{{Short description|Station of the Barcelona Metro network in Spain}} {{Infobox station | name = Lesseps | type = Barcelona Metro rapid transit station | style = | image = Lesseps L3 maig 2024.jpg | image_caption = Platforms in Lesseps | address = Barcelona (Gràcia) | country = | coordinates = {{coord|41|24|22|N|2|8|58|E|source:nlwiki_region:ES-CT_scale:6250_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | line = | other = | structure = Underground | platform = 2 side platforms | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | opened = 1924 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = | code = | owned = Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona | zone = 1 (ATM) | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Barcelona Metro |line1=L3|left1=Fontana |right1=Vallcarca |header2=Projected |line2=L9|left2=El Putxet |right2=Muntanya |line3=L10|left3=El Putxet |right3=Muntanya }} | map_type = Spain Barcelona#Spain | map_caption = Location in Barcelona##Location in Spain }} '''Lesseps''' is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after its location, ''Plaça de Lesseps'', in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, itself named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was appointed French consul in 1842. The station is served by line L3.<ref name=trenscat>{{cite web | url = http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03lesseps_ct.html | title = Lesseps | language = Catalan | publisher = trenscat.com | accessdate = 2014-11-28}}</ref><ref name=tmap>{{cite web | url = http://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-barcelona/ | title = Track map of the Barcelona Metro | publisher = cartometro.com | accessdate = 2014-11-28}}</ref>
The station opened in 1924 as the northern terminus of the first metro line of the city, which ran south to Catalunya station and was operated by the Gran Metropolitano de Barcelona rail company. To the north of the station were terminal sidings, which in turn gave access to the Lesseps workshops via a vehicle elevator. The line was extended north to Montbau station in 1985, diverging to the right before the terminal sidings, which remain in existence although little used. The Lesseps workshops closed in 1988.<ref name=trenscat/><ref name=tmap/>
The station is located under ''Carrer Gran de Gràcia'', between ''Carrer de Maurici Serrahima'' and ''Plaça de Lesseps'', and can be accessed from the square, in the corner where ''Avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries'' ends. It has two tracks, with twin side platforms that are {{convert|95|m}} long.<ref name=trenscat/><ref name=tmap/>
Future plans are for Lesseps to be served by the joint section of lines L9 and L10. Platforms for this are currently under construction, and will provide interchange with line L3.<ref name=tmap/>
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Lesseps metrostation|Lesseps metro station}} *[http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/03lesseps_ct.html Lesseps at Trenscat.com] *[http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Lesseps_L3 Lesseps at Wiki del Transport Català, with photos and history of the station.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328030727/http://www.transport.cat/wiki/index.php/Lesseps_L3 |date=2009-03-28 }}
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