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Rail transport in Catalonia#Transport authorities

{{Short description|Railway system in Catalonia}}

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{{Infobox rail network

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|name=Catalonia

|image=Estació de Valldoreix 02 2018.jpg

|caption=An FGC 113 series at Valldoreix station

|nationalrailway=FGC

|infrastructure=Ifercat and Adif

|majoroperators=FGC, Renfe, Ouigo and Iryo

|ridership=235.7 million (Generalitat de Catalunya, 2019)https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15580&tema=trans&lang=es|title=Ferrocarril. Transport de viatgers i mercaderies|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|date=12 May 2021|access-date=29 April 2023

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|freight=6.8 million tons per year (Generalitat de Catalunya, 2019)https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15580&tema=trans&lang=es|title=Ferrocarril. Transport de viatgers i mercaderies|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|date=12 May 2021|access-date=29 April 2023

|length=Total {{convert|1865|km|mi|abbr=on}}, FGC {{convert|297|km|mi|abbr=on}},https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15580&tema=trans&lang=es|title=Ferrocarril. Transport de viatgers i mercaderies|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|date=12 May 2021|access-date=29 April 2023 Renfe {{convert|1568|km|mi|abbr=on}} https://maldita.es/malditodato/20220421/mas-15500-km-vias-tren-red-ferroviaria-espana/|title=Más de 15.500 kilómetros de vías de tren: así ha evolucionado la red ferroviaria|date=21 April 2022|access-date=29 April 2023

|gauge1=Broad gauge{{RailGauge|1668mm}}

|gauge2=Standard gauge {{RailGauge|sg}}

|gauge3=Metre gauge{{RailGauge|1000mm}}

|nostations=316 (110 served by FGC and 206 served by Renfe)https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15580&tema=trans&lang=es|title=Ferrocarril. Transport de viatgers i mercaderies|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|date=12 May 2021|access-date=29 April 2023

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|mapcaption=Suburban rail system of Barcelona as of 2023

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Rail transport in Catalonia operates on three rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of public operators:[http://www.trenscat.cat Trenscat], Catalan trains web {{in lang|ca}}

Transport authorities

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Transport authorities are inter-administrative voluntary corporations responsible for coordinating the public transportation system. There are currently four transport authorities in Catalonia:

Rodalies de Barcelona

{{main|Rodalies Barcelona}}

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Rodalies Barcelona {{FCAT|M|RBa|F}} 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:

Rodalies de Girona

Renfe Operadora RG1 line:

Rodalies de Lleida

FGC Lleida-La Pobla line:

Rodalies de Tarragona

Renfe Operadora Tarragona's lines:

  • File:RT1 tarragona.svg Tarragona - Reus (service suspended due to Covid pandemic and not reactivated yet as of May 2023. The route is covered by Regional Exprés' lines R14 and R15)
  • File:RT2 tarragona.svg Salou- PortAventura - Tarragona - L'Arboç (service suspended due to Covid pandemic and not reactivated yet as of may 2023. The route is covered by Barcelona's R4 from L'Arboç to Sant Vicenç de Calders and by Regional Exprés' R17 from there to Salou)

The Generalitat de Catalunya is building a tramway system connecting several cities of the Camp de Tarragona, those being Reus, Tarragona, Vila-seca, Cambrils and Salou. This service, the Tramvia del Camp de Tarragona (also called TramCamp) will comprise around 46km of tracks and 47 stations, with a first part of 14km (between Cambrils, Salou and Vila-seca) being finished in 2026 and the Vila-seca - Tarragona and Vila-seca - Reus sections finishing in no longer than 10 years from the initial announcement in 2023. The whole system will be built in Standard-gauge railway and operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

{{Lang|ca|Mitjana distància}} and ''Regional Exprés''

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{{Lang|ca|Mitjana distància}} or Regional Exprés: Those lines cover the four Catalan provinces. Lines are operated by:

{{Lang|ca|Llarga distància}}

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{{Lang|ca|Llarga distància}} or {{Lang|es|Larga distancia}} (in Catalan or Castilian) File:Renfe Larga distancia.svg are Renfe lines that used other Renfe lines, {{Lang|ca|mitjana distància}} or Rodalies, and connect Catalonia with other Spanish towns or European cities. Some of them are high speed lines.[http://www.renfe.es/productos/index_ld.html Llarga distància Renfe] {{in lang|es}}

= ''Alta Velocidad Española'' =

{{main|AVE|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 on new standard gauge railways.

