Perhaps you already know by name and location this railway station, the second largest in Barcelona after Sants Trian Station and the starting station of long distance trains that go to France, and some regional trains that come from south and east of Catalonia. This station on Avenida Marques de l’Argentera was begun being built in 1926 and opened in 1929 for the Universal Exhibition of that year, replacing the station built in Granollers or “Barcelona Term” in 1854. If you live in Barcelona or you’re spending some time in the city for study, work or vacation, you surely have been more than once in front of the “Estación de Francia! and you have been impressed by its interior dimensions and its cinematographic appearance. From ShBarcelona we invite you to learn more about its history in this article.
Who design it?
The station and the owls
Currently the station has regained much of its splendor of the past it is the starting point of many middle-distance trains that head south and west of Catalonia, also of the Trenhotel that goes to Paris and trains heading to Vilanova and Sant Vicenç de Calders.
Address: Avinguda Marquès de l’Argentera, s/n
Phone number: 902 320 320
How to get there: Metro: L4 Barceloneta.| Bus: 14, 17, 39, 45, 51, 64, D20 y H16.| Barcelona Bus Turístic: Parc de la Ciutadella-Zoo.
Web: www.renfe.es
Open times: from 5am to 12am
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