>>1108612>in 1916 the line was extended across the mountains which limit Barcelona on the opposite side of the coast. Part of a project to have the line reach the closeby industrial cities of Terrassa and Sabadell via Sant Cugat (both of the former cities were already connected by a mainline railway)>This was by initiative of Catalan engineer Carles Emili Montañés and Canada-based american engineer Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson who was instrumental in getting financing. However Dr. Pearson died aboard the Lusitania in 1915 before he could see his plans come to fruition>For this first extension it replaced the upper portion of a tram which ran from the penultimate station before the Sarria terminus to a funicular built in 1906 which reached the hilltop town of Vallvidrera.Pic related shows the upper portion of said tram.
