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Trinitat Nova - La Pau  16.7km, 22 stations

TRINITAT NOVA (27/10/1999) - Neighbourhood on the western side of the Meridiana Avenue which separates it from Trinitat Vella (see Line 1):

VIA JÚLIA - (1982) The street of this name is a Rambla type avenue in the district of Nou Barris. Until Oct. 1999 this station was called Roquetes which is a neighborhood on the foot of the Collserola mountain range that surrounds Barcelona from north to west. The name actually means 'small rocks'. The former station name might reappear one day for a new station on Line 3 between Canyelles and Trinitat Nova.

LLUCMAJOR - (1982) Square named after a town in Mallorca. This Balearic Isle gave names to several streets in this area.

MARAGALL - (1982) Avenue and square dedicated to the poet Joan Maragall i Gorina (1860-1911).

GUINARDÓ - (1974) There's a park, a street, a square and even half a district with this name. It's derived from an old manor house, which has its name from an old form of 'guineu', which means 'fox'.

ALFONS X - (1974) Square named after Alfonso X, the Wise, king of Castilla in the 13th century.

JOANIC - (1973) Square called after the owner of a former estate in Gràcia, Josep Joanic.

VERDAGUER - (1973) Square paying homage to the very important Catalan poet, Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845-1902).

GIRONA - (1973) Street dedicated to the City of Girona, 100 km north of Barcelona.

PASSEIG DE GRÀCIA - (1973) originally called 'Gran Via'. See L2 and L3 for more details.

URQUINAONA - (1934) Square named after a 19th century Barcelona bishop.

JAUME I - (1934) This man, James I, was Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon in the 13th century. He extended Catalan power over the Mediterranian and south along the coast. The street bearing his name leads from the Metro station to Plaça Sant Jaume, where the City Hall and the Catalan Government are.

BARCELONETA - (1976) This is the name (it actually means 'small Barcelona') of a very special nighborhood belonging to the district of Ciutat Vella, the old town centre. It's built on a triangle reaching out into the sea, with very narrow streets and long but high blocks of houses.

CIUTADELLA - VILA OLÍMPICA - (1977) In 1715, after the Catalans lost definitely their special status within Spain, Felipe V built a huge military fortress to control the city. It was demolished in 1869 and used for the 1888 exhibition. After that it became Barcelona's city park. The second part of the station name, 'Olympic Village' was added in 1992, as the station also serves this new part of town situated between the park and the seaside.

BOGATELL - (1977) This station was first called 'Pere IV' after another street. 'Bogatell' is the name of a former river, now an underground canal taking waters into the sea.

LLACUNA - (1977) Initially called after another street, 'Luchana', it now bears the name of a street called 'lagoon' as this part of Sant Martí was covered by the sea until the 15th century.

POBLENOU - (1977) Meaning 'new village', it's quite an old part of the district of Sant Martí. Formerly quite industrial it has been changing a lot recently, especially along the seaside where beaches and parks have been laid out.

SELVA DE MAR - (1977) 'Forest by the sea' is the name of a street remembering a small village of that name in Empordà in upper Catalonia.

EL MARESME | FÒRUM - (2003) Station added to the existing line to serve the area developped for the 2004 Forum of Cultures. Maresme refers to the coastal region north of Barcelona and means 'marsh land by the sea':

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BESÒS MAR - (1982) Originally called 'Mina' after another neighborhood, the name was eventually changed into 'Besòs Mar' - referring to the river (see next station) and the nearby sea.

BESÒS - (1982) The river Besòs is Barcelona's city limit towards the north-east. In the 60's large areas were developed as sleeping towns, one of them called Besòs after the river. There are projects to make the river a more pleasant place, today it's just a sewer.

LA PAU - (1982) Meaning 'peace', this neighborhood was built in the 60's remembering the end of the Spanish Civil War 25 years earlier, in 1939.

Line L4 continued to Pep Ventura until 1 July 2002.

Projects: Line 4 will be extended from La Pau to the new railway station at Sagrera AVE (L9) and further on to Sagrera Meridiana where a huge interchange station is planned for L1, L4, L5 and L9. Between La Pau and Sagrera AVE there will be an intermediate station at Santander.