I Rode EVERY Metro Line in Barcelona

[@ClassyWhale]

Fun Catalan fact - in French, "exit" is "sortie," and in Spanish, it's "salida." Catalan mashes the two together as "sortida"

[@MilesinTransit]

That's such a Catalan move!

[@Molejules]

@@MilesinTransit It's a sorta salida

[@hanstheexplorer]

@@Molejules lol

[@unclebozo9845]

what is Catalan but the lovechild of Spanish and French

[@jsd4657]

And eixida in valencian dialect :)

[@psychorabbitt]

Miles' dad just being like, "I'm joining him on the quest to end DAWTS." He got SO Boston at the end there.

[@MarkWaller2]

Wow! I felt breathless just watching that :) Congratulations on covering so much of a very complex network - at least four rail operators (RENFE, FGC, TMB and TRAM), and four track gauges (Iberian, standard, 1200mm and metre), if I'm not mistaken. I'm a bit surprised none of the RENFE network is treated as "metro" on the map, but that would have taken even longer to do.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you! Yeah, I'm kinda grateful there wasn't more "metro" stuff on the map, we probably wouldn't have been able to finish it!

[@probablynovideoshere]

Tram is part of TMB, just like the buses

[@JacksonBetz]

3:56 is something I can see becoming a key piece of the Miles in Transit lore

[@newdivision00]

I was there in May on my honeymoon. We rode a whole bunch of lines and regional rail (both Renfe and Sarria train). I love how easy it is to get around the city. I'm proud to have been born there!

[@hanstheexplorer]

Sarrià is L6/L12 FGC

[@Kitty-ix5pg]

@@newdivision00 what is a Sarria train? Is it FGC?

[@newdivision00]

@@Kitty-ix5pg yes the one that goes through the Sarria neighborhood and has a terminus at Plaça Catalunya

[@LQC2556]

As mentioned briefly in the video, a fun fact about the Barcelona rail network is that it uses 4 different rail gauges (1000, 1435, 1668, and 1674). 1:20 Interestingly enough, Spanish has the letter ü as well, and its usage seems to be pretty similar to that of Catalan.

[@MilesinTransit]

Which line uses 1668? Wikipedia seems to only have three gauges listed.

[@LQC2556]

I think 1668 mm (Iberian gauge) isn't used on the metro and tram lines, but the intercity railways do have it.

[@Qball10]

@@LQC2556 Line L1 uses Iberian gauge

[@Robot8A]

Rodalies are 1668mm gauge (Iberian), as they are part of the national rail network, Metro L1 is 1674 (old Iberian gauge)

[@Qball10]

@@Robot8A ah.

[@travelingfool9096]

another great video. Risking missing the plane, just to get ALL THE LINES DONE. True Dedication! I'm more pro escalator, than pro elevator like you are! I wanna go back to Barcelona!

[@obsessiveforest]

It's so interesting to see the outside perspective of a system I use regularly. Great video!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@elsebas3167]

13:00 if you ever come back to Barcelona after this year, you will notice that there will be a new Glòries station which fixes that problem, as well as 3 new tram stops and a reconfiguration of T4,T5 and T6. T4 will go through the new branch while T5 and T6 will absorb the Ciutadella branch

[@KyrilPG]

Nice ! I absolutely love Barcelona and its fantastic transit system. The most dynamic and expanding systems in Europe are Barcelona, Madrid and Paris (where I live). And the Spaniards are real strong transit supporters and great builders of rail infrastructure. 👍 Barcelona's agglomeration is very well linked, up to deep into the suburbs. Barcelona and Paris being at the forefront of the current transition away from the car and towards public transportation and cycling. At 1:20 it means "the waters" in Catalan, and is pronounced (very) roughly like "lez aiwaez". The sign above ü is a dièresi in Catalan, diaeresis in English, and does roughly the same as in French (indicating a hiatus or that the letter with the diaeresis belongs to the another syllable) It resembles a lot to the French "les aiguës" meaning "the acutes" or the "high pitched" (feminine form). Except the sign is on the e instead of the u. In French it's called a tréma (Umlaut is German). "Aigues" without tréma in French would be pronounced like "egg", u being silent between a "g" or a "q" and a vowel. Like "question" is pronounced "kestion", because there's no tréma. But "aiguës" is pronounced "eggu" with the u sounding like ü in German or the simple u in French when not in a silent or combination position. Voilà, that's it for the pedantic language lesson. 🤣 That's nice to enjoy Barcelona's great transit with your dad!

