Cercanías Valencia

Cercanías Valencia (Valencian: Rodalia de València) is the commuter rail service that serves Valencia, Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The network is owned by Adif, the national railway infrastructure company.

Cercanías Valencia
València Nord station
Overview
OwnerRenfe
LocaleValencia
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines6
Number of stations66
Annual ridership15,860,000 (2017)[1]
Operation
Operator(s)Cercanías
Technical
System length252 km (157 mi)

The Cercanías Valencia network includes six lines, 252 kilometres (157 mi) of track and 66 stations.

Network and stations

The system has six radial lines[2] to and from the city centre. Each line is colour-coded on maps and timetables.

LineRouteLength (km)
València-Nord - Gandia / Platja i Grau de Gandia62
València-Nord - Xàtiva - Moixent80
València-Nord - Buñol - Utiel84
València-Sant Isidre - Xirivella-l'Alter 2
València-Nord-Sagunt-Caudiel72
València-Nord - Castelló de la Plana70

Stations are in six concentric zones numbered 1–6. Zone 1 covers the city centre and Zone 6 includes the stations at the end of each line except C-4 which ends in Zone 1. The system's main interchange stations are at Valencia Nord, Sagunt and Silla.

Lines C-1, C-2, C-3, C-5 and C-6 terminate at Valencia Nord; line C-4 terminates at Valencia Sant Isidre. MetroValencia lines 1 and 5 connect the Nord and Sant Isidre stations.

Cercanías Valencia route map

Services

CIVIS

CIVIS services run on lines C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-6. These are semi-fast services which only call at selected stations; typically they run into Valencia in the morning peak and out of Valencia in the evening peak.

Tickets and fares

All tickets are priced according to the station zones.

As of June 2019,[3] single fares range from € 1.80 for one zone to € 5.80 for all six zones. Return fares range from € 3.60 to € 11.60.

The "Tarjeta Dorada"[4] provides a 40% discount on single and return fares to all passengers aged 60 or over, students, passengers with disabilities and others.

Rolling stock

Cercanías Valencia trains are operated by three classes of rolling stock:

UnitLinesBuilt by:
RENFE Class 592 (diesel multiple unit) Macosa-MTM
RENFE Class 447 (electric multiple unit) CAF/Siemens
Civia (electric multiple unit) Alstom

Future expansion

City Centre tunnel

As part of the Valencia Parque Central project, the rail line leading to Valencia Nord station will be put underground and the station renamed València Central. A tunnel linking it to Valencia-Cabanyal station will also be built, with two Cercanías stations in the new tunnel called Aragó and Universitat. [5]

Tren de la Costa

The Tren de la Costa is the name given to the planned project to extend the C-1 line, which currently terminates at Gandía, to Dénia and eventually Alicante, along the AP-7 motorway.[6] The line from Gandía to Denia closed in 1974, however the town is connected to Alicante by Line 9 of the Alicante Tram system. A study was produced in 2016,[7] outlining upgraded stations on the C-1 line at Tavernes de la Valldigna, Xeraco and Gandia, and new stations at Oliva, Denia and Benidorm before reaching Alicante.[8]

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. "Renfe - Map of Valencia Commuter Lines". Archived from the original on 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  3. "Valencia- Abonos y Descuentos". renfe.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. "Valencia - Reductions and Discounts". renfe.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. "Valencia Parque Central" (PDF). Valencia Parque Central. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "El Tren de la Costa, un muro entre Valencia y Alicante". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. "ESTUDIO INFORMATIVO DE LA LÍNEA FERROVIARIA VALENCIA - ALICANTE (TREN DE LA COSTA) - FASE II" (PDF). Ministerio de Fomento. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. "ESTUDIO INFORMATIVO DE LA LÍNEA FERROVIARIA VALENCIA - ALICANTE (TREN DE LA COSTA) - Estaciones" (PDF). Ministerio de Fomento. Retrieved 4 September 2019.


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