Cercanías Asturias
Commuter rail in Asturias, Spain
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Cercanías Asturias is a commuter rail service operating in Autonomous Community of Asturias, mainly in the central area of the region.
| Cercanías Asturias | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Owner | Adif | ||
| Locale | Asturias | ||
| Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
| Number of lines | 9 | ||
| Daily ridership | 13,637 (Iberian gauge lines) 5,328 (Metre gauge lines)[1] | ||
| Annual ridership | 11,500,000 | ||
| Website | Website | ||
| Operation | |||
| Operator(s) | Renfe Operadora | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) (3 lines) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (6 lines) | ||
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History
During the second half of the 20th century, Renfe operated several services on all the Iberian-gauge lines and circulated as suburban trains. They were popularly known as "cercanías", but Renfe did not have a specific structure for them.[2] This changed in the 80s when the company began plans to create a defined and organised service, which was inaugurated in 1989.[3][4]
At first they were divided into C-1 (Puente de los Fierros-Gijón), C-2 (Oviedo-El Entrego), C-3 (Trubia-Oviedo) and C-4 (Oviedo-Avilés) services.[5][6][7] Nevertheless, in 1999, as part of an urbanistic project called the Green Belt, the Fuso de la Reina branch to Oviedo was closed and the former Iberian-gauge C-3 line (Oviedo-Trubia railway line) was converted into narrow-gauge.[8]
In 2013, after the merger of FEVE with Renfe, its five metric-gauge lines have been operated by Renfe Feve (renamed as Cercanías AM in 2021). Since 2023, fares have been unified for both Iberian-gauge and Metric-gauge lines and payments with Conecta, an Asturian fare card valid for all the means of transport under the umbrella of the Asturian Consortium of Transportation, were enabled.[9][10] In 2024, tickets can be paid by credit card.[11]
Lines
Fare System
Cercanías Asturias is integrated into the Asturias Consortium of Transportation Fare system, which is applied when using Conecta.[12] Furthermore, this service has its own fare system for one-way tickets.[13]
| Zones travelled | Fare
(Conecta) |
Fare
(Regular) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €0.45 | €1.65 |
| 2 | €0.72 | €1.95 |
| 3 | €1.05 | €2.65 |
| 4 | €1.40 | €3.30 |
Usage
The following graph shows the number of tickets validated per year. Data for 1993 is not available. Data from 2020 and 2021 is not yet official, but information reported by local media.[14][15]
Number of tickets validated per year (in thousands). View chart definition.
Rolling stock
Iberian-gauge stock
Civia (463 Series)
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Metric-gauge stock
- 524 Series
- 526 Series
- 527 Series
- 529 Series
- 3300 Series
- 3500 Series
- 3600 Series
524 Series
526 Series
527 Series
529 Series
3300 Series
3500 Series
3600 Series
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Network Lines
