Correos (Barcelona Metro)

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Correos
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General information
Location Via Laietana, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
Coordinates 41°22′55″N2°10′53″E / 41.38194°N 2.18139°E / 41.38194; 2.18139
System Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
Owned by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1934
Closed1972
Services
None (abandoned)
Location
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Correos
Location in Barcelona
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Correos
Location in Spain

Correos (Spanish) or Correus (Catalan) was a former Barcelona metro station. The station site is located on what is now line L4 between the existing stations of Jaume I and Barceloneta, and under the street of Via Laietana. [1] [2]

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The station opened in 1934 as a terminus of a branch of the Gran Metro de Barcelona, Barcelona's first metro line. The Gran Metro de Barcelona came to be known as line L3 but Correos remained the terminus of a branch. The station was dismantled in 1972 to permit the extension of the line into La Barceloneta, as part of the integration of the branch into line L4. [1] [2]

Along with Banco, it is one of the two metro stations on Via Laietana that have disappeared. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "L'estació 'fantasma' del metro de Barcelona més ben conservada és la de Gaudí, l'única que no ha funcionat mai" (in Catalan). Directe!Cat. Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  2. 1 2 "Track map of the Barcelona Metro". cartometro.com. Retrieved 2014-12-02.