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Exhibition The little story of the metro

A journey through the history in drawings

When: From 02.07.2025

Where: Espai Mercè Sala

Access: validating the transport ticket

An exhibition about Pilain Baye's book

The Espai Mercè Sala hosts this exhibition based on the book La petita història del metro (The little story of the metro), a 100-year journey through the magnificent illustrations by Pilarín Bayés and the texts by Daniel Venteo.

The exhibit brings both young and old closer to the history of the most used, efficient, sustainable, and democratic mode of transport we have in Barcelona and the first metropolitan ring.

Enjoy your trip!

What ýou will learn in the exhibition

Do you know when the first Barcelona metro line was opened? And how many stations there were?

Did you know that during the Republican Government of Catalonia the metro reached as far as Hospitalet de Llobregat?

Or that during the Spanish Civil War, people often used it as a shelter to protect themselves from bombs?

Did you know that it was not until the early sixties that the metro service was municipalized, becoming the public service that guarantees the universal right to mobility that it is today?

Did you know that in 1992, with the Barcelona Olympic Games, the metro was expanded further, opening the way to Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Badalona?

Did you know that today it has 125 kilometres of track and up to 165 stations, facilitating nearly 280 million trips a year? Or that Line 9, which ends at El Prat airport, is automatic and is one of the most modern in Europe?

The Barcelona metro brings together a thousand and one stories from the past, present and future.

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