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Barcelona Metro to Open ‘Ghost Stations’ for Centenary Tours, Registration Opens Sept. 9

Sign-ups open Tuesday for free tours that include night-only access to Correos via a guided walk on the tracks.

Overview

  • Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona announced open-door visits across eight normally closed sites with 5,033 free places as part of the Metro Centenary.
  • First-time public access will include the disused stations of Correos and Gaudí, with Gaudí visited by day and Correos only when service is stopped at night.
  • Registration opens Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 10:00 via obrimelmetro.cat after an earlier July release of 800 places sold out in under an hour.
  • Tours for staff take place this weekend, with public visits scheduled across selected weekends from September through November.
  • Correos visits require safety measures such as de-energizing the catenary and a guided walk of about 250 meters on the track from Jaume I, with start times around 1:30 a.m.