Until further notice, Plaça de Catalunya and MNAC stops on the Red Route out of service. We apologize for the inconvenience.

08/06: disruptions throughout the day in the Montjuïc and Plaça d'Espanya area due to the Women's Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

Until further notice, Plaça de Catalunya and MNAC stops on the Red Route out of service. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Estació de Sants stop

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  • Estació de Sants stop
  • Sants district

Sants is Barcelona’s main railway station, where high-speed trains connect the city to the rest of Spain and a number of European cities. But in addition to its importance as a transport hub, the Sants district played a vital role in the history of 19th-century industrial Barcelona, evidence of which is still visible on its streets.

Industrial district and transport hub

The Red Route of Barcelona Bus Turístic connects to the city’s most important railway station, located in one of the districts central to Barcelona’s 19th-century industrialisation process, where numerous factories were installed at sites that have gradually been recovered for use by residents.

One of the most outstanding cases is that of Vapor Vell, a textile factory that is now a library, and the most paradigmatic case is that of Vapor Nou, which is now the site of Espanya Industrial Park.

What to see

  • Photo Espanya Industrial Park - Monserrat Ruiz
    Espanya Industrial Park

    Nine lighthouse towers watch over an open space of water and plant life that was formerly home to one of Barcelona’s largest textile factories.

  • Photo Sants District Barcelona
    Sants

    The former municipality of Santa Maria de Sants was one of the centres of industrial Barcelona in the 19th century. Today, in the Sants neighbourhood, you’ll not only find the city’s main railway station, from where high-speed trains depart, but also a major shopping area.