[@pizzaipinya2442]

19:50 I am from Barcelona and also asked myself the same question. After some research, I found out that the first plan was to enlarge L4, but they changed it that it probably because one of those two reasons (or both): First, they wanted a small line with lower frequency and shorter stations and trains, as it goes deep into the mountains and there's actually not a huge demand there, but a really specific demand of really isolated neighbourhoods that benefited a lot from this line. Second, they wanted a place to test the automated systems for L9 and L10. They already had tested them on L2 tunnels before it openned, but I suppose that testing in real situations could help them more. PD: incredible video, just loved it :)

[@MilesinTransit]

Ahhh, that makes a lot of sense, especially the automated systems argument! Thank you!

[@MTNRailroadingNC]

This was great. I recently found your channel and this is the best thing you've done yet. Looking forward to more!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you so much!!

[@Salmagundiii]

Thanks! Brought back memories of my visit in 2010. You shouldn't have skipped the Montjuic Tram! LOL

[@Carlos-kv7wi]

I'm from Barcelona but I haven't ridden all of the lines myself, that was a cool video. I hope you enjoyed your stay!

[@MilesinTransit]

I really appreciate it, thank you! Barcelona was an incredible city, I loved my time there.

[@SmokiesDen]

24:18 That is a transit-accessible industrial gas supplier's (Nippon Gases) bottling plant.

[@pbasswil]

We have a decent transit system here in Montreal, but Barcelona's is on a whole 'nother level! And it all looks newish, or at least close to 21st century.

[@01RAMONATOR]

Yes it's true Barcelona has better metro network than Montreal..., Toronto and Vancouver...all together!!!

[@iamweave]

Your Dad is so cool, and we need to see more of your Mom!

[@MilesinTransit]

She will appear much more in upcoming Spain videos!

[@lewnwdc]

It's great your parents will do videos like this with you (although I note Mom's absence from this one). My folks have zero interest in being in a video or even offering commentary. And they find it bizarre when I go off just to ride transit around a city. 😂 Just a reminder to be grateful. And your dad seems to actually be enjoying this, not just riding around to be a nice father to the transit geek he created. Do you have any siblings?

[@jlee1522]

Watch to the end. Mom makes an appearance

[@history_leisure]

Mont Jüic used to be an amusement park. One of its coasters is very weird and still operates (usually only one side) in Zaragoza (one seat bus ride from Zaragoza station), the other major coaster was moved to the infamous Six Flags New Orleans. Fun Fact: Zydecco Scream was the first attraction to arrive at the park site, but it was the last opening year attraction to open. A third, Ciclon (Zyclon), later reopened at a small park in Girona nearly 10 years after Mont Jüic closed the rides and a little over 2 years after Katrina

[@MilesinTransit]

That's fascinating, thanks for the info!

[@teabubblz]

Great video! I've been waiting for someone to do this and you didn't disappoint!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks so much!

[@Chappington]

The trens are so *proper* there! But seriously impressive, I thought it was a very extensive network when I visited in 2014, and that was before a lot of T9/10 was built.

[@hanstheexplorer]

L*

[@Chappington]

@@hanstheexplorer lol, whoops

[@AA_8184_1]

What an amazing trip! So glad you were able to accomplish this (& document it)!!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@arnauab25_03]

23:59 the best part hahahahaha

[@elsebas3167]

There are contactless tickets replacing the old cardboard ones now so I guess the tickets should not be a problem from now on

[@DBGNIHD]

I lived in Barcelona last year and love the metro, this is the only good English video that I can find (I speak Spanish and Catalan, but it´s not the same hahaha) Really enjoyed the video!

[@MilesinTransit]

I really appreciate it, thank you so much!

[@EyeshadI]

1:21 I'm guessing that 40 other people have already commented this but I will as well. Both Catalan in Spanish have have the letter ü, most non-speakers of the language are unaware of this as it only occurs in several words, examples are "Aigües" in Catalan; meaning "Water" or "Pingüino" in Spanish meaning "penguin". although I don't know much about Catalan I do know that the ü makes a similar sound to "w". the reason both of these letters exist in Spanish is because the letter "w" developed with Germanic languages like English and did not develop in Latin that Spanish descended from meaning that "ü" is used for words that descent from Latin while "w" is used in words derive from English even though both make the same sound in Spanish.

