Peu del Funicular (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

Peu del Funicular is a railway station in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. It is served by lines S1 and S2 of the Metro del Vallès commuter rail system, and is also the lower terminus of the Funicular de Vallvidrera. Both commuter rail and funicular are operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, who also run the station.[2]

Peu del Funicular
Metro del Vallès commuter rail station
Location	Barcelona
Coordinates	41.409052°N 2.111435°E
Owned by	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Platforms	2 side platforms (on the main line) 2 side platforms (on the funicular)
Tracks	2 (on the main line) 1 (on the funicular)
Construction
Structure type	Partially underground
Other information
Fare zone	1 (ATM)
History
Opened	1906
Rebuilt	1916
Passengers
2018	414,449[1]
Services
Preceding station   FGC   Following station Sarrià toward Barcelona Pl. Catalunya S1 Baixador de Vallvidrera toward Terrassa Nacions Unides S2 Baixador de Vallvidrera toward Sabadell Plaça Major Preceding station   Funicular de Vallvidrera   Following station Terminus     Carretera de les Aigües towards Vallvidrera Superior

The station has twin tracks on the main line, with twin side platforms. The main part of each side platform is in tunnel, and only long enough to accommodate two cars, although narrow extensions in the open air of the Sarrià side of the station allow passenger to disembark from, but not board, a third car. When four car trains are used, the car at the Vallès end of the train stops beyond the station and the doors do not open. Stairs, lifts and a footbridge connect these two platforms with the street level station entrance above, and with the funicular terminus above that.[2]

The first station on the site opened in 1906, when it was the terminus of the line from Sarrià, providing an interchange with the funicular that allowed passengers to continue their journey to Vallvidrera on the hill above. In 1916, the Collserola tunnel, and the line onward to the Vallès opened. As a result, the station's platforms moved to their current, partly underground location.[3]

• 
  The station platform, looking south to the footbridge
• 
  The station stairs.

See also

• List of FGC stations
• List of railway stations in Barcelona

References

1. "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2018. p. 76. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. "Peu del Funicular" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
3. "Peu del Funicular". Transporte Barcelona (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-12-26.

External links

• Media related to Peu del Funicular station at Wikimedia Commons
• Information and photos about the station at Trenscat.com