Bellvitge railway station

For the Barcelona Metro line 1 station, see Bellvitge (Barcelona Metro).

Bellvitge
Rodalies de Catalunya commuter and regional rail station
A Renfe Operadora 449 Series train at the station.
General information
LocationAvinguda d'Amèrica
08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Catalonia
Spain
Coordinates41°21′13.1″N 2°06′55.2″E / 41.353639°N 2.115333°E / 41.353639; 2.115333
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe Operadora
Line(s)Madrid–Barcelona (PK 671.9)[1]
Platforms
Tracks3
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingA parking lot is located at each side of the station.[2]
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code71708[1]
Fare zone1 (ATM Àrea de Barcelona and Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service)[3][4]
History
Opened10 March 1977 (1977-03-10)
Services
Preceding station Rodalies de Catalunya Following station
El Prat de Llobregat
towards Castelldefels
 R2 Barcelona Sants
towards Granollers Centre
El Prat de Llobregat
towards Barcelona–El Prat Airport
 R2 Nord Barcelona Sants
towards Maçanet-Massanes
El Prat de Llobregat
towards Sant Vicenç de Calders
 R2 Sud Barcelona Sants
towards Barcelona Estació de França
El Prat de Llobregat
towards Riba-roja d'Ebre
 R15
Suspended
El Prat de Llobregat
towards Barcelona–El Prat Airport
 R10 Barcelona Sants
towards Barcelona Estació de França
Location
Bellvitge is located in Barcelona
Bellvitge
Bellvitge
Location in the Barcelona area.

Bellvitge is a Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail station serving the neighborhood of the same name, in the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality, to the south-west of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the conventional Madrid–Barcelona railway, between El Prat de Llobregat and Barcelona Sants, and is served by all trains on Barcelona commuter rail service lines R2 and R2 Nord, as well as some R2 Sud trains.[5] Some trains on regional line R15 also call at the station.[6]

Opened on 10 March 1977 (1977-03-10),[7] the current at-grade station is projected to be put underground together with the rest of the conventional Madrid–Barcelona railway on its way through L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in the coming years.[8] In October 2007, the construction works of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line in Barcelona's southern access, which runs through an underground route parallel to the conventional line in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, caused a partial sudden collapse of one of the station's platforms. Due to precedent ground subsidence in the area, the station was shut down as a preventive measure at the moment it occurred, so that there were neither fatalities nor injured people.[9]

Gornal station, served by Barcelona Metro line 8 and several commuter rail services, is located adjacent to Bellvitge station, on the east side of it, allowing for street-level transfers between the two stations.[2]

Rodalies de Catalunya's Bellvitge station should not be confused with the Barcelona Metro line 1 station of the same name, which is some 750 metres (2,460 ft) to the west.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Bellvitge railway station and surroundings" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Servei de rodalia de Barcelona" [Barcelona commuter rail service] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Schedule of lines R2, R2 Nord and R2 Sud" (PDF). Rodalies de Catalunya. Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 28 July 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Schedule of line R15" (PDF). Rodalies de Catalunya. Generalitat of Catalonia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Hoy entra en servicio el apeadero de Bellvitge" [New Bellvitge station open for passenger service] (PDF). La Vanguardia Española (in Spanish). 10 March 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Fomento avanza en el soterramiento de la C-2 en L'Hospitalet de Llobregat" [The Ministry of Public Works and Transport goes forward with line C-2's new underground route in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat] (PDF) (Press release) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Government of Spain. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. ^ "S'esfondra parcialment l'andana de l'estació de Bellvitge situada al costat de les obres de l'AVE" [The platform closest to the AVE line of Bellvitge station partially collapses]. 324.cat (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  10. ^ Distances measured using Google Maps's "Distance Measurement Tool".