Roquetes station

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Roquetes
Barcelona Metro rapid transit station
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Station platform
General information
Location Barcelona (Nou Barris)
Coordinates 41°26′48″N2°10′32″E / 41.44667°N 2.17556°E / 41.44667; 2.17556
Owned by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Fare zone1 (ATM)
History
Opened2008
Services
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Canyelles L3 Trinitat Nova
Terminus
Location
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Roquetes
Location in Barcelona
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Location in Province
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Roquetes
Location in Spain

Roquetes is a Barcelona Metro station, named after the nearby Roquetes neighbourhood, in the Nou Barris district of the city of Barcelona. The station is served by line L3. [1] [2]

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The station can be accessed from Carrer Jaume Pinent , Carrer de les Torres and Parc de Roquetes , near Carrer Vidal i Guasch . It's a mixture of a ground-level station with the current deepest sub-surface platform in the system. The single island platform is flanked by two tracks. [1] [2] [3]

The station was opened on 4 October 2008, when the section of line L3 from Canyelles station to Trinitat Nova station was inaugurated. [2] [3]

The current Roquetes station should not be confused with Via Júlia station, on L4, which was known as Roquetes before 1999. [4]

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References

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