Have you ever wondered how long it really takes to make a transfer in the Barcelona metro? Have you ever thought that the longest transfer is Passeig de Gràcia?
Well, it is not Passeig de Gràcia, but Vall d’Hebron and Plaça de Sants. If, like us, you were surprised, read on to find out how we checked.
According to the TMB map, which calculates the minutes a transfer takes, the longest one is not Passeig de Gràcia, but Vall d’Hebron and Plaça de Sants.
So we decided to go to one of them, the one at Plaça de Sants station, to check if the time shown on the map is real.
How long does it really take to transfer at Plaça de Sants?
We started our adventure on L5 at Plaça de Sants. We started the stopwatch on our way to L1 and started walking.
After climbing two stairs in one minute, the stopwatch was still running. After two minutes, we were already in the middle of our journey.
At three minutes and forty seconds, we were at a crossroads, but we kept going. Finally, in four minutes and twenty-two seconds, we completed the transfer. Twenty seconds less than what the TMB map shows, which is 4 minutes and 42 seconds.
And here’s the interesting thing: we were neither excessively fast nor slow, but the ride was long. The reason? It’s not a straight road like Passeig de Gràcia, but up and down.
You might be interested to know that, according to the TMB map, the transfer at Passeig de Gràcia takes 3 minutes and 58 seconds, almost a minute less than at Plaça de Sants.