Reduced mobility
Visual disability
Hearing impairment
Cognitive impairment
Other accessibility needs
The city is well connected through 8 lines, 161 stations and 161 trains that run at rush hour every weekday, including the Funicular. Each of these lines is identified by a number behind the letter "L" and a color. They allow combinations with short, medium and long distance trains.
If you arrive at Sants station you can transfer to the metro network (L3 and L5) at the same station, you have to follow the signage indications to get to the metro. If you arrive at the França station, a few meters walk you will find the Barceloneta metro station (L4). For more information on how to get around the metro and bus network, you can use the How to get here tool. Enter the station you arrive at as origin and the address of the place where you want to get to (hotel, apartment, etc.) as destination.
If during your stay in the city you want to continue using public transport, we recommend the Hola Barcelona Travel Card, which allows you to make unlimited trips for 2 days (48 h), 3 days (72 h), 4 days (96 h) o 5 days (120 h) consecutive and includes the transfer to the airport.
The Metro and Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat (FGC) ticket validating machines emit acoustic and visual messages. From the concourse of both a Metro and an FGC station, you can use the same remote control as the traffic lights to find the transport ticket vending machines. If you press a button on the remote control, at least one of the station's machines will respond with a continuous sound that makes it easier to locate them. These same machines have a navigation system for the blind that, through voice and Braille navigation within the framework of the screen.
There are TMB Information and Citizen Service Points where they have a relief map of the metro network and a Braille metro guide.
You can buy this pass at any metro station, but if you buy it online you will enjoy a 10% discount.
Accessible metro map
Simple metro map