The C-3 is a line and rail service of
Cercanías Madrid
Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of 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. Its to ...
commuter rail network, operated by
Renfe Operadora. It runs from
El Escorial northwest of
Madrid to
Aranjuez south of Madrid.
The C-3 shares tracks for half of its length with Madrid commuter rail service line while it also shares significant parts with lines , and . The line has been in operation since 1980, with its current incarnation in operation since 22 September 2011.
On 5 November 2018, the C-3a service was introduced as a separation of former extended C-3 services terminating at either
El Escorial or
Santa María de la Alameda
Santa María de la Alameda () is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is linked to the city of Madrid and the town of El Escorial by regular train services. A popular weekend and holiday destination, Santa Maria is popular with ...
. The C-3a designation was formerly used for the now-closed
Pinto–San Martín de la Vega branch line ( es:Línea Pinto-San Martín de la Vega) branching off from
Pinto
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to
Parque Warner Madrid and
San Martín de la Vega
San Martín de la Vega is a Spanish municipality located in Comarca de Las Vegas, Community of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre ...
, which operated between 2002 and 2012.
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by line C-3 in order from northwest to south; the station's service pattern offered by C-3 trains; the transfers to other
Cercanías Madrid
Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of 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. Its to ...
lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the
municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid
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