In five years, Barcelona is set to gain a major new green space – poised to reshape the city’s urban landscape. The area around La Sagrera will be home to a 36-hectare park stretching four kilometres – making it the largest in the Catalan capital and twice the size of Ciutadella Park.
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Often compared to New York’s Central Park for its scale and transformative potential, it will form the centrepiece of the wider redevelopment linked to the future La Sagrera station, helping to bridge the historic divide between the Sant Andreu and Sant Martí districts.
The park will extend across a platform covering the railway tracks – linking existing green spaces with new landscaped areas. The result will be a continuous green corridor connecting the coastline, Ciutadella Park and the Besòs River – creating one of Barcelona’s key environmental axes.
The transformation goes beyond green space. The City Council plans to invest €260 million by 2031 to develop a new neighbourhood with more than 11,000 homes – nearly half designated as subsidised or social housing – alongside public facilities, schools, sports centres and healthcare services.
A participatory process is scheduled to begin this autumn, allowing residents and local organisations to help define elements of the park. Urbanisation works are set to start gradually from 2028, with completion targeted for 2031, in line with the development of the new urban hub around the station.
La Sagrera station itself will become one of Catalonia’s main transport hubs – integrating high-speed rail, Rodalies and metro services. It is expected to complement Sant station and serve as a new gateway to Barcelona.
Once complete, the park will far exceed Ciutadella’s 17 hectares and quadruple the green space created in Glòries – establishing itself as the city’s largest urban park and one of its most ambitious development projects in recent decades.
