Cercanías

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Logo of the Cercanías
Logo of the Rodalies de Catalunya

Cercanías are the names of the suburban railways operated by the national railway company RENFE in Spain . The Catalan name Rodalies is used in the autonomous regions of Catalonia and Valencia .

The Cercanías systems use the infrastructure of RENFE, which is usually based on Spanish broad gauge . They are characterized by high travel speeds, greater distances between stations and modern vehicle material. Longer tunnel sections are used in Madrid and Barcelona.

In the web spiders of the local transport networks , the Cercanías can be recognized with line numbers C-1, C-2 etc., or in Barcelona with R1 to R7.

Cercanías nets

Map of Cercanías areas
Interior view of a Cercanías train
Cercanías
 City /
metropolitan area
 Number
of
lines
 operator
Cercanías Asturias Asturias 8th RENFE, FEVE
Rodalies de Catalunya Barcelona 15th RENFE, FGC
Rodalies de Catalunya Tarragona 2 RENFE
Rodalies de Catalunya Girona 1 RENFE
Cercanías Bilbao Bilbao 9 RENFE, FEVE, EuskoTren
Cercanías Cadiz Cadiz 2 RENFE
Cercanías Madrid Madrid 11 RENFE
Cercanías Málaga Málaga 2 RENFE
Cercanías Murcia / Alicante Murcia , Alicante 3 RENFE
Cercanías Santander Santander 3 RENFE, FEVE
Cercanías San Sebastián San Sebastian 3 RENFE, EuskoTren
Cercanías Seville Seville 5 RENFE
Rodalies València Valencia 6th RENFE
Cercanías Zaragoza Zaragoza 1 RENFE

The Cercanías lines in the cities of Ferrol and León , which are operated exclusively by the FEVE railway company , are diesel multiple units with thin timing, so that in these cases one cannot speak of S-Bahn operation.

Planned networks

In Galicia , with the completion of the high-speed lines in the greater A Coruña and Vigo areas, two more networks will go into operation. In some cases, existing tracks are used, on which capacities will be freed up by shifting long-distance traffic to the high-speed line.

Madrid train stops

Main article: Madrid train stops

On March 11, 2004, the Madrid Cercanías network was the target of terrorist bombings. A total of ten explosions occurred on trains, in and around Atocha station . 191 people died and several were injured.

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