|
Between the train station serving the neighbourhood of Bellaterra at the westernmost end of the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona(Cerdanyola del Vallès), and the neighbourhood of Còlonia Castelltort (Sant Quirze del Vallès).
Barcelona. Cataluña
Municipalities: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Sabadell and Sant Quirze del Vallès.
Length: 1,5 km
User profile:  
Type of surgace: Compacted earth.
|
|
 |
Natural setting:
Pine forest. Serra de Galliners range of hills.
Cultural heritage:
Sant Quirze del Vallès: Sant Quirze i Santa Julita church, birth house of portrait and landscape painter Joan Vila-Puig, La Patronal modernist building, Sant Feliuet de Vilamilans chapel, and the Masía Can Barra manor house.
Sabadell: Art and history museums,Mare de Déu de la Salut chapel, central market, Plaza Mayor (Town Square), modernist houses, and buildings of the Fundació Antiga Caixa.
Cerdanyola del Vallès: San Martín and Santa María de les Feixes churches, modernist architecture on the street Carrer de Sant Francesc, San Marcial Castle, and the Ca n'Ortadó-Maymó Museum.
Infrastructure: Greenway. 2 cut-and-cover tunnels, 1 railway underpass, and 1 one road overpass. Information panels.
Accesos a la Vía Verde:
Cerdanyola del Vallès: South-western end of the greenway:Bellaterra train station.
Sabadell: The section developed as a greenway ends at the La Vall school car park (BV-1414)
Sant Quirze del Vallès: At the north-eastern end of the former railway line there is no developed access as such. There is a short path branching off from Carrer del Xoriguer (at the back of the La Vall School), which in turn is a side street off the road to Còlonia Castelltort.
How to get there by public transport:
By rail:
All the municipalities the greenway passes through have a railway station; some have several. But the most convenient station, due to its being at the start of the route, is Bellatera (at the westernmost end of the UAP campus).
Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).
FGC line Barcelona-Sabadell (S2). Stopping at the stations of Bellaterra, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Sant Quirze del Vallès, and Sabadell.
FGC line Barcelona-Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (S 55). Stopping at the stations of Bellaterra and UAB.
Renfe.
Stops at urban centres (away from the greenway):
Rodalies de Catalunya (Local) line: Sant Vicent de Calders-Manresa (R 4). Stopping at Cerdanyola del Vallès and Sabadell Sud and Sabadell Centre stations.
Media Distancia(Medium Distance) line: L’Hospitalet de Llobregat-Lleida (R 12). Stopping at Cerdanyola del Vallès, Sabadell Sud and Sabadell Centre stations.
Stations at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (beyond the westernmost end of the campus, then UAB bus to Bellaterra):
Rodalies de Catalunya (Local) line: Sant Andreu Arenal-UAB (R 7).
Rodalies de Catalunya (Local) line: Martorell-UAB-Granollers (R 8).
Tel. 902 320 320; www.renfe.com
(*) Check on terms and conditions for taking cycles on board trains.
Bus
Sarbus. Line E-3: Barcelona-Cerdanyola del Vallès- UAB.
UAB campus bus
Connections:
Barcelona: 22 km to Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès).
Managing entities of the greenway:
Cerdanyola del Vallès Town Council
Sabadell Town Council
Sant Quirze del Vallès Town Council
Ciutadans pel Camí Verd
Associació Cerdanyola Vía Verda
Asociación ecologista de Cerdanyola del Vallès
|
Back to index
Open info
Close info
CONDITIONED GREENWAY