Rocafort | |||||||||||
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Barcelona Metro rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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Location | Barcelona (Eixample) | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°22′44″N2°9′16″E / 41.37889°N 2.15444°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 (ATM) | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1926 | ||||||||||
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Rocafort is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the Carrer de Rocafort , in the Eixample district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by line L1. [1] [2]
The station is located under the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes between the Carrer de Rocafort and the Carrer de Calàbria . The station can be accessed from entrances on the Gran Via, the Carrer de Rocafort and the Carrer de Calàbria. It has twin tracks, flanked by two 88-metre (289 ft) long side platforms. [1] [3]
Rocafort 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. [2] [3]
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