Sant Adrià de Besòs railway station

Sant Adrià de Besòs and Estació de Sant Adrià (Catalan for "Sant Adrià Station") are a Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail station and a Trambesòs tram stop, respectively, together forming an interchange station complex in Sant Adrià de Besòs, to the north-east of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. The Rodalies de Catalunya station is on the Barcelona to Maçanet-Massanes via Mataró railway, between Barcelona El Clot-Aragó and Badalona. It is operated by Renfe Operadora and is served by Barcelona commuter rail service line R1 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1. The Trambesòs stop is the northern terminus of routes T4 and T6 and is operated by TRAM.

Sant Adrià de Besòs
Estació de Sant Adrià
Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail station
TRAM tram stop
The Rodalies de Catalunya station after refurbishment and renewal of the overhead equipment in 2012.
LocationAvinguda d'Eduard Maristany
08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs
Catalonia
Spain
Coordinates41°25′27″N 2°13′50″E
Owned by
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms
Connections Local and interurban buses
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilitiesA bicycle parking rack is located adjacent to the Rodalies de Catalunya station building.
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code79403 (Rodalies de Catalunya)[1]
Fare zone1 (ATM Àrea de Barcelona and Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service)[2][3]
History
Opened
  • 10 October 1933 (1933-10-10) (Rodalies de Catalunya)
  • 8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) (TRAM)
Services
Preceding station   Rodalies de Catalunya   Following station
toward Molins de Rei
R1
Badalona
toward L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
RG1
Badalona
toward Portbou
Preceding station   TRAM   Following station
Central Tèrmica del Besòs
T4Terminus
Central Tèrmica del Besòs
toward Glòries
T6
The Trambesòs stop, with the Rodalies de Catalunya station just behind it.

History

Although the Barcelona–Mataró Railway, the first railway line in the Iberian Peninsula, passed through Sant Adrià de Besòs, it did not have any kind of stop in the municipality when it was opened on 18 October 1848 (1848-10-18). However, since several local factories were connected to the railway line, its opening was a major boost for the town’s economy.[4] In 1888, with the opening of a steam tram line that travelled from Barcelona to Badalona, communications in the area were improved when a stop serving this new tram line was built in town.[5]

In mid-1933, due to popular demand, Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante (M.Z.A.; "Madrid to Zaragoza and Alicante Railways Company") started the economic process to build a small halt on the Barcelona–Mataró Railway in Sant Adrià de Besòs.[6] The new halt eventually started services on 10 October of that year. At that time, it was mainly served by commuter trains and did not have any ticket office so that tickets had to be bought on-train.[7]

On 8 May 2004 (2004-05-08), the first section of the Trambesòs system, which travelled from Barcelona's Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes to this stop, was opened as part of route T4.[8] Four years later, on 16 June 2008 (2008-06-16), new route T6 was launched and started serving this stop.[9] Although the T6 initially ran between this stop and Gorg metro station in Badalona via the Sant Adrià de Besòs neighbourhood of La Mina, since the restructuring of the Trambesòs system applied on 20 February 2012 (2012-02-20), the T6 terminates at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes instead of Gorg.[10]

On 24 March 2014 (2014-03-24), Girona commuter rail service line RG1, which is actually an extension of Barcelona commuter rail service line R1 towards Portbou, was launched and started serving the Rodalies de Catalunya station.[11]

Station layout

The Rodalies de Catalunya station consists of two tracks served by their respective side platforms, which are partially covered by metal shelters and communicated by an underpass equipped with stairs and elevators. A small station building is located on the left side of the tracks, looking north, which consists of a single storey where there is a hall hosting the ticket gates to the platforms, ticket vending machines and a ticket office. On the opposite side of the station building, there are also some ticket gates providing direct access to the street and the Trambesòs stop.

The Trambesòs stop lies parallel to the Rodalies de Catalunya station, at the same level, in order to make transfers between the two transport modes easier. Located at the southernmost side of the railway station, the tram stop has two tracks served by an island platform equipped with the usual TRAM metal shelter, which includes ticket vending machines and information screens. As it is a terminus stop, the platform is slightly longer, so that two tramcars can be parked on each track.

Accessibility

In recent years, lifting platforms for wheelchair people were installed at the accesses to the underpass of the Rodalies de Catalunya station. They, nevertheless, did not work very often and received several complaints from a local association of physically disabled people.[12] Thus, in order to improve the station's accessibility, in mid-2010, a complete renovation of the station with a budget of €740,000 was announced by Adif, the owner of the station. The works were completed on 28 July 2011 (2011-07-28) and involved the renovation of the railway platforms as well as the installation of two elevators in order to replace those lifting platforms, among other upgrading operations.[13]

On the other hand, the Trambesòs stop, as well as the rest of TRAM’s stops, was already designed to be accessible.

References
  1. "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. "Servei de rodalia de Barcelona" [Barcelona commuter rail service] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "El despertar de Sant Adrià (segles XVIII i XIX)" [The awakening of Sant Adrià (18th–19th centuries)] (in Catalan). S.E. Ciutat de Sant Adrià de Besòs. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. Barriga, Francesc; Fuentes, Manuel (2007). Petita història de Sant Adrià de Besòs (in Catalan). Editorial Mediterrània. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-84-8334-822-2.
  6. "Notas comarcales" [Local notes] (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish): 12. August 1933. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Hasta la fecha hay recogidas, por suscripción, en San Adrián, unas 9.000 pesetas de las 15.000 que exige la compañía de M. Z. A. para construir el apeadero, que parece será una realidad en breve.
  7. "Notas comarcales" [Local notes] (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish): 17. September 1933. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Desde el día 10 del próximo octubre, los trenes de M.Z.A. tendrán parada en el nuevo apeadero de San Adrián. También la compañía ha dispuesto que desde dicho día salga diariamente, de Barcelona, para Badalona y Masnou, un tren a las nueve y media de la noche.
  8. Jaume Ferràndez (31 December 2004). "Tramvia del Besòs" [El Besòs Tramway] (in Catalan). Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  9. "Avui ha entrat en servei la nova línia T6 del tramvia" [New tram line T6 starts services today] (PDF) (Press release) (in Catalan). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  10. Paricio, Javier (20 February 2012). "Nova línia T6 i nous horaris al tramvia" [New route T6 and new tram schedules] (in Catalan). ecomovilidad.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. "Girona estrena rodalia amb connexió directa entre Figueres, Blanes i Mataró" [Girona has a new commuter rail system that provides a direct connection between Figueres, Blanes and Mataró]. Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  12. J.G. Navarro (6 August 2011). "Adif culmina a Sant Adrià la reforma de tres estacions de tren" [Adif has finished refurbishment of three train stations with Sant Adrià station]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  13. "Adif concluye las obras de mejora de la accesibilidad en la estación de Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona)" [Adif has concluded accessibility improvement works at Sant Adrià de Besòs station (Barcelona)] (in Spanish). Adif. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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