Verdaguer L4 station will close for two months for accessibility works

During that period, trains on the yellow line will continue running normally, but they will not stop at Verdaguer. For regular users, this means that the station will be out of service on L4 and alternatives will have to be sought at nearby stops.

The intervention is part of works to adapt the Verdaguer interchange, a key station because it connects L4 with L5 and serves a busy area between the Eixample and Gràcia. The aim is to make the whole facility more comfortable and accessible for people with reduced mobility.

The works correspond to the first phase of adapting the interchange. They include work to install new lifts and escalators, as well as improvements to the spaces connecting the lines. The planned investment for this phase is around €8.6 million.

The works do not begin from scratch. The connecting passage between L4 and L5 is already closed for improvement works, requiring interchange on the street. Now, with the temporary closure of the station on L4, the effect will be felt even more by those who use Verdaguer as an interchange point.

TMB recommends using nearby stations such as Joanic or Girona for those travelling on L4. Depending on origin and destination, it may also be useful to reorganise the journey using L5, surface buses or walking routes in the surrounding area.

The disruption will be especially significant for residents, workers and users who get off at Verdaguer every day to access Passeig de Sant Joan, Diagonal, Bailèn or the area around the Sagrada Família. Although the line is not closed, losing one stop requires recalculating times and connections.

The closure comes in a difficult summer for public transport in Barcelona. The metro network is concentrating several works during the months of lower demand, with effects also on L1, L9/L10 Nord and other interchanges. The idea is to use the summer period to carry out work that is difficult to do during the regular academic-year activity.

Accessibility remains one of the major outstanding issues at some older metro stations. Although most of the network is already adapted, complex points remain, especially interchanges with long passages, changes in level and structures built in different periods.

Verdaguer is one such case. Its importance lies not only in the number of users, but also in its role on the connections map. Improving lifts, escalators and internal routes can reduce barriers for older people, wheelchair users, families with pushchairs or travellers with luggage.

For the city, the works have a double reading. For almost two months, travelling along that part of L4 will be less convenient. But, if the work progresses according to the planned schedule, the result should be a station better prepared for a metro network that needs to be useful to everyone, not only those who can climb stairs or walk long passages without difficulty.

Barcelona thus enters another summer of underground works. Verdaguer will be one of the stops where users notice the inconvenience most, but also one of the stations where the improvement can genuinely change the daily experience of thousands of travellers.