at noon after spending 4 days in Madrid, and the surroundings of the stages on your agenda will be completely closed to traffic. The most problematic day will be Wednesday the 10th, when the pontiff will hold events in the Raval and the Sagrada Familia.
Traffic restrictions in Barcelona
From 7:00 a.m. on Monday the 8th to 10:00 a.m. on Thursday the 11th, around the Barcelona Cathedral and the Episcopal Palace. During this time, access to the parking lots will be blocked and residents will only be able to use their private vehicles in case of emergency.
This prohibition also prevents the parking of motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles in three of their usual points: Cathedral Avenue and Nova and Antoni Maura squares.
Traffic will be restricted around the Olympic ring from Monday morning until 2 a.m. on Wednesday. The reason is, a vigil that will be attended by about 40,000 people.
Circulation and parking will be prohibited for all types of private vehicles, including motorcycles and bicycles. Despite them, the residents of the area will have guaranteed access to their homes. The exclusive access areas for people invited or with accreditation will be limited to the vicinity of the stadium
The next day, on Wednesday morning, the Mossos d’Esquadra have warned that there may be incidents (with security forces guarding vehicles in front and behind) due to Pope’s visit to the Brians 1 Penitentiary Centre.
Afterwards, the Pope will visit the monks of the Montserrat Mountain Abbey (Monistrol de Montserrat) and attend a public recitation of the Rosary. As more than 8,000 people are expected to attend, it can only be accessed by special coaches or public transport: from Monistrol on the Generalitat Railway Rack or by cable car. In both cases, it is necessary to reserve the ticket (nominatively) which on this day will have a flat rate of 7.5 euros round trip.
Wednesday afternoon which will lead to significant traffic closures. These will begin in the Raval, at the height of the Sant Agustí church.
The streets around said church and Plaza de la Gardunya will be completely closed on the 9th and 10th, with access controls (that is, only neighbors or participants in the event and the press will be able to enter). Pedestrian attendance will also be regulated at peak times. Circulation and parking will be prohibited on Hospital Street (from Rambla to Rambla del Raval), all of Gardunya Square, all of Sant Agustí, Jerusalem Street to Hospital Street and Arc de Sant Agustí Street, from Hospital to Sant Pau.
Sagrada Familia: traffic cut, bus detours and metro station closed
on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 10, when the mass for the centenary of Gaudí’s death will be celebrated in the Sagrada Familia and the blessing of the tower of Jesus Christ.
The Pope will take a tour in the popemobile from the confluence of Diagonal with Rosselló Street along Sardenya Street. Therefore, during the 10th and early morning of the 11th, the entire area will have a large security perimeter that will include the total closure of traffic and parking, including the chamfers. The pontiff’s route will involve general traffic detours.
On the streets, the cut will affect Diagonal, from Cinc d’Oros to Bruc. To Rosselló, from Pau Claris to Lepant. And to all the streets adjacent to the papal route (Pau Claris, Llúria, Bruc, Girona, Bailen, Paseo de Sant Joan and Roger de Flor) between Còrsega and Rosselló. The ban on parking on the street will be even more extensive and will affect vertical streets in practically all cases from Còrsega to València.
Public transport
and will mean the closure of Bicing stations. In addition, on the 10th the Sagrada Familia metro station will be closed: trains on lines 2 and 5 will circulate normally, but will not stop at said station. You will have to get off at the previous or subsequent one: Verdaguer or Dos de Maig.
To improve mobility, the TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) plans to increase metro and bus frequencies by between 30% and 50% in areas where there are official events. For example, lines 1,3 and 5 will increase the frequency of trains arriving at Montjuïc and there will be shuttles from Plaza de Espanya to reach the Olympic Ring.
The Montjuïc Funicular will also increase its frequency to four minutes during the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9.
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) will reinforce the Barcelona-Vallès line by incorporating 20 new circulations on the S1 (Terrassa) and the S2 (Sabadell).
8 new circulations will also be incorporated on line L8 (Molí Nou) and some regular circulations on lines R5 Manresay and R6 Igualada will be reinforced with double composition between 3 p.m. and the end of the service. In addition, Renfe will reinforce lines R1, R4 and R2 (R2 Nord and R2 Sud at the Plaça de Catalunya, Arc de Triomf and Passeig de Gràcia stations.
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