The celebration of Zurich Barcelona Marathon on Sunday May 8 causes damage to the transport of the Catalan capital throughout the morning of Sunday. This year, in addition, a charity race is held, the ’10K BCN’which will share much of the route with the traditional testfrom 42 kilometers.
As has been communicated Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB), the marathon affects different means of public transport between the 6:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.causing detours either limiting your journey to certain areas. It is also expected to influx of people in lines train before the start of the race, at 8:00 a.m..
Affected bus and tram lines
As reported by TMB in the warning issued through its websitethe circulation of buses will be severely affected by the holding of the event. The lines affected that will be diverted or their route will be limited will be: D20, D40, D50, H6, H8, H10, H12, H14, H16, V1, V3, V5, V7, V9, V11, V13, V15, V17, V19, V21, V23, V25, V27, V29, V31, 6, 7, 11, 13, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 33, 34, 39, 46, 47, 52, 54, 55, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 78, 79, 96, 97, 104, 109, 115, 120, 121, 122, 126, 133, 136, 150, 157, 192 and Barcelona Bus Turístic (red route and blue route).
For its part, Tram will interrupt the service in the entirety of the Trambesòs T4 between the 8.15 and the 1:00 p.m.. During that time, the operator will reinforce the service of the line T6, while the rest of the tram network lines will operate with their usual timetable. Between the 13.00 and the 1:45 p.m.it is expected that the service will be recovered between the stops San Adria Station Y Gloriesand from 1:45 p.m. it is planned to restore the service of the entire line. Please note that the hours are approximate and will depend on the development of the race and its organization.
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Due to the magnitude of the damage, among the 6.30 and the 3:00 p.m.TMB recommends the use of meter for the displacements through which the marathon passes. Also, to get to the Maria Cristina Avenuewhere the starting point of the race is located, the transport management unit recommends use line one (L1) or line three (L3) and go down in the Spain station.
For queries, TMB has available to users the telephone of information and attention to the citizen 900 701 149 (Monday to Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and also the account of information and attention in Twitter (Monday to Friday working days, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.).