Barcelona: Access and mobility

Barcelona, a capital city born two thousand years ago on the shores of the Mediterranean, is one of the biggest tourist destinations in Europe and boasts excellent transport connections to get you wherever you need to go.

By sea

There are daily ferries from the Port of Barcelona to the Balearic Islands as well as regular sailings to the ports of Genova, Rome and Tanger.


For information on the times and prices of ferry companies from the Port of Barcelona:

GETTING TO THE CITY FROM THE PORT

BLUE BUS/METRO (L3)

The bus runs from all the port terminals to the Christopher Columbus monument and vice versa. The nearest metro station is Drassanes (Green Line, L3) which is a five-minute walk from the monument. Once on the metro system there are excellent connections to the rest of the city.

By air

Barcelona Airport welcomes over 800 flights per day and more than 34 million passengers every year.

GETTING TO THE CITY FROM THE AIRPORT

BY THE AEROBUS (A1/A2) / EVERY 5 MINUTES / JOURNEY TIME: 35 MINUTES

Daily service from Plaça de Catalunya to Barcelona Airport and vice versa.
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BY TRAIN (RENFE) / EVERY 30 MINUTES / JOURNEY TIME: 18 MINUTES

Daily service from Barcelona Airport (Terminal 2) to Sants mainline station and vice versa.
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BY REGULAR BUS (TMB) / EVERY 25 MINUTES

Line 46 of Barcelona's public transport service links the Airport (Terminals 1 and 2) with Plaça d'Espanya.
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NIGHT BUS (NITBUS) / EVERY 20 MINUTES

Line N17 of the night bus service runs between Plaça de Catalunya and Plaça d'Espanya and Barcelona Airport's Terminal 1. Line N16 links Plaça de Catalunya and Plaça d'Espanya with Terminal 2.
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METRO / EVERY 7 MINUTES

The line L9 Sud Metro connects Barcelona downtown with the airport. At the airport, the first stop coming from Barcelona is Aeroport-T2, and has its entrance near the train station at terminal T2. The other stop, Aeroport-T1, is at terminal T1 and is the end and beginning of line L9 Sud. The entrance is on Level 0, close to the buses.
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By car

MOTORWAYS AND HIGHWAYS

Barcelona is 150 km from La Jonquera at the French border. The network of French motorways and highways links up with the AP-7 toll motorway and the N-II and C-32 highways to Barcelona. The main access to the city is via the ring roads (Ronda Litoral along the coast and Ronda de Dalt higher up in the city) or via Avinguda Meridiana to the centre.

From the south, if coming from the rest of Spain, access is via the AP-7 toll motorway and the C-32 highway and then by the ring roads or along Avinguda Diagonal.

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By train

Barcelona has direct rail connections with major destinations such as Paris, Zurich and Milan and a high-speed railway line to Madrid, Girona, the eastern seaboard and southern Spain, amongst other regions. Barcelona Sants is the city's main railway station and where the majority of mainline trains entering or leaving the city converge. It is also the railway station for the high-speed trains (AVE) and a large number of local and regional destinations, including Barcelona Airport.

BARCELONA SANTS RAILWAY STATION

METRO L5 and L3 / BUS 27, 32, 78, 109, 115, H10 and V7 The following connections are available.
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Airport train (RENFE) / EVERY 30 MINUTES / JOURNEY TIME: 18 MINUTES

Daily service to Barcelona Airport (Terminal 2) from Sants Railway Station.
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By bus

The bus station with the most national and international connections from Barcelona is Barcelona Nord. There are also services from the bus station at Sants Railway Station and from other points in the city.

BARCELONA NORD BUS STATION

METRO L1 (ARC DE TRIOMF) / BUS: 6, 40, 42, 54, 141, V21
This is the main bus station in Barcelona with services to all the main cities in Spain as well as Europe and North Africa.
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BARCELONA SANTS BUS STATION

METRO L5 and L3 (SANTS STATION) / BUS: 27, 32, 78, 109, 115, H10 and V7
Right next to Barcelona-Sants railway station, various different bus companies provide nationwide and international services.
Service station

By taxi

Barcelona has no fewer than eleven thousand taxis in operation, easily identifiable by their black and yellow livery. Taxis available for flagging down have a green light showing on top of the vehicle. There is also a range of multipurpose taxis available for carrying people with reduced mobility.
If you have specific requirements (e.g. certain languages, seven-seater taxis, etc.) we recommend that you use the telephone taxi services.

MORE INFORMATION ON TAXI SERVICES IN BARCELONA

Barcelona Metropolitan Taxi Institute
Tel. (+34) 932 235 151 |More information

Public transport in Barcelona

Barcelona's public transport network for the metropolitan area at a glance:

Metro

Barcelona has eight Metro lines which are identified by their number and colour: L1 (red), L2 (purple), L3 (green), L4 (yellow), L5 (blue), L9 (orange), L10 (light blue), L11 (light green), covering most of the city.

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Bus

More than one thousand fully accessible buses ply every corner of the city.

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Tram

Barcelona's tram system, known simply as the Tram, was re-launched in 2004 after having been shut down in 1971. It offers a comfortable, fast, easily-accessible, and eco-friendly means of transport. The system has 2 lines: Diagonal-Baix Llobregat and Ciutadella-Besòs.

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The rail network of Renfe Rodalies has 6 lines plus 7 regional lines. There is a total of 236 stations on a total of 1,329 km of tracks.

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The train is one of the modes of public transport with the highest capacity as well as being the most sustainable. The FGC comprises 13 lines with 103 stations and a total length of 271 km.

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INTEGRATED TICKET SYSTEM

The Integrated Ticket System allows passengers to use all the above means of transport on a single ticket and cross over from one to the other up to three times within a certain time period established for the number of zones the ticket covers.

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