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Terrassa and the railways - Catalunya Line
| CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORY OF THE CATALUNYA LINE | |
| 1911 | The company Catalunya Railways S.A. is created, using a complicated financial operation made thanks to Mr.F. S. Pearson, with the main objective of having the Sarrià Train and be able to expand its interests |
| 11/1916 | The Sarrià to Les Planes section is opened |
| 1917 | The line is inaugurated up to Sant Cugat |
| 28/12/1919 | The first train coming from Barcelona reaches Terrassa |
| 1921 | The ending station of the Catalunya Railways is built |
| 1934 | The company unifies to 1200 volts DC the electric voltage of the two lines that it manages |
| 1936 | A worker committee of the company takes the management of the net |
| 1962 | The floods of the 25th September damage seriously the last section of the line. A temporary station was built where now there's the Tren de Baix street |
| 1977 | The economic situation of the company becomes dreadful and the suspension of the sevice is announced for the 30th June |
| 06/1977 | To avoid the closing, the lines are transferred to FEVE |
| 28/07/1978 | With the restoration of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Central Government transfers the lines managed by FEVE to the autonomus government |
| 1983 | A new generation of trains (111 units) is missed in service. They have the top railway technology of the moment |
| 16/05/1986 | The new underground section of the last stretch of the line and the new underground station is inaugurated |
| 1993 | The double track between Terrassa and Sant Cugat is finished |
| 1996 | At the end of June the Metro del Vallès is missed in service, that allows to get a train to Barcelona every 12 minutes |
| 2001 | The tickets integration make possible that using a single ticket you can travel on the train, bus and underground paying only one time |
| 16/10/2003 | The start of the works for the Metro del Vallès extension is done. It will go to the university campus, the North station and Can Roca |
To see photos and information of the nowadays station please visit the Trenscat.com related page: www.trenscat.com/metrovalles/terrassarambla_ct.html (only available in Catalan)
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