R10 (Rodalies de Catalunya) explained

R10
Type:Commuter rail
Status:Suspended
Formeroperator:Renfe Operadora
Start:Barcelona–El Prat Airport
Stops:6
End:Barcelona Estació de França
Distance:22km (14miles)[1]
Frequency:30 min
Line Used:
Stock:Civia EMUs
El:3,000 V DC overhead lines
Owners:Adif

The R10 was a line of Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It linked half-hourly Barcelona–El Prat Airport with Barcelona's Estació de França, using the Aragó Tunnel through central Barcelona, calling at Sants and Passeig de Gràcia stations. R10 services spanned 22km (14miles) of railway lines and six stations. At the time it suspended services, the trains used on the line were Civia electrical multiple units (EMU).

The direct services between the airport and central Barcelona, previously provided by Barcelona commuter rail service line, had been discontinued on 4 December 2005 due to the construction works of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line in Barcelona's southern accesses. At that moment, the R1 started operating as a shuttle line between the airport and El Prat de Llobregat railway station.[2] [3] On 22 July 2006, the R10 started services as a newly created line of the Rodalies Barcelona commuter rail system, predecessor of Rodalies de Catalunya, providing a direct rail link between the airport and central Barcelona anew.[4] The construction works of the new Sagrera railway station and the urban renewal project associated with it caused the suspension of the R10 on 31 January 2009. Barcelona commuter rail service line then took over the service previously offered by the line, incorporating the branch lines to the airport and Estació de França.[5] The R10 was initially scheduled to resume services two years later.[6]

In the long-term future, it is projected that the R10 will be definitely suspended, and the branch line to Estació de França will be dismantled. Barcelona commuter rail service lines and will be rerouted in order to serve as the direct rail link between the airport and central Barcelona, using the airport as their southern terminus.[7]

List of stations

The stations served by the R10, in order from south to north, were as follows:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borràs . Bernat . R10 Barcelona - Aeroport . R10 Barcelona - Airport . ca . trenscat.cat . 18 August 2015 .
  2. News: . 2 December 2005 . Sense tren directe entre Sants i l'aeroport per les obres del TAV . No direct trains between Barcelona Sants and the airport due to the high-speed train construction works . ca . . 5 August 2015 .
  3. Martínez Sánchez . José Antonio . June 2006 . Anàlisi de la xarxa ferroviària de la RMB . Study on the railway system in the Barcelona metropolitan area . ca . Thesis . Inventari del sistema ferroviari de viatgers . Inventory of the passenger rail system . 38 . . PDF . 7 August 2015.
  4. Web site: 20 July 2006 . Renfe restablece conexión Barcelona-Aeropuerto . es . Renfe reestablishes Barcelona–Airport link . EuroFerroviarios . 26 April 2015.
  5. Adif inicia la segunda fase de las obras de la línea de alta velocidad en el entorno de la estación de Sant Andreu Comtal . Adif commences the second phase of the construction works of the high-speed rail line near Sant Andreu Comtal station . Sala de prensa . es . . 22 January 2009 . 15 August 2015.
  6. News: . 23 January 2009 . La línia C-2 de Rodalies patirà els efectes de les obres de l'AVE durant dos anys . Rodalies line C-2 to suffer the effects of the AVE construction works for two years . ca . 324.cat . . 26 April 2014 .
  7. Book: Julià Sort, Jordi . October 2013 . Sagrera i la xarxa ferroviària de Barcelona . Sagrera and Barcelona's railway system . ca . Barcelona . Viena Edicions . 978-84-8330-740-3 . 144–145 .

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