[@paupadros]

23:57 In this black building you call "auto shops", they are actually designing the new Boston Green Line trains hahaha

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh wow, I did not realize that!

[@paupadros]

@@MilesinTransit Yeah pretty cool. I've worked on it :)

[@Kitty-ix5pg]

13:16 You missed the best bit of being at the front!

[@HOUExplorer]

WHOAA! That's insane! Congrats! Next challenge, Metro de Madrid and Berlin U-Bahn!

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh man, those are even harder than this!

[@vahonenko]

@@MilesinTransit Hi Miles, you definitely need to go once to Poland, they have very extensive tram and commuter rail systems. You would probably enjoy the Silesian tram network, which connects city of Katowice with kinda 10+ other smaller cities and towns in the metropolitan area, and despite having abandoned several tramlines during last 15+ years, the network is still impressive and extensive, and it feels somewhat "interuban'ish". And they also have a short "dinky shuttle" line 38 in Bytom, which still uses old 50's-era trams.

[@rogercasoliva1571]

You are like 6 y/o me with my grandad!👏🏼 It was such a fun trip, it was easier to locate us because we live here

[@yuberini]

I hope you liked my city's metro 🤠 I can't wait to see the 2 parts of L9 and L10 connected

[@MilesinTransit]

It was great!

[@robs7640]

Very clean transit system and you did a great job of showing it all!! You took the 7UP??

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks! What do you mean 7UP?

[@robs7640]

@@MilesinTransit You said in the video that you took the number 7 tram up?? I quickly associated that with the soda 7UP.🤣

[@MilesinTransit]

Aha, gotcha!!

[@hanstheexplorer]

You rode: TMB lines: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L9N, L9S, L10N, L10S, L11, Funicular de Montjuïc FGC lines: L6, L7, L8, L12, S1, Vallvidrera Funicular, Tibidabo Funicular (missed S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, R5, R6, R50, and R60) Rodalies lines: R4 (missed R1, R2, R2N, R2S, R3, R7, and R8) Tram lines: T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 (missed T1)

[@jordijoanmateumartinez7551]

Excelent Video,You Really made a great job show all of this in only,I Want to think,one single day so I Can Imagine how hard may have go on one place to another else,really very impressive and you deserve my like,In a Future Video yo made of the rode of the teleferics of Barcelona,I Mean the Montjuic Teleferic and the Port Vell Teleferic ?

[@truthteller8459]

Great to see you posted a new video, and with your parents!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@history_leisure]

I took the finicular that is is the network and then took the 111 and did that round trip, then took L12 and another bus to my hostel back in March. Outside of that, I mostly used L3 and L5 during that weekend in March which was mostly for Tibidabo and the "I saw the Sagrada Familia" cred, plus Parc Güell-which looks like Super Nintendo World without Mario

[@teabubblz]

The cable cars are really nice though! You should take them next time even though they aren't included

[@juliettemuffin]

ah this gives me major nostalgia! i miss riding transit in barcelona so much and i'm glad you got to experience it (and yes catalan is perplexing! it's like a blend of spanish, french, and even italian regarding some vocab!)

[@xaviertarre8279]

it's not "a blend" it's a language itself, from the same Latin origin as the others 😉

[@jsd4657]

17:00 the bus ride can be done with the atm card

[@moishglukovsky]

Another nice video. Great seeing you travel with your folks. Your dad looks nowhere near 60, btw.

[@MilesinTransit]

He will appreciate that - I agree!

[@RichardChonak]

Miles, I'm in Krakow now, and you would love the local network of buses and trams. It is very helpful to us summer students, and a one-week ticket costs about $16.

[@robertkarp6336]

So great you got to take the Fondo elevators. I still chuckle about your mother's "dungeony" comment from Montreal.

[@trainandmore]

18:07 wonderful wheelchair accessibility folks.

[@MilesinTransit]

As it turns out, there's a low-floor bit in the consist that is accessible. Definitely not as good as it could be, although I was generally impressed with how accessible the Barcelona Metro was given that it's an old European system - only 13 out of the 189 total stations aren't accessible. That being said, four of them are major transfers, but I think they're slated to be upgraded!

[@srmagnet0191]

The middle carriage is low flor and 100% accesible. In fact all trains and stations runned by FGC (the catalan goverment company) were fully accesible even before the national spain rail company started modifying its trains to do so.

