ...
'' between the ''Carrer de Rocafort'' and the ''
Carrer de Calàbria
Carrer may refer to:
People with the surname:
*Gustavo Carrer (1885-1968), Italian athlete in football
*Pavlos Carrer (1829-1896) Greek music composer
In street names;
*In Barcelona, Spain:
**Carrer d'Aragó
**Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, Barcelona
**C ...
''. The station can be accessed from entrances on the ''Gran Via'', the ''Carrer de Rocafort'' and the ''Carrer de Calàbria''. It has twin tracks, flanked by two long
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a railway platform, platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or bus rapid transit, transitway. ...
s.
Catalunya
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northe ...
and Bordeta stations, which was opened in 1926.[
]
References
External links
*
Barcelona Metro line 1 stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1926
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