El Putxet (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

El Putxet
General information
Location	Carrer de Balmes Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates	41°24′21″N 2°08′21″E / 41.40583°N 2.13917°E / 41.40583; 2.13917
System	Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
Owned by	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Fare zone	1 (ATM)
History
Opened	1953
Passengers
2018	1,645,173[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
Location

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]

See also

• List of Barcelona Metro stations
• List of railway stations in Barcelona

References

1. "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2018. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. "Putxet" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
3. "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