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Girona rail station
Estació de França
Trinitat Nova metro station

Rail transport in Catalonia operates on three rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of public operators:[1]

Transport authorities

Catalan transport authorities map.

Transport authorities are interadministrative voluntarily corporations responsible of coordinate a public transport system. Nowadays there are four transport authorities in Catalonia:

Rodalies Barcelona

Legend
Madrid–Barcelona line
 Sant Vicenç de Calders
via Martorell
Zone 6
Zone 5
 Calafell
Segur de Calafell
Cunit
Zone 5
Zone 4
 Cubelles
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Zone 4
Zone 3
 Sitges
Vallcarca
 Garraf
Zone 3
Zone 2
 Platja de Castelldefels
Castelldefels
Gavà
Viladecans
Airport T1
Airport T2
(Zone 4)
Zone 2
Zone 1
El Prat de Llobregat
Bellvitge
Gornal (Llobregat–Anoia line)
to Plaça d'Espanya
toward Hospitalet
Torrassa ( to Hospital de Bellvitge)
to Zona Universitària
Santa Eulàlia
Mercat Nou
to Cornellà Centre
Plaça de Sants
via Plaça de Catalunya
 Barcelona Sants
(Sants Estació )
to Vall d'Hebron
via Plaça de Catalunya
Barcelona–Vallès line
to Paral·lel
 Passeig de Gràcia
( to Trinitat Nova)
via Plaça de Catalunya
Barcelona França
towards Montcada Bifurcació
 El Clot-Aragó
( via Plaça de Catalunya)
to Badalona Pompeu Fabra
Sagrera (planned)
via Mataró
Sant Andreu Comtal
| Sant Andreu
Torras i Bages
Trinitat Vella
to Fondo
 Montcada i Reixac
Zone 1
Zone 2
 La Llagosta
to Martorell
 Mollet-Sant Fost
Montmeló
Zone 2
Zone 3
 Granollers Centre
Les Franqueses-Granollers Nord
Zone 3
Zone 4
 Cardedeu
Llinars del Vallès
Zone 4
Zone 5
 Palautordera
Sant Celoni
Gualba
Riells i Viabrea-Breda
Zone 5
Zone 6
 Hostalric
via Mataró
 Maçanet-Massanes
Barcelona–Cerbère line
This diagram:
Main article: Rodalies Barcelona
New Cornellà station entrance
112 FGC train stock

Rodalies Barcelona is the principal element of Barcelona metropolitan area transport and in some municipalities of Girona and Tarragona.

There are 15 lines (R1-R2-R3-R4-R7-R10-S1-S2-S5-S55-S1-S8-S33-R5-R6) operated by:

Mitjana distància

Lleida–La Pobla Line
Legend
PK
0
 Lleida Pirineus Mainline rail interchange
Segre River
Madrid–Barcelona HSR (Lleida branch)
Madrid–Barcelona railway
2
To Vilanoveta Junction
 Pla de Vilanoveta
Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona railway
to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Autovía A-2
6.7
 Alcoletge
C-13
11.8
 Vilanova de la Barca
16.4
 Térmens
22.2
 Vallfogona de Balaguer
C-53
26.1
 Balaguer
Segre River
30.3
 Gerb
35.9
 Sant Llorenç de Montgai
41.7
 Vilanova de la Sal
Camarasa Reservoir
44.8
 Santa Linya
C-12
55
 Àger
63.4
 Cellers-Llimiana
68.2
 Guàrdia de Tremp
72.4
 Palau de Noguera-Talarn
77
 Tremp
C-13
84.2
 Salàs de Pallars
89.8
 La Pobla de Segur
Line 1 train between Calella and Sant Pol de Mar
Portbou railway station

Mitjana distància or Media distancia Renfe (in catalan or castilian) (also called Catalunya Exprés: Ca lines) there are 9 lines (Ca1-Ca2-Ca3-Ca4-Ca5-Ca6-Ca7-R43-L7). Those lines go all around of the four catalan provinces and some of them go to Zaragoza (Aragón) and Castelló de la Plana and València in País Valencià. Lines are operated by:

  1. ^ All Barcelona trains start in Estació de França, Sant Andreu Comtal or Barcelona Sants.
  2. ^ That line was traspassed to U.N. Rodalies and now is considered a Rodalies Barcelona line 3 enlargement.
  3. ^ That line was traspassed to FGC but is operated by Renfe Operadora.[5]

Llarga distància

Estrella train
Talgo 350 - AVE
Trenhotel Salvador Dalí
Euromed to València Nord station
Alaris to Silla (València).
Arco García Lorca to Alzira (València).

