El Putxet (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

Metro station in Barcelona, Spain

41°24′21″N 2°08′21″E / 41.40583°N 2.13917°E / 41.40583; 2.13917Owned byFerrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundOther informationFare zone1 (ATM)HistoryOpened1953Passengers20181,645,173^[1] Services

Preceding station	FGC		Following station
Pàdua towards Barcelona Pl. Catalunya		L7	Av. Tibidabo Terminus
Preceding station	Metro		Following station
Projected
Mandri towards Airport T1		L9	Lesseps towards Can Zam
Mandri towards Polígon Pratenc		L10	Lesseps towards Gorg

El Putxet is a station of the Barcelona Metro on the FGC-operated line L7 (also known as Línia de Balmes). The station serves the El Putxet quarter of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and is situated under Carrer de Balmes.^[2]

When first built speculatively in 1929, the station was named Mercado as it sits right next to Mercado de Sant Gervasi.^{[citation needed]} The station remained closed until 1953, when it opened as Núñez de Arce. It received its current name in 1980.^[3]

The station has twin tracks, with two 60 metres (200 ft) long side platforms.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2018. p. 76. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Putxet" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
^ ^a ^b "El Putxet". Transporte Barcelona (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-12-24.

External links

Media related to El Putxet station at Wikimedia Commons
Information and photos about the station at Trenscat.com

Barcelona–Vallès Line

Stations

Main route	Pl. Catalunya Provença (Diagonal ) Gràcia Sant Gervasi Muntaner La Bonanova Les Tres Torres Sarrià Peu del Funicular Baixador de Vallvidrera Les Planes La Floresta Valldoreix Sant Cugat
Av. Tibidabo branch	Pl. Molina Pàdua El Putxet Av. Tibidabo
Reina Elisenda branch	Reina Elisenda
Terrassa branch	Mira-sol Hospital General Rubí Les Fonts Terrassa Rambla Vallparadís Universitat Terrassa Estació del Nord Terrassa Nacions Unides
Sabadell branch	Volpelleres (Sant Cugat del Vallès ) Sant Joan Bellaterra Autonomous University Sant Quirze Can Feu \| Gràcia Sabadell Plaça Major La Creu Alta Sabadell Nord Sabadell Parc del Nord

Rolling stock

112 Series
113 Series
114 Series

History

Former companies	Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona Ferrocarriles de Cataluña
Former rolling stock	Brill 10–27 Brill 301–312 400 Series 600 Series 111 Series
Closed stations	Sabadell Rambla