Ghost stations, ghost passengers and ghosts on the platform. Barcelona's metro line was considered haunted almost immediately after it opened. And no other station is considered more haunted than Rocafort.
This hidden gem of the city’s underground transportation system hides a chilling history that will send shivers down your spine. From ghostly apparitions to unexplained phenomena, the mysteries surrounding Rocafort Metro Station have fascinated the curious and the brave for years.
Today, the Barcelona metro is one of the most competent ways to travel around the city. The metro has undergone many changes since the first trains started running. Many of the venerable lines and stations are now abandoned and closed, with only giant rats and cockroach nests to live in. However, it is said that you can see them when you walk through the windows in the murky tunnels. And the same is said about the ghosts that supposedly haunt the metro.
Cursed Line: Rocafort Metro Station
One of the most haunted metro lines, and maybe even the most haunted place in Barcelona, is Line 1 to Rocafort and the Rocafort metro station, opened in 1926. This venerable metro station on the red line in Barcelona is said to be cursed because of the many suicides that have occurred there.
During the construction of the Rocafort metro station, a mudslide occurred, killing 11 workers when it collapsed at Urgel station. This tragic event started the supernatural phenomena that would follow. The station also served as a refuge during the Civil War, which contributed to its murky history. The combination of these events created an atmosphere conducive to paranormal activity.
A series of suicides at a metro station
In the 1970s, there were four suicides in one month. The history of tragedy surrounding this station dates back to its founding.
No one wants to work there, especially at night. For a while, the station was hit by a series of suicides in a very low space of time. In one month, it is said that four people took their lives on the tracks.
On TV screens, unchanging people who do not appear in real life walk along the platform, even long after the last train has passed and the station has closed. They are not found at any other station and appear as if they have simply disappeared into the murky underground tunnels.
Hauntings of Rocafort metro station
The murky stories surrounding Rocafort Metro Station are numerous and chilling. Night workers have claimed to see ghosts walking on the platform and along the tracks. People have reported recording these spirits on the station’s surveillance cameras, adding a layer of disturbing evidence to these tales.
One particular encounter that left a lasting impression was when the psychic saw a child playing with a ball on the platform. The terrifying aspect is that there was a child at the station who tragically died several years ago when the ball fell onto the tracks and the child chased it. This encounter raises questions about the nature of these apparitions and how they relate to the tragedies that have occurred at Rocafort metro station.
Another group of ghosts hanging in their afterlife at the station are the blind. It is said that the place is also haunted by the blind, as many of them have tried to reach the office of the Spanish Society of the Blind (Once) and fallen on the tracks and were then run over. The station has since been adapted to the needs of the blind.
Other allegedly haunted metro stations in Barcelona
While Rocafort metro station may be the most infamous, it is not the only haunted station in Barcelona. There are several other stations that are rumored to have their share of ghostly encounters. The Gaudi station never opened and is now bricked up. You can barely see the station when you pass through it on a train. However, people still report seeing people waiting for the metro with a faraway look on their faces, waiting for a train that will never arrive.
Correo Ferran and Travessera Correos are among the stations where paranormal phenomena have been reported. Each of these stations has its own history and legends, contributing to the wealthy mosaic of haunted stories in the Barcelona metro system.
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