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Cercanías Asturias
C-4 train at Pravia
Overview
OwnerAdif
LocaleAsturias
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines9
Daily ridership13,637 (Iberian gauge lines)
5,328 (Metre gauge lines)[1]
Annual ridership11,500,000
WebsiteWebsite
Operation
Operator(s)Renfe Operadora
Technical
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
(3 lines)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
(6 lines)
Network map as of 2024

Cercanías Asturias is a commuter rail service operating in Autonomous Community of Asturias, mainly in the central area of the region.

History

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During the second half of the 20th century, Renfe operated several services on all the Iberian-gague 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 a 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

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Colour Line Route Stations
Puente de los Fierros – Gijón 27
Oviedo – El Entrego 13
Llamaquique – Avilés 14
Gijón – Cudillero 33
Gijón – La Pola de Llaviana/Pola de Laviana 26
Gijón – Oviedo 6
Oviedo – L'Infiestu 20
Oviedo – San Esteban 21
Baíña – Coḷḷanzo 18

Fare System

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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

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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]

Rolling stock:

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Iberian-gauge stock:

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  • Civia (463 Series)
    Civia (463 Series)

Metric-gauge stock:

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  • 524 Series
    524 Series
  • 526 Series
    526 Series
  • 527 Series
    527 Series
  • 529 Series
    529 Series
  • 3300 Series
    3300 Series
  • 3500 Series
    3500 Series
  • 3600 Series
    3600 Series

Network Lines

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Map

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Renfe mueve este año a 163 pasajeros menos al día en cercanías y Feve, a 155". El Comercio. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Página 2 del 17 de febrero de 1973 Gijon - El Comercio. Resultados de publicación de la hemeroteca histórica de El Comercio - www.elcomercio.es". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ Sáenz López, V. M. (1998). RENFE, en el camino de la calidad total. Destino la excelencia. Ferroviaria '98 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Edición del sábado, 22 marzo 1980, página 4 - Hemeroteca - Lavanguardia.es". 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Cercanías: el metro de Asturias". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. 10 May 1999. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Trabajadores de Santa Bárbara incendian una unidad de RENFE en Trubia". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. 30 April 1994. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Renfe Cercanías se consolida como el metro puntual y cómodo". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. 28 March 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  8. ^ Díaz-Rubín, Gonzalo (14 June 2018). "Cinturón Verde, 15 años sin tren". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  9. ^ Saucedo, Óscar-Rubén Morales (13 July 2023). "La integración tarifaria de Renfe llega a Asturias: ¿qué es? ¿qué incluye? ¿bajan los precios?". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  10. ^ C, J. A. (27 July 2023). "Conecta, una tarjeta que unifica todos los medios de transporte". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Cercanías de Asturias implantará desde el lunes el pago con tarjeta bancaria sin contacto". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 25 October 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  12. ^ "¿Cuánto cuesta viajar? - Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias". www.ctaconecta.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Cercanías de Asturias ( Billetes, Precios, +Renfe y Tú ) | Renfe". www.renfe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Número de pasajeros de ferrocarril según tipo de red". Sociedad Asturiana de Estudios Económicos (SADEI) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  15. ^ Díaz, Ramón (27 February 2022). "El Tren se desangra en Asturias: perdió 600 viajeros al día de media desde 2005". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Oviedo.
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