Step-free Barcelona: Lifts, Gaps, Seats and Shorter Walks

🚇 Metro

• Step-free: lifts at 156 of the 165 stations. TMB lists nine stations that are not step-free on some of their lines: Plaça de Sants, Espanya and Urquinaona (L1); Verdaguer and Urquinaona (L4); Virrei Amat, Maragall, Verdaguer and Plaça de Sants (L5). Works are ongoing, so this list changes.
• Lifts: each station’s page on the TMB website, and the TMB app, show in real time whether the lifts are working, by station and entrance. Lifts can also close for weeks during planned works, so check close to your travel date.
• Gaps: on newer trains the wheelchair space is in the first carriage, and the front end of the platform is raised to reduce the gap. The gap is what really decides it: with around 5 cm, 90% of wheelchair users can board; at 8–10 cm, only half can do so without difficulty. At Virrei Amat and Maragall (L5) the platforms are curved, and you may reach the platform but be unable to board. TMB itself recognises that at nine stations with curved platforms the gap is more than 3 cm vertically and 7.5 cm horizontally, which for some wheelchair users can make boarding impossible, and it has been studying a technical fix (TMB, Gap filler).
• Distances: some interchanges involve long walks. Changing between L3 and L4 at Passeig de Gràcia means about 237 metres of corridors.
• Seats and help: trains have reserved seats, and platforms have SOS intercoms. Many stations also have escalators.
• Information: audio and visual door-closing alerts and next-stop announcements; ticket machines with voice guidance.

Sources: TMB, TMB app, TMB metro guide, TMB News, 3Cat (study by FGC, TMB and Diputació de Barcelona)

🚌 Bus

• Step-free: every TMB bus has had a ramp and reserved spaces since 2007. The metropolitan network run by AMB, including the NitBus night buses, is fully low-floor too.
• Space: newer buses (from 2020) have wide doors, an automatic ramp and two facing wheelchair spaces with a folding retaining bar and adjustable straps.
• Priority: wheelchairs have priority over prams and other users of the reserved space, under the metropolitan bus passenger rules.

Sources: TMB, TMB passenger rules, AMB accessibility plan

🚊 Tram

• Step-free: no step between platform and tram: boarding is level.
• Space and seats: room for two wheelchairs with safety belts, and eight seats for people with reduced mobility, in each tram.
• Information: hearing loops at every stop and an intercom to talk to staff, at the stop and inside the tram.

Sources: TRAM Barcelona

🚆 FGC trains (to Tibidabo, Sarrià, Montserrat…)

• Step-free: FGC says all its stations are accessible and adapted.
• Space and seats: reserved spaces for people with reduced mobility at the ends of Barcelona–Vallès trains and in the middle of Llobregat–Anoia trains, plus priority seats.
• Planning: the FGC journey planner can show adapted routes.
• Deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers: FGC can be contacted by SMS on 675 78 70 02.

Sources: FGC

✈️ Aerobús and Metro L9 Sud

• Aerobús: all buses have a ramp. You can travel in your wheelchair in a designated space with a seat belt, or fold it into the luggage area and use a reserved seat. Assistance dogs are welcome.
• Metro L9 Sud: neither airport station is on TMB’s list of stations without step-free access, but check the station page before you travel. The Hola Barcelona travel card covers these journeys.

Aerobús tickets → · Hola Barcelona travel card →

Sources: Aerobús, TMB

🚌 Barcelona Bus Turístic

• Step-free: every bus has a ramp and a wheelchair space, on the lower deck.
• Good to know: e-scooters and other personal electric vehicles are not allowed. There is a hearing loop on board, and a reduced fare for people with a recognised disability of 33% or more.

Sources: Bus Turístic FAQ, fares, TMB

🚠 Montjuïc funicular and cable car

• Funicular: TMB describes its tourist services as fully accessible. Lifts give priority to people with disabilities or reduced mobility; wheelchairs are allowed, e-scooters are not. If you need help, ask the staff before boarding.
• Cable car: the facilities are fully adapted, with a designated boarding area. Ask station staff if you need extra help. No size limits for power chairs are published, so check in person if yours is large.

Sources: TMB, Telefèric de Montjuïc

🚡 Port cable car

• Step-free: wheelchairs can board only at Torre de Sant Sebastià (Barceloneta end), which has a lift and a ramp. The Miramar station, on Montjuïc, has stairs down to the platform.

Sources: Telefèric del Port

⛵ Boats: Golondrinas and Bus Nàutic

• Golondrinas: the 60-minute Port & Coast tour uses a boat adapted for reduced mobility; the classic 40-minute wooden boat is not adapted.
• Bus Nàutic: one of its two boats is adapted, with two wheelchair spaces that don’t need booking. The Llevant station at Barceloneta is covered, step-free and has an adapted toilet. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Sources: Las Golondrinas (60 min), (40 min), Bus Nàutic

🚕 Adapted taxis

• Fares: adapted taxis use the meter and charge the same fares as any other taxi. The only extra that may apply is the supplement for vehicles carrying five to eight passengers.
• Availability: there are few of them: 392 in the metropolitan area, 3.8% of the fleet, below the 5% required by law. Book ahead whenever you can.
• Taxi Amic: specialises in reduced-mobility transport: +34 934 208 088. Ask at least 24 hours ahead; your booking counts once they confirm it by phone.
• Other companies with adapted taxis: Taxi Miramar (+34 934 331 020), Urban Radio Taxi (+34 934 686 868) and Radio Taxi 033 (+34 933 033 033).

Sources: AMB, AMB tariffs 2026, 3Cat, 2025, Taxi Amic, Taxi Miramar, Urban Radio Taxi, Radio Taxi 033