Tramvia Blau

Tramvia Blau
Overview
Service typeTramway
LocaleBarcelona
Route
TerminiPlaça Kennedy
(Avenida Tibidabo metro station)
Plaça del Doctor Andreu
(Funicular del Tibidabo)
Distance travelled1.276 kilometres (0.793 mi)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Track owner(s)Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

The Tramvia Blau (Catalan: blue tramway) is one of Barcelona's three tram systems. It is a 1.276 kilometres (0.793 mi) long heritage streetcar line serving a hilly area of the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district between the terminus of FGC Barcelona Metro L7 and the Funicular del Tibidabo.[1][2][3]

The Tramvia Blau is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) but it is not part of Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) integrated fare network. Tickets must be purchased from the tram conductor.[1]

The Tramvia Blau is one of only two first generation tramways to survive in Spain, along with the Tranvía de Sóller on the island of Majorca.[4]

The Tibidabo tramway has been closed for reconstruction since Spring 2018.

  1. ^ a b "El Tramvia Blau" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  2. ^ "Tramvia Blau" (in Spanish). tramvia.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ^ "Case story Tramvia Blau (Blue Tram), Barcelona" (PDF). Dellner Brakes AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  4. ^ Bent, Mike (January 2014). "Sóller tramway centenary". Today's Railways. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 71.