We are opening up the metro spaces

The new simulation room, inaugurated in September 2024, has 8 driving simulation cabins of different metro series. During the visit, registered participants will be able to learn how these tools work and will have the opportunity to try the simulation cabins available at the facility.

Since the new simulator room opened, 441 professionals have used it, and it is expected to reach a total of 2,800 hours of training at the new location by the end of 2025.

The simulators anticipate all kinds of incidents and situations that may occur in the network and allow a reduction of more than 10% in incidents related to driving. The space also improves communication between TMB professionals by bringing future workers into direct contact with supervisors who already are, or will become, managers in the future.

Visitors will be able to discover how, from La Sagrera, we use the most advanced technology to ensure the proper operation of the metro network, both for the current conventional lines (L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5) and the new automated driverless lines (L9/10 and also L11).

The CCM operates year-round, 24 hours a day, ensuring that the scheduled service is provided at the highest quality. This involves controlling train interval regulation, adjusting supply to demand in real time, managing night work and internal and external information channels, as well as conducting service studies. It also resolves unforeseen incidents, coordinating contingencies and emergencies that may occur.

Built in 1922, it is the oldest in the Barcelona metro network. The workshop serves line 1. Located in a building that houses three depot sheds and an office complex, the site is listed as a protected monument and recognised as a cultural asset of local interest in the municipality of l’Hospitalet de Llobregat.

The ZAL facilities serve lines 9 and 10, both automatic and the newest in the Barcelona metro network. In this workshop, the trains are prepared and the systems that allow this means of transport to operate every day are monitored.

The site is one of the original buildings remaining from the former Metro Transversal (now line 1). It was designed by the architect Joan Bergós Massó, whose work shows influences of Italian Renaissance, traditional Catalan art, and certain elements derived from Modernisme and from the architect Gaudí.

Since its construction in 1968, Gaudí station has been closed to the public, becoming one of the so-called "ghost stations" of the Barcelona metro. Located between Sagrada Família and Sant Pau/Dos de Maig stations, it will be possible to explore it through these guided visits, which will allow visitors to see what this underground space is like.

On 19 December 1926, the Gran Metro opened a second branch of its line connecting Aragó station with Jaume I, which included another intermediate station, Urquinaona (now line 4). Its original entrance had an iron and glass structure protecting the stairs and the lift. Over time, the structure lost its wrought-iron decorative elements and was eventually demolished in 1972.

Correus station, which originally formed part of the second branch of the Gran Metro line, was in operation from 1934 until 1972, when line 4, to which it then belonged, was extended to Barceloneta. During the visit, participants will descend to the track and walk for approximately five minutes to reach the section where Correus station was located.