Provença Provença originally opened as an
infill station of the
Tren de Sarrià on August 18, 1882. The line had been in service since 1863 and crossed the streets of
Barcelona at grade, with the right of way along
Carrer de Balmes. As the population of the
Eixample district grew in the 1870s, construction of a station by the intersection with
Carrer de Provença was considered by the line's operator,
Ferrocarril de Sarrià a Barcelona. The station project was initially presented in 1876. As traffic on the line grew, the
city council and operator reached an agreement to rebuild the line's urban section in
Barcelona as an
underground line. Works began in 1926 and Provença was inaugurated as a rebuilt underground station on March 27, 1929. The station entered service on April 27, shortly before the
1929 Barcelona International Exposition was held in the city. The underground station was built on the same site as the original surface station, with a single access in
Carrer de Provença. As the
Line 5 station was opened in 1969, a new access was built in
Carrer de Rosselló to connect Provença to the
Barcelona Metro stations. The station was refurbished in 1983, as
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya took over operation of the
Barcelona-Vallès line. The station's platforms were expanded in 1995 to allow for longer trains. The connection corridor with the
Barcelona Metro lines was expanded between 2005 and 2009 to allow for the installation of
moving walkways. In 2003,
platform screen doors were installed in part of the platform for
Sarrià-bound trains, in an attempt to alleviate the overcrowding problems in the station. The platform screen doors only work during
peak hours. The station's wall was excavated in 2019 to further expand the platform and deal with the overcrowding issue.
Diagonal • The
Line 3 station opened in 1924 as part of the initial section of the
Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona, the first
Barcelona Metro line. The station's original name was
Diagonal-Paseo de Gracia, although it was frequently simplified to
Diagonal on official signage and diagrams. The name was officially changed to the current
Diagonal with the system-wide reorganization in 1982. A new station access was built in 1969 to connect to the
Line 5 station and to Provença. The station was refurbished in 2009, as part of the renovation works to improve connection between the different lines in the transport hub. • The
Line 5 station was opened in 1969, originally with the name
Rambla de Cataluña. It was the initial terminus of a new line that ran from
Collblanc. In 1970, the line was extended towards
La Sagrera, where it was connected to an existing branch line to form
Line 5. In 1982, the station's name was changed to the current
Diagonal, matching the
Line 3 station.
Future Tram connection The final stretch of the planned
Barcelona Tram extension along
Avinguda Diagonal features a new stop in the intersection with
Passeig de Gràcia. The stop's tentative name is 'Diagonal Cinc d'Oros'. The 2 kilometer stretch would link the currently unconnected
Trambesòs and
Trambaix networks. The
Barcelona City Council has announced plans to divide the project in two phases, with the first phase reaching the Diagonal Cinc d'Oros stop. Current plans to remodel
Avinguda Diagonal prior to the project's start wouldn't allow for the Tram to reach
Passeig de Gràcia before 2027. ==Gallery==