Arc de Triomf station
railway and metro station in the city of Barcelona, Spain
Arc de Triomf (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈarg də tɾiˈomf]) is a Rodalies de Catalunya and Barcelona Metro interchange complex. It is named after the adjacent triumphal arch near which it is situated, in the Barcelona district of Eixample in Catalonia, Spain. The Rodalies station is served by Barcelona commuter rail service lines R1, R3 and R4, as well as Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and regional line R12. The Barcelona Metro station is served by TMB-operated line L1.
The complex is located near Estació del Nord, Barcelona's main bus station.
Station layout
Rodalies de Catalunya railway station is located under Avinguda Vilanova between Passeig de San Joan and Nàpols street. It was opened in 1933 as a prolongation to the city center on Puigcerdà and Manresa lines which had its terminus station in Estació del Nord, situated near the current railway station. It has two groups of accesses, one in Passeig de Sant Joan and the other one in Nàpols street. The accesses to the platforms are equipped with fixed stairs and both go to the same hall, where there are ticket vending machines. The station is being remodeled to make it more accessible for disabled persons.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q800445. Authority coordinates are 41.392, 2.181. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1933.
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