Getting
Around
Subway
The subway is the easiest and fastest way of moving around the city.
Barcelona has got two different systems, the subway and the FGC, with
two lines in Barcelona and four more lines going to nearby towns.Transports
Metropolitans Barcelona (TMB)
There are five lines of Metro, differed by a number and a color. In
total 111 stations distributed by the whole city.
Schedule: Monday-Thursday: 5.00-23.00,
Friday-Saturday-Holiday: 5.00-2.00, Sunday: 6.00-0.00.
Information: 010 and 93 318 70 74
Website: www.tmb.net
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
Schedule: Monday-Thursday: 5.00-23.00, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 5.55-0,39
Information: 010 and 93 205 15 15
Website: www.fgc.catalunya.net
Bus
TMB - Metro
78 lines with about 800 buses covering the whole city The urban buses
of TMB, travel the whole city, and there are available
maps of their routes in tourist officesNitBus - night buses
From 22.00 to 4.00
Taxi
Barcelona taxis are black with the yellow doors and a green light
if they are free. There are about 8,000 cars and many stops in the
city, mainly at hotels and in tourist areas. You can pick up a taxi
at a stop or on the streets.
The meter (it is compulsory to use them) will indicate the price to
pay, but an extra fee is charged when taking it at the airport or
when you carry luggage with you, etc. Prices are shown on a sticker
inside the cab.Taxis with facilities for handicapped: 93 420 80 88
Information and complaints: 93 481 00 85
Radio Taxi Miramar: 93 433 10 20
Taxi Radio Movil: 93 358 11 11
Local Trains
There are two railroad companies: RENFE, the national network that
offers services in most main cities, and some of the outskirts of
Barcelona known as Rodalies - that are the proximity of Madrid. There
is also the Talgo Joan Miro service: direct BCN-Paris, Pau Casals:
BCN-Ginebra and Zurich, and Salvador Dali: BCN-Milan. Most of the
high-speed trains leave from the Estaci - of Sants.
Website: www.renfe.es
FGC: Ferrocarrils of the Generalitat of Catalunya is a network
of trains in the Catalan region and a network of suburban trains
that work along side the Barcelona Metro. Both networks use the
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