Junts has been told by Sílvia Paneque, the Catalan government’s Minister for Territory, that there is no Metro project connecting Mataró and Castelldefels. The parliamentary reply also says the proposal has not been addressed at any working meeting, according to the published report on the response.

For residents and commuters in Castelldefels and Mataró, that means there is currently no confirmed Metro scheme, route, timetable or construction plan to travel between the two municipalities. The reply concerns an idea publicly promoted by Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni, rather than an approved transport project.

Collboni proposed extending the Metro to both towns

Collboni, who is also president of the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), the metropolitan authority, argued that bringing the Metro to Mataró and Castelldefels would help connect the wider metropolitan area.

“I do not know whether we will see it, but it will come.”Jaume Collboni, speaking about a Metro connection to Mataró and Castelldefels, as reported by ABC

The supplied parliamentary reporting does not identify a route, stations, budget or delivery date for the proposed link. It says only that Paneque’s department has not treated it as a project or discussed it in a working meeting.

Junts contrasts the idea with Maresme rail needs

Junts framed its questions to the Govern around transport priorities. The party asked whether improving the R1 commuter rail line in the Maresme, the coastal area north of Barcelona that includes Mataró, should take priority over expanding the Metro, according to reporting by Vicenç Pagès.

  • Mataró: served by the R1 Rodalies commuter rail line.
  • Castelldefels: no Metro extension to the municipality has been confirmed in the parliamentary reply.
  • Proposed connection: the Govern says no Metro project between the two towns exists.

Residents should therefore continue to rely on existing Rodalies and other public-transport services, as the parliamentary reply identifies no new Metro service connecting Mataró and Castelldefels.

Reported by Source Text Link, Vicenç Pagès, ABC, vilaweb.cat, Alfonso L. Congostrina, Camilo S. Baquero, Àngels Piñol, Alfonso L. Congostrina, EP, Jordi Palmer, Àlex Rebollo, ACN, Álvaro Pérez, capgros.elnacional.cat, Manel Manchón, Anna Badia López, Albert Ribas, Pablo Planas, El Nacional.