It's a few minutes past 8 a.m. and the Fabra i Puig metro station on Line 1 is overflowing. The train arrives—already quite full—and barely manages to absorb all the passengers on the platform, which is now clear. But the scene is short-lived. Seconds later, a new wave of people, practically a hundred, passes through the access gates and gets off onto the platform. A little while later, another group joins them. In a matter of minutes, the platform is packed again until another train arrives. The scene is reminiscent of the rhythm of queues at an amusement park or the impossible intersections of Tokyo, and it repeats itself tirelessly every 3 minutes. That is, the time it takes for the train to arrive during rush hour.

The Zurich Barcelona Marathon 2026 The race will take place on Sunday, March 15th, starting at 8:30 a.m. on Passeig de Gràcia, and will pass through several iconic locations in the city center. Now in its 47th edition, the event is expected to attract more than 30,000 runners and will cause significant disruptions to traffic and public transport, especially on Sunday morning.

The ghost stations of the subway They will no longer be ghost stations, or at least the general public will be able to discover them. Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) will open the "ghost stations" of Gaudí and Correos as part of the metro's centenary events. The Gaudí station, located between Sant Pau - Dos de Maig and Sagrada Família (L5), was built in 1968 but never opened for business, while the Correos station operated from 1934 to 1972. Until now, both were closed.

From Monday to Friday, nearly 3.6 million daily trips are made on public transport throughout the Barcelona area. The report highlights that public transport has already recovered, and even surpassed, pre-pandemic levels, especially during the morning rush hours. It remains well above the levels associated with sustainable mobility. However, despite the record, public transport represents just over 18% of total trips, and new users have only grown by 1.1% compared to the previous year. Private or other means.

Most people, when they encounter a musician on the subway, tend to walk right past them. Few slow down to listen, and even fewer stop to look at them. However, after what happened this afternoon on the Barcelona subway, more than one person will reconsider the next time a live song accompanies their journey to board the train, lest the singer be none other than Lildami.

With the power supply restored and all activities resumed, the only service still not operating normally in Catalonia on Tuesday night is the rail service. Throughout the day, a large part of the commuter rail lines returned to service, but with many limitations, and the schedules and sections that were still closed cannot be guaranteed. Long-distance and high-speed trains have also been able to depart, but some lines are still not operating, and those that are operating are experiencing delays and limitations. More than 24 hours after the blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula in darkness, some passengers at Sants station have still been unable to resume their journey.

The ticket vending machines on the Barcelona metro network are being modernized. Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) expects the renovation to take place in 2028 and, among other things, the new system will allow people to print T-Mobilitat tickets without having to go to one of the offices set up until now and pay with contactless such as Bizum and Paypal. In addition, the machines will incorporate artificial intelligence with the aim of offering a personalized experience to users and will be adapted to facilitate their use by people with disabilities.

An incident in the Glòries station tunnel has forced a three-hour closure of Metro Line 1 between La Sagrera and Universitat. According to sources from Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB), at around 1:30 p.m., an asphalt sheet covering part of the tunnel wall came down.

The Irídia-Center for the Defense of Human Rights association filed an appeal this Thursday to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in which it warns that no Spanish court has agreed to investigate the assault of a metro guard on a teenager in 2022 as torture. As of today, the guard has been acquitted. Despite the scene being recorded on video, the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence and the injuries suffered by the minor were attributed to the fact that he had been restrained after becoming violent, according to the guard's defense.

A woman gave birth to a baby on Monday at the Ciutat Meridiana station on line 11 of the Barcelona Metro, according to information provided by Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) through X. The passenger received assistance from TMB staff while they waited for the ambulance to arrive. "Once we got to the station, she couldn't take it anymore, she lay down on the floor and gave birth. So I picked up the baby, put her on her stomach and covered her with a blanket so she wouldn't be cold. A few minutes later the ambulance arrived," explains Julián, a security member.

"There will be 12 weeks of cuts to Rodalies commuter trains which are absolutely essential to finish the work for the Sagrera train station". This is the message of consensus that sources from the Spanish government, rail infrastructure operator Adif and the Generalitat have emphasised, detailing the works that will be carried out this autumn in Sagrera. The actions will cause disruption to the service for almost three months. They will begin this weekend, on September 17, and will last until the December long weekend. It is one of the biggest disruptions to the Rodalies network since Sants train station was built. Once they are completed, the new underground route of the Barcelona-Granollers-Girona line and the new Sant Andreu station will come into service.

From September 1st –and for four months– Renfe suburban train tickets will be free and most of the most common multi-journey tickets in Catalonia will be reduced to half price. The aim is to help citizens overcome price increases resulting from the war in Ukraine and at the same time promote public transport to improve sustainability and energy independence. Here is a Q&A explaining everything you need to know about how these discounts work.

First a reassuring message: the City Council does not foresee that this will be a particularly tough summer for coexistence due to road and rail works. Yet works there will be, perhaps not as many as last year (62), but of greater impact on citizens' lives, especially in the Eixample. There work is expected to begin simultaneously on the 36 stretches of street that are to become the first axes of the superilla and on the tramway along Diagonal, which will be accelerated to take advantage of the August slowdown. In total, there will be 56 new different interventions totalling €23.5m of municipal investment, among which the advancement of the reforms of the Via Laietana and Pi i Margall stand out. These are two of the City Council's star projects for this final stretch of its term in office. These works bring the total number of works underway in the city to 183.

Cristina was on her way to the Hospital del Mar this morning because she felt ready to give birth. But when she got off the metro at Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica station, on the yellow line (L4), she felt unwell and asked for help. Ángel, her baby, came out before she could get to hospital: he was born in the metro station.

Barcelona is immersed in the complete renovation of metro L5 tracks between La Sagrera and Horta stations. These works will have a considerable impact on commuters, since over a quarter of the total number of metro passengers use this line. To minimise their impact, the works have been scheduled to coincide with the off-season: there was already a first cut coinciding with the Easter holidays, and commuters will now suffer a longer interruption, between July and August. From July 1 there will be no service between the stations of La Sagrera and Vilapicina. This will last throughout the month and, from August onwards, the works will extend to Horta station. The link between La Sagrera and Carmel will not be resumed until August 31.

It is the longest metro line in Europe and possibly the one that will take the longest time to finish. Line 9 of the Barcelona metro is currently in operation at both ends, but not in its central section, which is its main purpose. Now the works have just been resumed and the tunnel boring machine is working on the section between Zona Universitaria and Lesseps stations.