{{Short description|Metro station in Barcelona, Spain}} {{Infobox station | name = Verdaguer | type = 20px|link=Barcelona Metro Barcelona Metro rapid transit station<br/>13px|link=Trambesòs Trambesòs tram stop | style = | image = Verdaguer station L4 northbound platform.jpg | image_caption = Northbound platform on Line 4 | address = Barcelona (Eixample) | accesses = | country = | coordinates = {{coord|41|23|59|N|2|10|6|E|source:nlwiki_region:ES-CT_scale:6250_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | line = | other = | structure = | platform = | depth = | opened = 1970 (Line 5)<br/>1973 (Line 4)<br/>2024 (Tram) | closed = | rebuilt = | accessible = | code = | owned = | operator = Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona<br/>TramMet | zone = 1 (ATM) | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Barcelona Metro|line=L4|left=Joanic |right=Girona }}{{Adjacent stations|system=Barcelona Metro|line=L5|left=Diagonal |right=Sagrada Família }} | map_type = Spain Barcelona | map_size = 250 | map_caption = Location within Barcelona }}
'''Verdaguer''' is a station in the Barcelona metro network located near Plaça de Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer, in the Eixample district. It is an important interchange station between Line 4 and Line 5.
Since 2024, Verdaguer is also a Tram stop. It was opened as part of the tram network's Diagonal extension and is served by line T4. It is the line's current terminus.<ref name="LaCiutat">{{cite news |title=El Tram des de Glòries fins a Verdaguer començarà a funcionar el pròxim 9 de novembre |url=https://laciutat.cat/laciutatdebarcelona/el-tram-des-de-glories-fins-a-verdaguer-comencara-a-funcionar-el-proxim-9-de-novembre |work=LaCiutat |date=17 October 2024 |language=ca |access-date=18 February 2025 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Location== The station is located in the vicinity of the Plaça de Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer, in the Dreta de l'Eixample neighborhood of the Eixample district. The square, named after Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer is found at the intersection of two major streets, Avinguda Diagonal and Passeig de Sant Joan.
The Line 4 platforms are located underground below Passeig de Sant Joan, between the streets of Provença and Rosselló. The station has an access in the middle of Passeig de Sant Joan. An underground transfer corridor allows connection to the Line 5 station.
The Line 5 platforms are located underground below Carrer de Provença, between the streets of Girona and Bailén. The station has two lobbies and three different accesses. The eastern lobby features one access at the intersection of Bailén and Provença and the connection corridor to Line 4. The western lobby features two accesses in Carrer de Girona, one of them at the intersection with Avinguda Diagonal.
The Tram stop is located in Avinguda Diagonal, between the streets of Girona and Bailén. The platforms are a short walk away from the Line 5 access in Avinguda Diagonal.
==History== The station initially opened as part of Line 5 in {{start date and age|1970|p=y}}, as the line's section between Diagonal and Sagrera became operational.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gustau |last=Lamadrid |title=La línia 5 de metro s’estenia de Diagonal a La Sagrera fa 50 anys |url=https://noticies.tmb.cat/historia/linia-5-de-metro-sestenia-de-diagonal-sagrera-fa-50-anys |work=TMB Notícies |date=26 June 2020|language=ca |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
The Line 4 station opened in {{start date and age|1973|p=y}} as the line opened between Joanic and Jaume I.
The station was initially known as ''General Mola'', the name of the Passeig de Sant Joan during the Francoist dictatorship. The name was changed to the current ''Verdaguer'' in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |first=Marta |last=Espinosa |title=Les estacions de la xarxa de metro que han canviat de nom: la línia blava (L5) |url=https://noticies.tmb.cat/historia/estacions-de-xarxa-de-metro-que-han-canviat-de-nom-linia-blava-l5 |work=TMB Notícies |date=11 October 2024|language=ca |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
In November 2024, the Tram stop was opened as part of the tram network's expansion along Avinguda Diagonal. It is the current terminus of the Trambesòs T4 line, as works to extend the line to Francesc Macià are expected to begin in the coming years.<ref name="LaCiutat" />
Verdaguer is one of the last remaining stations in the Barcelona Metro network that isn't fully accessible to persons with reduced mobility. In 2025, works began to install elevators and make the station fully accessible.<ref>{{cite news |title=La estación de metro de Verdaguer encara las obras para ser plenamente accesible en dos años |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/eixample/20250203/estacion-metro-verdaguer-encara-obras-113964670 |work=El Periódico |date=3 February 2025|language=es |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> File:Accés Metro Verdaguer - Passeig Sant Joan de Barcelona.jpg|The Line 4 access in Passeig de Sant Joan File:Verdaguer L5 2025.jpg|One of Line 5's platforms File:Verdaguer TRAM T4 2025.jpg|The current Trambesòs platform </gallery>
==Services== {{Adjacent stations|system=Barcelona Metro |line1=L4|left1=Joanic |right1= Girona |line2=L5|left2=Diagonal |right2=Sagrada Família }} Entries & Exits Per Year: 5,233,550 (2016)
==See also== *List of Barcelona Metro stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Verdaguer metrostation}} *[http://www.trenscat.com/tmb/05verdaguer_ct.html Verdaguer at Trenscat.com]
{{Barcelona Metro line 4}} {{Barcelona Metro line 5}}
Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1970 Category:Barcelona Metro line 4 stations Category:Barcelona Metro line 5 stations Category:Transport in Eixample Category:Jacint Verdaguer