Cercanías
Overview
OwnerRenfe Operadora & Regional Rail Operators (FGC)
Transit typeCommuter rail
Operation
Began operation1989 (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 and regions of Asturias, Bilbao, Cádiz, Catalonia, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia/Alicante, Santander, San Sebastián, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. They are linked to Metro systems in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.

The Cercanías division of Renfe was created in 1989 on the advice of engineer and transit planner Javier Bustinduy (es; 1949–2016), as part of a major effort to massively increase ridership, frequencies and hence attractiveness of commuter rail systems in Spain. Cercanías systems are gradually in the process of being transferred to the regional autonomous governments; the first such system to be transferred was the management of the former Cercanías Barcelona/Rodalia Barcelona to the Government of Catalonia and renaming to "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

Map of Spain with all of the current Cercanías systems. The Rodalies de Catalunya system is also shown.
System NameMajor Cities ServedAnnual patronage (2017)[1]LinesStationsLength (km)
Cercanías MadridMadrid227,800,0001090370
Rodalies de CatalunyaBarcelona, Girona, Camp de Tarragona117,000,00019228615
Cercanías ValenciaValencia15,860,000666252
Cercanías MálagaMálaga11,338,341[2]22670
Cercanías BilbaoBilbao10,180,00034467
Cercanías SevillaSeville7,480,000537251
Cercanías San SebastiánSan Sebastián6,150,00013080.5
Cercanías AsturiasGijón, Oviedo, Avilés5,140,0003--
Cercanías Murcia/AlicanteMurcia, Alicante3,730,000326202
Cercanías CádizCádiz, Jerez de la Frontera2,800,00021361
Cercanías SantanderSantander670,00012792
Cercanías ZaragozaZaragoza290,0001616.6

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]

SeriesAreaImage
442Madrid (C-9)
446Bilbao
Madrid
Santander
Sevilla
447Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Girona
Tarragona
San Sebastián
450/451Madrid
Barcelona
592Murcia/Alicante
Valencia
Sevilla
CiviaAsturias
Cádiz
Madrid
Barcelona
Girona
Málaga
Sevilla
Valencia
Zaragoza
Santander

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Málaga, La Opinión de (3 March 2018). "Los Cercanías de Málaga alcanzan los 11,3 millones de usuarios". Laopiniondemalaga.es. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Renfe y Stadler firman la compra de 59 trenes para Cercanías". Economia3 (in Spanish). 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-10-03.


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