[@joaquinconesasierra4087]

Hello, i have finished watching your video and i enjoyed and laughed a lot , i am from Barcelona and i congratulate you

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you very much!

[@craigdavis5407]

At 1:28 DAMN!!!

[@trainandmore]

Sees thumbnail Me : oh sweet mother of pearl, how is that possible!?

[@stevevoyage]

Great video. Thanks! I was in Barcelona this year and I loved their metro!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@maarumation4794]

The best stations are, Besòs Sant Adrià and Sant roc, Badalona

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

that is awesome! i have not been, but my parents have honestly been to barcelona, i dont think they rode all of its metro though.

[@lewnwdc]

3:56 Looks like Dad owes you a new camera 😅

[@lluiscortes4966]

L70 / L72 bus rides were already included in your ticket fare. [Exiting while taking a medieval bow].

[@PabloBD]

Line 3 is my favorite

[@davroca5]

Wow!! Great video!!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@1kCam05]

Great video as always. You should go to Cleveland,oh to do the least used Amtrak station in Ohio and all stops on Cleveland’s light rail and subway.

[@MilesinTransit]

It's possible to get from Alliance (least used in Ohio) to Cleveland using local buses, which I'll absolutely have to do! Cleveland is definitely on my list.

[@1kCam05]

That’s 3 videos you could do

[@craigdavis5407]

Beautiful!!!

[@jeanpoltabi4355]

I'm from Barcelona very good video!!!!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!!

[@ahmadfrw1]

I must challenge you to riding every RAIL LINE of: 1. MTA NYC Transit (LIRR and MetroNorth) 2. Chicago Transit Authority 3. MBTA 4. MARTA 5. Metro Los Angeles 6. Sound Transit Seattle 7. TriMet Portland OR

[@raulsantin]

I live in Molí Nou and I cackled when you got confused waiting for the bus to go there cause story of my life

[@raulsantin]

But you were wrong, T-casual and most T- tickets cover the buses to Sant Boi

[@MilesinTransit]

Shoot, I didn't know that! All the documentation implies that it's TMB only...

[@hermenegildoc3933]

You should do all conmuter in Asturias. The 3 Cercanias ones and the 5 cercanias am

[@damiancooper3063]

Miles and his dots.

[@Kitty-ix5pg]

8:20 The locals pronounce it "Las Planas"

[@pizzaipinya2442]

21:37 lol I never had a ticket die ever, and I used loads of them in my life xd

[@hugoboyce9648]

Very cool video!

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

I may or may not go to Barcelona in the future, mainly because im looking at this college program.

[@MilesinTransit]

Nice!

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

@@MilesinTransit thanks! also you gotta do LA or Dallas sometime. just be careful ok?

[@judgesaturn507]

Muy buen video Miles. (Este gringo usó Google Translate para decir esto)

[@MilesinTransit]

¡Gracias!

[@BsBsBock]

Come plzzzzzz to Bielefeld

[@MilesinTransit]

I can't, it doesn't exist!

[@CatzHTU]

They sadly removed the S5, S6 and the S7

[@lewnwdc]

20:28 What was Mom doing all day while you 2 rode all over Barcelona?

[@JustKiddingNYC]

Was hoping for a Simply Railway send up with a Toilets Time marquee

[@MilesinTransit]

Ah, I don't watch Simply Railway enough to make specific references like that! Everyone seems to have their own type of bathroom review...DownieLive always announces it, Noel Phillips has his little intro...!

[@miquelneutrons]

8:22: that was good! (not that good) but yeah

[@lewnwdc]

10:13 You don't carry portable device chargers with you?

[@foamervlogs3327]

How are your parents able to deal with your "verbal hysteria." My parents never accepted my foaming :(

[@MilesinTransit]

They enjoy the trips! You can also probably tell from this video that I don't exercise as much "verbal hysteria" with my parents as I do with my friends.

[@evanjames4716]

inb4 the train guy lol

[@ridetrainz]

Well done guys. Senor Miles makes comment about not liking third rail instead preferring overhead. Curious, why? I'm same.

[@MilesinTransit]

I think he was coming from the perspective that you don't instantly die if you fall on the tracks!

[@ridetrainz]

@@MilesinTransit good point, can see that too. My perspective is I like the look of overhead wires.

[@MilesinTransit]

Valid! They're a great aesthetic.

