Barcelona Metro

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Barcelona Metro
Overview
Native name	Metro de Barcelona
Owner	TMB (Lines 1-5, 9-11), FGC (Lines 6-8, 12)
Area served	Barcelona metropolitan area
Locale	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	12 lines (Total) 8 TMB lines 4 FGC lines
Number of stations	189 (Total) 189 TMB + FGC + Funicular de Montjuic stations
Daily ridership	645,000 [1]
Annual ridership	355,560,000 (2018)[2]
Website	Barcelona Metro for TMB Railway services for FGC
Operation
Began operation	1863; 161 years ago (1863) (Partial) 1924; 100 years ago (1924) (Full)
Operator(s)	TMB (Lines 1-5, 9-11), FGC (Lines 6-8, 12)
Technical
System length	Total: 166 km (103.1 mi) TMB: 128.3 km (79.7 mi) FGC: 18.9 km (11.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) for 1,672 mm (5 ft 5+13⁄16 in) for 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) for all other lines
System map

The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: Metro de Barcelona)^[a] is a network of rapid transit electrified railway lines that run mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport system of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain, with unified fares under the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) scheme. As of 2024, the network is operated by two separate companies: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC). It is made up of 12 lines, combining the lines owned by the two companies. Two lines, L9 and L10, are being built at present, with both lines having different sections of each opened between 2009 and 2018. They are due to be fully completed in 2030.^[3] Three lines on the network have opened as automatic train operation/driverless vehicle systems since 2009: Line 11 being converted to driverless first, and then Lines 9 and 10, opening up driverless.

It is one of only two metros worldwide to operate on three different track gauges, being 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge on line 8, 1,672 mm (5 ft 5+13⁄16 in) older Iberian gauge on line 1, and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and the remaining lines; the other metro with three gauges being the Toei Subway in Tokyo, which uses two narrow gauges and standard gauge. It is the only metro worldwide to operate on both narrow and broad gauge tracks.

The network length is 170 kilometres (106 mi), with 183 stations, as of November 2021. It uses spare power from its regenerative braking to power charging stations in the vicinity of its infrastructure.^[4]

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