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Rodalies Barcelona Operator FGC and Renfe Authority ATM Barcelona Service type commuter rail Territory Alt and Baix Penedès, Anoia,
Bages, Baix Llobregat,
Cerdanya, Barcelonès,
Garraf, Maresme, Osona, Ripollès, Selva,
Vallès Occidental and OrientalLines 15 Stations 228 Gauge Renfe: 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 2⁄3 in);
FGC: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)Rodalies de Catalunya 
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 7
Line 10Future infrastructure 
Orbital line
Eix Transversal line (high speed)
A Rodalies train
Rodalies Barcelone lines operated by RENFE (distances not to scale)Rodalies Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [ruðəˈɫi.əs βərsəˈɫonə], Spanish: Cercanías Barcelona) is the commuter rail service that serves Barcelona, and its metropolitan area as well as other parts of the province.
Rodalies Barcelona is made up of 13 lines, 6 of which are operated by the Spanish company RENFE and 7 by Generalitat-owned FGC. The whole network—and fare system—is further divided into six concentrical areas, with Estació de Sants as its centre. 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.
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RENFE Lines
The names of the lines, unlike the other Rodalies 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.
Xarxa de Rodalies de Barcelona - Barcelona Cercanías Network R1 Molins de Rei- Barcelona-Sants - Mataró - Blanes - Maçanet-Massanes R2 Sant Vicenç de Calders - Vilanova i la Geltrú - Sitges - Barcelona-Sants - Granollers-Centre - Maçanet-Massanes R3 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Barcelona-Sants - Granollers-Canovelles - Vic R4 Sant Vicenç de Calders - Vilafranca del Penedès - Barcelona-Sants - Cerdanyola del Vallès - Terrassa - Manresa R7 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Barcelona-Sants - Cerdanyola-Universitat - Martorell R10 Estació de França - Barcelona-Sants - Aeroport FGC lines
Main article: FGC suburban linesFGC is going to become the only company in charge of Rodalies, and nowadays operates two of the main Rodalies lines. Besides, FGC also built commuter train lines of its own, known as S- or suburban lines, which are discussed in their own article.
Xarxa de Rodalies de Barcelona - Barcelona Cercanías Network R5 Plaça Espanya - Martorell - Montserrat - Manresa R6 Plaça Espanya - L'Hospitalet - Martorell - Igualada Announced lines
An orbital line is scheduled for 2016.
Rolling stock
- 463, 464, 465 (Civia) series
- 447 series
- 440R series
- 450 series
- 451 series
Delays and other incidents
Renfe has received much criticism in the past few years[when?] 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. 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 stationsSee also
- Transport in Barcelona
- Autoritat del Transport Metropolità
- Renfe
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
- Barcelona Metro
- Trambaix, Trambesòs and Tramvia Blau
- Cercanías
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