Barcelona - Metro

Barcelona operates a full metro which opened its first line in 1924. There are 71.7km of track most of which is underground. There are 99 stations on four lines.

Trains run every three and a half minutes during peak and every four and a half minutes during off peak hours. Trains run from 5:00 until 23:00 on weekdays and until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday nights.

The 3.4km central section of Line 2 was scheduled to open in 1995, but the planned extension to Palau Nacional on Montjuic mountain is now unlikely to go ahead because of the high cost of tunneling. A surface light rail line has been proposed as an alternative, which would also serve Barcelona's industrial free zone.