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''Cercanías Cádiz'' is the commuter rail service in the cities of
Of the thirteen stations on the network, the busiest in 2018 was
Cádiz
Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
and Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains. , the ...
in Andalucia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
, Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The service consists of two lines of 14 stations over 61 km of track, serving 2.8 million passengers a year.
History
Suburban trains began service in Cádiz in the 1980s. In 2000, work began to place the railway line leading into Cádiz underground to enable double-tracking and create a new linear park in the city. During this work,Cádiz railway station
Cádiz railway station, is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Cádiz, Andalusia. It served over 1.2 million passengers in 2018, of which 350,000 were Cercanías Cádiz passengers.
Services
Alvia services use the Madrid–Seville high ...
was temporarily closed with Cortadura serving as a terminus in the meantime. In 2002 the work was completed, with the reopening of Cádiz station and new underground stations San Severiano, Segunda Aguada and Estadio; spaced apart at a distance resembling a metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
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* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
.
Route
The service mainly uses the Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz main line, with a branch to theUniversity of Cádiz
The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979, a ...
from Las Aletas. The section of track between Cádiz railway station
Cádiz railway station, is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Cádiz, Andalusia. It served over 1.2 million passengers in 2018, of which 350,000 were Cercanías Cádiz passengers.
Services
Alvia services use the Madrid–Seville high ...
and Cortadura station was doubled and put underground in 2001, with the opening of new underground stations at San Severiano, Segunda Aguada and Estadio.
Stations
Of the thirteen stations on the network, the busiest in 2018 was Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains. , the ...
with 592,000 passengers, followed by Cádiz and San Fernando (350,000 passengers each), El Puerto de Santa María (297,000), Bahía Sur (288,000) and Puerto Real (240,000).
Future development
The construction of the La Pepa Station in Jerez will start soon.References
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