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= Railway gauge =

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Most of Catalan's railway gauge is broad gauge, as in other parts of Spain, and new railways are built in standard gauge to be able to connect with European railways; therefore, some stations exist where trains can change gauges. Currently, there are only two stations in Catalonia with that capability:

Metropolitan railways

{{main|Metro de Barcelona}}

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

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|+ style="margin:inherit; text-align:center; padding-bottom:0.25em;"|Metro de Barcelona

! Name

! Color

! Terminal

! Terminal

! Opened

! First
service

! Operator

! Km

! Stations

! Time
(m)

! Gauge
(mm)

style="text-align:left;"|L1

| style="background:#dc241f; color:white;"|Red

| Hospital de Bellvitge

| Fondo

| 1926

| 1926

| 20px TMB

| 20'7

| 30

| 35

| 1674

style="text-align:left;"|L2

| style="background:#95288f; color:white;"|Purple

| Paral·lel

| Badalona Pompeu Fabra

| 1995

| 1959

| 20px TMB

| 13'5

| 17

| 24

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L3

| style="background:#1eb53a; color:white;"|Green

| Zona Universitària

| Trinitat Nova

| 1924

| 1924

| 20px TMB

| 18'5

| 26

| 36

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L4

| style="background:#eaaf0f; color:white;"|Yellow

| Trinitat Nova

| La Pau

| 1973

| 1926

| 20px TMB

| 16'7

| 22

| 36

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L5

| style="background:#0247FE; color:white;"|Blue

| Cornellà Centre

| Vall d'Hebron

| 1959

| 1959

| 20px TMB

| 16'6

| 23

| 37

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L6

| style="background:#8977ba; color:white;"|Navy blue

| Plaça Catalunya

| Reina Elisenda

| 1929

| 18634

| 20x20px FGC

| 5'2

| 9

| 14

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L7

| style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Brown

| Plaça Catalunya

| Avinguda Tibidabo

| 1954

| 18634

| 20x20px FGC

| 4'63

| 7

| 10

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L8

| style="background:#f484c4; color:black;"|Pink

| Plaça Espanya

| Molí Nou-C.C.

| 2000

| 1912

| 20x20px FGC

| 12

| 11

| 21

| 1000

style="text-align:left;"|L9

| style="background:#f60; color:white;"|Orange

| Terminal Sud

| Can Zam

| 2009-14

| -

| 20px TMB

| 47'8

| 39 (51)

| -

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L10

| style="background:#007FFF; color:white;"|Light blue

| Gorg

| Polígon Pratenc

| 2009-14

| -

| 20px TMB

| -

| 32

| -

| 1435

style="text-align:left;"|L11

| style="background:#87d300; color:black;"|Light green

| Trinitat Nova

| Can Cuiàs

| 2003

| 2003

| 20px TMB

| 2'1

| 5

| 6

| 1435

Territory

Nowadays there are 32 comarcas (group of municipalities) with some kind of rail service; 14 of those have Rodalies Barcelona and/or FGC services. There are {{Lang|ca|comarcas}} with medium- or long-distance stations and nine {{Lang|ca|comarcas}} without rail service.

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{{lang|ca|Comarcas}} (rodalies and/or MD and/or LD):

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{{lang|ca|Comarcas}} (MD or LD):

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{{lang|ca|Comarcas}} without service:

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References

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Category:Transport in Catalonia