in 1854, the vilafranca line placed its terminus station near canaletes and portal de isabel ii, on the south part of plaça de catalunya. this line was built in iberian broad gauge and connected vilafranca del penedès and other municipalities in tarragona province with barcelona city. finally, this line placed its terminus station at sants railway station. on 1 july 1932 a new underground station serving the iberian gauge rail was opened as a terminus station on manresa and puigcerdà lines. these lines had its terminus station at estació del nord and were managed by "ferrocarril del norte", one of the renfe's predecessors. in 1977 with the opening of the rail link between this station and sants, the station ceased to be a terminus station and manresa and puigcerdà lines placed its terminus station in sants. the facilities were completely reformed in 1983 due the station was heavily deteriorated.