A Rodalies train

Rodalies train between Calella and Sant Pol de Mar. Calella is a tourist town on the Costa del Maresme, 56 km from Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Sant Pol de Mar is a Municipality in the ''comarca'' of Maresme in Catalonia, Spain.

Rodalies Barcelona (Catalan language name), called Cercanías Barcelona in Spanish, is the commuter rail service that serves Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, and its metropolitan area as well as other parts of the province. Commuter rail, regional rail or suburban rail is a Passenger rail transport service between a city center and outer suburbs and Commuter towns Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. The Barcelona metropolitan area is integrated by three territorial organisms of management Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia.

It's made up of 13 lines, 6 of which are operated by the Spanish company RENFE and 7 by Generalitat-owned FGC. Renfe Operadora is the State-owned company which operates freight and passenger Trains on the 1668-mm " Iberian gauge " and 1435-mm " However, FGC is due to become the only provider of the network soon. The whole network - and fare system - is further divided into six concentrical areas, with Estació de Sants as its centre. Barcelona Sants (also known as Estació de Sants) is the name of the main Railway station in Barcelona, operated by RENFE. Rodalies trains are fare-integrated with the Barcelona metro network and a few other means of transport in the city, sharing stations and also running mostly underground in Barcelona and its adjacent municipalities. The Barcelona Metro ( Catalan and Spanish: Metro de Barcelona) part of the Mass transit Public transport system of

RENFE Lines

Rodalies Barcelone lines operated by RENFE (distances not to scale)

The names of the lines, unlike the other Cercanías lines, all start with R, given they use a naming convention based on the Catalan name of the service, even if they sometimes can be found with the Spanish C naming convention, even if not as often. Cercanías (θeɾkaˈnias is the name given to the Commuter rail systems of Spain 's major metropolitan areas

FGC lines

Main article: FGC suburban lines

FGC is going to become the only company in charge of Rodalies, and nowadays operates two of the main Rodalies lines. This is a comprehensive list of all the lines operated by the Catalan government -owned Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya rail company ordered by type Besides, FGC also built commuter train lines of its own, known as S- or suburban lines, which are discussed in their own article.

Rolling stock

• 463, 464, 565 series
• 447 series
• 440 series

Delays and other incidents

Renfe has received much criticism in the past few years because of what has been called an irregular service, due to its frequent delays, outages and other incidents, further aggravated by the implementation of high-speed rail (see AVE) in Barcelona. Renfe Operadora is the State-owned company which operates freight and passenger Trains on the 1668-mm " Iberian gauge " and 1435-mm " Ave! or aue! is a Latin phrase used by the Romans as a salutation and Greeting, meaning 'hail' Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia The company introduced Devolución XPRESS, which eases ticket refund to passengers who had to cope with delays of over 15 minutes. Also, the Ministry of Public Works stated a larger budget would be offered in order to improve rail infrastructure in Barcelona.

Stations

Main article: List of Rodalies Barcelona railway stations

See also

• Autoritat del Transport Metropolità
• Renfe
• Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
• Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
• Barcelona Metro
• Trambaix, Trambesòs and Tramvia Blau
• Cercanías