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Barcelona metro to link El Prat airport in 2016
The Barcelona metro will link up to El Prat airport in 2016 according to the president of Catalonia Artur Mas.
When the extension is finished there will be 15 stations (three less than originally p...
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Barcelona best airport in southern Europe
Barcelona's El Prat airport has been classified as the best airport in southern Europe for the third year running according the Skytrax survey of 13 million passengers in 120 countries. The survey tak...
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Barcelona parking spaces too narrow
Barcelona has the narrowest parking places in Europe according to research by EuroTest, a group of 18 automobile clubs in 17 European countries.
Barcelona parking spaces are only 2.2 m wide and 4.5...
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Travel by train between Barcelona and Paris has now become 30 minutes faster and without any changes. The time between the two cites in the new TGV launched on 15 December now takes 6 hours 25 minutes...
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Barcelona is promoting various forms of alternative transport during Mobility Week from 22-29 September. These include car sharing, cultural tours by bike, a photo competition and the Barcelona City C...
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Barcelona rolls out parking apps
Barcelona has launched a new parking app apparkB to make parking easier and more user friendly in the city's blue and green areas.
The app means that users can pay online and pay only for the exact...
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Barcelona promotes automobile innovation
To coincide with the opening of the Barcelona Motor Fair on 11 May the head of the Catalan government, Artur Mas, has announced a plan for a car and motorbike cluster in the Barcelona area to support...
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New prices for Bicing in Barcelona
Barcelona is planning large increases in 2013 for its Bicing bike-sharing scheme. The cost of an annual subscription will go from €45 to €97.50 but at the same time the city will introduce a...
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Barcelona gets Nissan contract
Nissan has announced that Barcelona has won the contract to build its new all-electric van at the company’s Zona Franca plant, close to the city’s port and airport. Assembly of the e-NV200...
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Barcelona has won the award for the best airport in southern Europe for the second year running. The Skytrax World Airport Award is based on surveys from 11 million passengers worldwide, covering opin...
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Spanair workers approached by Ryanair and Vueling
Low cost airlines Ryanair and Vueling are on the search for employees of the Spanish airline Spanair, which filed for voluntary bankruptcy at the end of January. Spanair, has declared debts of
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Catalan road tolls discriminate against Barcelona residents
Barcelona residents and transport carriers are protesting to regional government about
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Passenger numbers on the rise at Barcelona airport
Barcelona airport served over three million passengers for the first time in two years during the month of August. Total passenger numbers for 2010 to date are 19.17 million, a rise of 3.1 per cent on...
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New Ryanair hub at Barcelona’s El Prat
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will begin flying 20 routes from Barcelona