Llarga distància or Larga distancia (in catalan or castilian) are Renfe lines that used other Renfe lines, mitjana distància or Rodalies, and connect Catalonia with other Spanish towns or European cities. Some of them are high speed lines.[6]

Alta Velocidad Española

Main articles: AVE and Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line

High speed lines are operated by Renfe in a commercial branch called Alta Velocidad Española (AVE). Those lines run in new standard gauge railways.

102-014 stock to Montblanc station

Railway gauge

Most of catalan railway gauge is broad gauge, as in the other parts of Spain, and the new railways are build in standard gauge for being able to connect with European railways. That's why there are some stations where trains can change the gauge. For the moment there are only two stations in Catalonia that have that machinery:

Metropolitan railways

Main article: Metro de Barcelona
Barcelona metro map

There are 11 metropolitan lines in Barcelona (L1-L2-L3-L4-L5-L6-L7-L8-L9-L10-L11) operated by:

  • Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona: 7 underground lines, one of them in old spanish broad gauge (line 1), the others have standard gauge.
    • L1 (Opened on 1926 called Ferrocarril Metropolità Transversal de Barcelona) Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo
    • L2 (Opened on 1995) Paral·lel - Badalona Pompeu Fabra
    • L3 (Opened on 1924 called Gran Metropolità de Barcelona) Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova
    • L4 (Opened on 1973) Trinitat Nova - La Pau
    • L5 (Opened in 1969) Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron
    • L9 (Line 9 will open partially on September 2009 and totally in 2014) Aeroport-Terminal sud - Can Zam
    • L10 (Line 9 branch) Zona Franca ZAL - Gorg
    • L11 (Opened in 2003) Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs
  • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya:
    • Metro del Vallès:
      • L6 (Opened in 1863) Plaça Catalunya - Reina Elisenda.
      • L7 (Opened in 1954) Plaça Catalunya - Avinguda Tibidabo.
    • Metro del Baix Llobregat:
      • L8 (Opened in 1912) Plaça Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa.
Metro de Barcelona
Name Color Terminal Terminal Opened First
service 		Operator Km Stations Time
(m) 		Gauge
(mm)
L1 Red Hospital de Bellvitge Fondo 1926 1926 TMB 20'7 30 35 1674
L2 Purple Paral·lel Badalona Pompeu Fabra 1995 1959 TMB 13'5 17 24 1435
L3 Green Zona Universitària Trinitat Nova 1924 1924 TMB 18'5 26 36 1435
L4 Yellow Trinitat Nova La Pau 1973 1926 TMB 16'7 22 36 1435
L5 Blue Cornellà Centre Vall d'Hebron 1959 1959 TMB 16'6 23 37 1435
L6 Navy blue Plaça Catalunya Reina Elisenda 1929 18634 FGC 5'2 9 14 1435
L7 Brown Plaça Catalunya Avinguda Tibidabo 1954 18634 FGC 4'63 7 10 1435
L8 Pink Plaça Espanya Molí Nou-C.C. 2000 1912 FGC 12 11 21 1000
L9 Orange Terminal Sud Can Zam 2009-14 - TMB 47'8 39 (51) - 1435
L10 Light blue Gorg Polígon Pratenc 2009-14 - TMB - 32 - 1435
L11 Light green Trinitat Nova Can Cuiàs 2003 2003 TMB 2'1 5 6 1435

Territory

Nowadays there are 32 comarcas with some kind of service, 14 of those have Rodalies Barcelona and/or FGC services. There are comarcas that have medium-distance stations or long-distance and 9 comarcas without ferrocarril service.

Template:Multicol Comarcas (rodalies and/or MD and/or LD):

Template:Multicol-break Comarcas (MD or LD):

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Comarcas without service:

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References

  1. ^ Trenscat, Catalan trains web Template:Ca icon
  2. ^ Rodalies map
  3. ^ Xarxa FGC
  4. ^ Mitjana Distància Renfe map
  5. ^ Ministeri de Foment. «Traspàs de la línia de la Pobla de Segur»."Nota del traspàs" (PDF). (55.2 KB) Template:Es icon
  6. ^ Llarga distància Renfe Template:Es icon
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