Academic Visit: Barcelona Metro Control Room¶
Date: Monday, June 15 · 10:00 AM Location: Sagrera neighborhood (exact address provided by API)
About the Metro Control Room¶
The operational brain of Barcelona's Metro network. Specialists monitor and manage all train lines — both conventional and fully automated — 24/7 to ensure safety and service regularity.
Pre-Visit Framing (assigned end of Thu 6/11 class)¶
🌍 Connection to course: "The Metro's automated lines run on digital control systems. Everything you've built — FSMs, serial communication, memory, timing — is running a city's transit."
Observation Questions¶
- Where are the FSMs? Train door control, signal systems, route switching — what states do they have?
- Where is serial communication? Train-to-control-center links, sensor networks, display systems.
- Where is memory? Schedules, real-time position data, historical logs.
- What happens when timing fails? Ask about safety interlocks and fail-safe modes.
CRAFT Reflection (due at start of Tue 6/16 class)¶
- 🌍 What did you see?
- ⚠️ What surprised you?
- 🔧 What connects? — name at least 3 specific course concepts
- 🔗 What's next?