The Barcelona’s new Sant Andreu station and the new layout of the network line conventional between Barcelona, Granollers and Girona It starts this Monday, December 12. The new Sant Andreu station and the new layout of the Barcelona-Granollers conventional network line are two key actions in the operation the Sagrera-Sant Andreu, with which the neighborhoods located on the sides of the tracks will unite, the environment of more urban space and it will contribute to the transformation of mobility in the north of Barcelona.
Thus, the trains of lines R2 and R11 already pass through the interior of La Sagrera and the new Sant Andreu station. The commissioning of the new section puts an end to almost three months of works in Rodalies, which have forced thousands of R2 and R11 users to change their transport habits to get to Barcelona.
At 4:55 a.m. this Monday The first R2 train has left from Granollers in the direction of Barcelona and twenty minutes later, after 5.15 am, the commissioning of the new section has been successfully inaugurated.
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The new section has come into operation 24 hours later than expected after Adif informed on Friday afternoon of last-minute problems in the electrification system and in the catenary.
The new station replaces the small Sant Andreu Comtal station, which it was the oldest passenger building of which was in service throughout Spain, since it was launched in 1854.