Trinitat Nova is a

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station, located in the Nou Barris district of the

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. The station is served by Line 3, Line 4 and Line 11. The station is the current terminus of the three lines.

Location

Trinitat Nova is located in

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, the neighbourhood after which it is named. La Trinitat Nova is in the

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district of Barcelona. The station is located under the street-level at Carrer d'Aiguablava. With platforms at two different levels, the station has 3 different accesses at Carrer d'Aiguablava, Carrer de la Pedrosa and Carrer de Palamós. The Line 3 platform is at a much deeper level than the others, with several escalators and elevators connecting them. The station is located in front of the

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police station of the district of

History

The first section of the station was opened in October 1999, with the extension of Line 4 from what is now Via Júlia station. Line L11 was opened in 2003, as a

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extension to line L4, towards Can Cuiàs station and sharing line L4's platforms. Line L3 arrived at Trinitat Nova on 4 October 2008, with its own platforms. Lines L4 and L11 used to share a single

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, located underneath Carrer Aiguablava. Trains on line L4 would enter and leave from the south end of the platform and normally terminate on the eastern side of the platform, whilst trains on line L11 would enter and leave from the other end and terminate on the other side of the platform. This would change after the station underwent renovations in the summer of 2021. The platform shared by Line 4 and Line 11 was extended to allow the separation of the two services. The existing platform is now used exclusively by Line 4 trains while the extended area of the platform, fitted with

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, became the new Line 11 platform. The renovations were completed in September 2021, with some travellers complaining about the narrowness of the new Line 11 platform and connection corridor.

Gallery

File:Trinitatnova-entrance.jpg, The station's entrance at Carrer de la Pedrosa, below platform level File:Metro Barcelona station Trinitat Nova L4 L11.JPG, The station's appearance before 2021 with a single shared platform for Line 11 and Line 4 File:Metro Barcelona train type 500.jpg, A Line 11 train at the former shared platform, before 2021 File:Trinitat Nova L3 2024.png, The platform of Line 3 File:Trinitat Nova L4 2025 (2).png, The current appearance of the Line 4 platform File:Trinitat Nova L11 2025.png, The current appearance of the Line 11 platform File:Trinitat Nova corridor L11 2025.png, The narrow corridor that connects the platforms of Line 4 and Line 11

References

External links

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Trinitat Nova metro station at TMB.net

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