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Barcelona Metro

metro network in Barcelona, Spain
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Summary

Barcelona Metro is a rapid transit[1]. It draws 3,025 Wikipedia views per month (rapid transit category, ranking #39 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Community of Metros Benchmarking Group[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Barcelona[4]
  • Country: Spain[5]
  • Owned by: Autoritat del Transport Metropolità[6]
  • Operator: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona[7], Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya[8]
  • Part of: Autoritat del Transport Metropolità[9]
  • Commons category: Barcelona Metro[10]
  • Has part(s): Barcelona Metro line 1[11], Barcelona Metro line 2[12], Barcelona Metro line 3[13], Barcelona Metro line 4[14], Barcelona Metro line 5[15], Barcelona Metro line 6[16], Barcelona Metro line 7[17], Barcelona Metro line 8[18], Barcelona Metro line 9[19], Barcelona Metro line 10[20], Barcelona Metro line 11[21], Barcelona metro line 12[22], Diagonal[23], Provença-Diagonal station[24]
  • Inception: January 1, 1924[25]
  • Train depot: Workshops of the Barcelona metro[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Barcelona Metro[27]
  • Type of electrification: 1200 V DC railway electrification[28]
  • Commons gallery: Barcelona Metro[29]
  • Track gauge: 1000 mm track gauge[30], standard-gauge railway[31], 1668 mm track gauge[32]
  • Official name: Metro de Barcelona[33]
  • Date of official opening: December 30, 1924[34]
  • Length: 143.3 km[35]
  • History of topic: Anexo:Cronología del Metro de Barcelona[36]
  • Has list: list of Barcelona Metro stations[37], Lijst van voormalige metrostations in Barcelona[38]
  • Patronage: 452,400,000[39], 411,900,000[40]
  • Railway traffic side: right[41]
  • State of use: in use[42]

Why It Matters

Barcelona Metro has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  23. [25] ↑ . acemabcn.org. acemabcn.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . lavanguardia.com. Retrieved . lavanguardia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . tmb.cat. tmb.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Q58333594. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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