Barcelona tramway between Glòries and Verdaguer to come into service on November 9
Public transport option to connect stations in seven minutes through Diagonal Avenue
The tramway crossing Barcelona's famous Diagonal Avenue is closer than ever. On November 9, trains will connect Glòries station and the newly built Verdaguer stop.
Tram "will finally be part of the urban network in Eixample neighborhood," Laia Bonet, deputy mayor in Barcelona, said during a press conference.
Time travel between both stations will be seven minutes, and around 24,000 passengers will use the public transport option, with around 2,000 cars removed from this part of Diagonal Avenue.
Construction work took around two years and three months of tests to see the new convoys driving through Diagonal Avenue and cost around €100 million.
For three weeks, starting on Monday, tramways will continue the final tests before carrying the first passengers on November 9.
The arrival of the tramway at Verdaguer station is a "huge step forward" in the public transport network and will connect with four different metro lines, as well as 13 bus lines. It will also make traveling from or to neighboring Badalona and Sant Adrià del Besòs cities easier.
Future connection
Currently, the Catalan capital has two separate tram networks that each have three slightly differing routes, connecting Barcelona's northern and southern edges with its surrounding cities.
One of the lines, Trambaix, is located from Plaça Francesc Macià on Diagonal in between the areas of Eixample and Sant Gervasi, operating through Les Corts and then to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí and Sant Just Desvern.
The other line, Trambesòs, runs from the Ciutadella park through Glòries and Poblenou and toward Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona.
With the conclusion of the works, the question regarding the union between Trambaix and Trambesòs on each side of the avenue is still more present than ever. The idea is to have the final project by the end of the year.
Laia Bonet said the works calendar will only be in place if there is a city council budget for 2025, as the local government finances part of the expected €200 million budget required.