Mercat Nou
Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
General information
LocationBarcelona (Sants-Montjuïc)
Coordinates41°22′24″N 2°8′2″E / 41.37333°N 2.13389°E / 41.37333; 2.13389
Owned byTransports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Construction
Structure typeAbove ground but fully enclosed
Other information
Fare zone1 (ATM)
History
Opened1926 (1926)
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Santa Eulàlia
towards Hospital de Bellvitge
 L1 Plaça de Sants
towards Fondo
Location
Mercat Nou is located in Barcelona
Mercat Nou
Mercat Nou
Location in Barcelona
Mercat Nou is located in Spain
Mercat Nou
Mercat Nou
Location in Spain

Mercat Nou is a Barcelona Metro station in the Sants-Montjuïc district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by line L1.[1][2] It was formerly called Mercado Nuevo until 1982.

The station is situated above street level, alongside the main line tracks from the western exit of Sants railway station, and between Carrer Riera de Tena and Carrer Jocs Florals. The station's only entrance is at its western end, from a ticket hall below the tracks accessed from Carrer Riera de Tena as it passes under the tracks. Escalators, stairs and lifts take passengers up to the 100-metre (330 ft) long island platform. Despite being above street level, both main line and metro tracks, and the metro platforms, are fully enclosed.[3]

The station is on the original section of line L1 (then the Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal de Barcelona) between Catalunya and Bordeta stations, which was opened in 1926. As built, the station was one of the system's few open-air stations, with a pair of side platforms. However both the metro line and the adjacent main lines were rebuilt and enclosed over a two-year period up to June 2009, during this period the station was closed. According to Barcelona City Council the work cost €15.6 million.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Plànolbcn" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. 1 2 "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". cartometro.com. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  3. 1 2 "Mercat Nou" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  4. ↑ David (2009-10-19). "Mercat Nou metro station finally reopens". Barcelona Travelogue. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  5. ↑ "Nova estació de Mercat Nou de l'L1" [New Station Mercat Nou on L1] (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-01-31.



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