Hostafrancs (Barcelona Metro)

Hostafrancs (Catalan pronunciation: [ustəˈfɾaŋs]) is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the Hostafrancs neighbourhood, in the Sants-Montjuïc district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by line L1.[1][2] The station's name is still occasionally written as Hostafranchs, following the old Catalan spelling, chiefly in Spanish-language contexts.

Hostafrancs
Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
The station's platforms
Location	Barcelona (Sants-Montjuïc)
Coordinates	41°22′31″N 2°8′37″E
Owned by	Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Fare zone	1 (ATM)
History
Opened	1926
Services
Preceding station   Metro   Following station Plaça de Sants toward Hospital de Bellvitge L1 Espanya toward Fondo
Location
Hostafrancs Location in Barcelona Show map of Barcelona Hostafrancs Location in Spain Show map of Spain

The station is located under the Carrer de la Creu Coberta between the Carrer Moianès and Carrer Consell de Cent. The station can be accessed from entrances on all three streets. It has twin tracks, flanked by two 88-metre (289 ft) long and 4-metre (13 ft) wide side platforms.[1][3][4]

Hostafrancs is on the original section of line L1 (then the Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona) between Catalunya and Bordeta stations, which was opened in 1926.[2][3]

See also

• List of Barcelona Metro stations

References

1. "Plànolbcn" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
2. "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". cartometro.com. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
3. "Hostafrancs". trenscat.com. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
4. "Hostafrancs" (in Catalan). andanacentral.cat. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

External links

• Media related to Hostafrancs metro station at Wikimedia Commons