Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Buses
Mostbusesoperatedaily,roughlyfrom4or5amuntil10.30pm,thoughsomelinesstopearli-
er and some run until after midnight. Night bus (
Nit bus
) services fill in the gaps on all the
main routes, with services every twenty to sixty minutes from around 10pm to 4am. Many
bus routes (including all night buses) stop in or near Plaça de Catalunya, but the full route is
marked at each bus stop, along with a timetable - useful bus routes are detailed in the text.
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Bus #7,
all the way along Avinguda Diagonal, from Diagonal Mar to Zona Universitaria.
Bus #28,
from Plaça de Catalunya, through Gràcia to Parc de la Creueta del Coll.
Bus #40,
from Port Vell, through the old town, to Parc de la Ciutadella.
Bus #64,
from Port Vell and Paral.lel, through the Eixample to Pedralbes.
Bus #150,
from Plaça d'Espanya on a circular route through Montjuïc.
Trams
The tram system (
www.trambcn.com
) runs on six lines, with departures every eight to
twenty minutes throughout the day from 5am to midnight.
LinesT1,T2andT3
depart from
Plaça Francesc Macià and run along the uptown part of Avinguda Diagonal to suburban des-
tinations in the northwest - useful tourist stops are at L'Illa shopping centre and the Maria
Cristina and Palau Reial metro stations.
Line T4
operates from Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica
(where there's also a metro station) and runs up past the zoo and TNC (the National Theatre)
toGlòriesbeforerunningdownAvingudaDiagonaltoDiagonalMarandtheParcdelFòrum.
You're unlikely to use suburban lines T5 and T6.
Trains
The city has a cheap and efficient commuter train line, the
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat
and Plaça d'Espanya. These go to places like Sarrià, Vallvidrera, Tibidabo, Sant Cugat, Ter-
rassa and Montserrat, and details are given in the text where appropriate. The Zone 1
targeta
is valid as far as the city limits, which in practice is everywhere you're likely to want to go
except for Montserrat, Colònia Güell, Sant Cugat and Terrassa.
The national rail service, operated by
RENFE
( 902 320 320,
renfe.com
), runs all the
other services out of Barcelona, with local lines - north to the Costa Mareseme and south
to Sitges - designated as
Rodiales/Cercanías
. The hub is Barcelona Sants station, with ser-