[@history_leisure]

Normal Spanish also uses the U with eyes (so instead of making the normal U sound like in Jugar, the U with eyes in Pengüino makes the same sound as we and Argüelles sounds like quay, except its a G

[@MilesinTransit]

Ahh, so it does! I had no idea, thank you for letting me know about that!

[@01RAMONATOR]

By the way...the language used in all transports system in Barcelona.. Is catalán not spanish

[@history_leisure]

@@01RAMONATOR I have no idea why I said "normal spanish", should've said Castilian-not sure how it sounds in Catlan. My grandmother would know, but she passed away 10 years ago and had Alztimers before that

[@Eurobazz]

You should have changed your title to 'Kilometres in Transit'.

[@lewnwdc]

Why didn't you do a race to clock your time to every Metro station? Any idea what the current record is? Is there a transit-nerd website that lists record race times for all the subway systems in the world? If not, new project for you when final exams are done. 😉

[@MilesinTransit]

I don't think such a record is possible in Barcelona - it would have to stretch out over multiple days.

[@lewnwdc]

@@MilesinTransit You couldn't do all the Barcelona Metro (subway) stations in one day (don't count trams, funinculars, etc.?) If the system doesn't run overnight and it can't be done in a day, what's the criteria for transit racing that sort of subway system? Combine the times it takes on 2 subsequent days? I'd never thought about that.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

​@@lewnwdcthere was indeed a guy who also raced the London Underground and some other who raced Barna's metro. The thing is he only raced the TMB portions of it (no Tram, no funiculars, and no FGC lines) :)

[@davidrivera9743]

¡Bueno!

[@MilesinTransit]

¡Gracias!

[@chromebomb]

spain got a lot of good transit

[@MH-sw9fy]

If you are Spanish, then that's very cool. If you are American. then Huh... yea... hum.... Can't explain why if you have to be European to understand. Otherwise great video.

[@MilesinTransit]

I don't think I understand but, uh, thanks!

[@hanstheexplorer]

23:06 It’s pronounced “zo-na-ooh-nee-ver-si-tar-ya”

[@iqraamjid5297]

0:14

[@iqraamjid5297]

2:15

[@elroco76]

I’ve been following your work since you wrote the blog, and this is one of your best adventures so far! Also, here is a song for you to remember your trip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXaTnZqBpdigsKs

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you so much! The song is great, too - I love the bridge where (as far as I can tell with my limited Spanish) they list lines and destinations? Very cool!

[@elroco76]

@@MilesinTransit Basically the whole song is listing Barcelona metro stations!

[@MilesinTransit]

That is FABULOUS

[@1038bro]

I too am Metrosexual

[@atherrien95]

Also, he looks way under 60!

[@MilesinTransit]

Agreed!

[@iqraamjid5297]

25:00

[@hanstheexplorer]

24:05 You copied the L10 South announcement of the next station being Ecoparc.

[@miquelcolom7132]

Pròxima estació/Próxima estación*

[@hanstheexplorer]

@@miquelcolom7132 it was a typo

[@zachfila]

#enddots

[@craigdavis5407]

At 2:42 Black People!!!

[@atherrien95]

Is your Dad an enthusiast as well?

[@MilesinTransit]

Not really, he just enjoys exploring cities by transit!

[@atherrien95]

@@MilesinTransit Thanks for answering.

[@ricasa2005]

This whole thing is BEAUTIFUL. The trains, the sttions, the design, the city ...

[@kerrylondon8631]

Outte Standing 🏃 🐎 🚉 🏃 💘

[@AshmewStudios]

So the question is, did you miss your plane?

[@MilesinTransit]

Haha, thankfully we made it with plenty of time to spare!

[@Bernat_Pascual]

The correct pronunciation of Barcelona is Barsuhlohna

[@jvicenteblanco]

I don't like this video. It seems that the camera (smartphone?) was operated by a crazy monkey. I got dizzy watching it

[@MilesinTransit]

Camera 'til it got broken partway through

[@raulsantin]

Please don't do this thing of exagerating the 'TH' sound in 'Barcelona', it's really cringe

[@brianhansen2202]

I have blocked this channel, only because of that stupid "open-mouth thumpnail"

[@MilesinTransit]

If you want to avoid "open-mouth thumpnails", I recommend logging off KZbin

[@JacksonBetz]

don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya ❤