Les Planes is –Vallèa railway station in Les Planes, in the Serra de Collserola hills, part of the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. It is served by lines S1 and S2 of the Metro del Vallès commuter rail system, which are operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, who also run the station.

The station has three tracks, although the track nearest the station building is a terminal track only accessible from the south. The tracks are served by four platform faces, but only those of the island platform between the through tracks are in normal use. This platform is accessed by footbridge, stairs, and lifts.

Les Planes (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

The station building is the only example of a railway station in Catalonia executed in the modernista or art nouveau style. It opened in 1916 as the northern terminus of the first section of the line from Peu del Funicular station to the Vallès.

Les Planes (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

See also

List of railway stations in Barcelona

List of Modernisme buildings in Barcelona

References

External links

Les Planes at Trenscat.com

Les Planes at the city council website.

Les Planes (Barcelona–Vallès Line)

Stations on the Barcelona–Vallès Line

Railway stations in Spain opened in 1916

Transport in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

Modernisme architecture in Barcelona

Art Nouveau railway stations