Cercanías
    | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Renfe Operadora & Regional Rail Operators (FGC) |
| Transit type | Commuter rail |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1989 (creation of Renfe Cercanías division) |
The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called Cercanías (Spanish: [θeɾkaˈni.as]) in most of Spain, Rodalia (Valencian: [roðaˈli.a]) in the Valencian Community, Aldiriak (Basque: [aldiɾiak]) in the Basque Country and Rodalies (Catalan: [ruðəˈli.əs]) in Catalonia. There are twelve Cercanías systems in and around the cities of Asturias, Bilbao, Cádiz, Catalonia, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia/Alicante, , San Sebastián, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. They are linked to Metro systems in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.
Operated by the national rail company Renfe Operadora, Cercanías are in the process of being transferred to the regional autonomous governments. The management of the former Rodalies Barcelona was handed over to the Catalan Government and renamed "Rodalies de Catalunya" in 2010. The Madrid Cercanías network was the target of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The attacks, which killed 191 people in Santa Eugenia, El Pozo and Atocha stations, were the bloodiest terrorist actions in Spain to date.
List of Cercanías / Rodalies / Rodalia / Aldiriak systems[]
| System Name | Major Cities Served | Annual patronage (2017)[1] | Lines | Stations | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercanías Madrid | Madrid | 227,800,000 | 10 | 90 | 370 |
| Rodalies de Catalunya | Barcelona, Girona, Camp de Tarragona | 117,000,000 | 19 | 228 | 615 |
| Cercanías Valencia | Valencia | 15,860,000 | 6 | 66 | 252 |
| Cercanías Málaga | Málaga | 11,338,341[2] | 2 | 26 | 70 |
| Cercanías Bilbao | Bilbao | 10,180,000 | 3 | 44 | 67 |
| Cercanías Sevilla | Seville | 7,480,000 | 5 | 37 | 251 |
| Cercanías San Sebastián | San Sebastián | 6,150,000 | 1 | 30 | 80.5 |
| Cercanías Asturias | Gijón, Oviedo, Avilés | 5,140,000 | 3 | - | - |
| Cercanías Murcia/Alicante | Murcia, Alicante | 3,730,000 | 3 | 26 | 202 |
| Cercanías Cádiz | Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera | 2,800,000 | 2 | 13 | 61 |
| Santander | 670,000 | 1 | 27 | 92 | |
| Cercanías Zaragoza | Zaragoza | 290,000 | 1 | 6 | 16.6 |
Rolling stock[]
The Cercanías services use the following rolling stock. In 2021, Renfe announced the purchase of 59 Stadler KISS trainsets to complement the fleet.[3]
| Series | Area | Image |
|---|---|---|
| 442 | Madrid (C-9) | 
|
| 446 | Bilbao Madrid Sevilla |
|
| 447 | Madrid Valencia Barcelona Girona Tarragona |
|
| 450/451 | Madrid Barcelona |
|
| 592 | Murcia/Alicante Valencia Sevilla |
|
| Civia | Asturias Cádiz Madrid Barcelona Girona Málaga Sevilla Valencia Zaragoza |
|
References[]
- ^ "Los trenes de cercanías van casi vacíos y apenas superan la cifra de usuarios de hace diez años". 11 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Málaga, La Opinión de. "Los Cercanías de Málaga alcanzan los 11,3 millones de usuarios". Laopiniondemalaga.es. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Renfe y Stadler firman la compra de 59 trenes para Cercanías". Economia3 (in Spanish). 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
External links[]
- RENFE Cercanías website
- See also Cercanías on Ferropedia Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
| Rail service |
|  | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling stock | ||||||||||||
| Infrastructure |
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
 | This Spanish railway-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Cercanías
- Spain rail transport stubs