barcelona metro line 3 station was opened on 30 december 1924 with the opening of the line between this station and lesseps. this part of the line was the first metropolitan railway and the starting of barcelona metro network, which was managed by "gran metro" and was called gran metropolitano de barcelona. initially, the station was not linked to the "transversal" station when this one was opened. after the municipalization of the company during the 1960s, the platforms were extended to hold a fifth car and a corridor to link both metro lines was built. during the 1980s the former corridor that linked the station with rodalies was closed, but today is still preserved although it is not used. in 2007 the access from rivadeneyra street was closed because a transformer was installed in to provide more electrical power to the line. some years before, one of the accesses located on the south part of the square was closed due to vandalism.