The R11 is a line of

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's regional rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs northwards from the

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area to the French

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and

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regions. With a total line length of , it extends notably beyond the limits of the

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, reaching the

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mountains. R11 trains run primarily on the

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, using and/or

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in Barcelona, where they share tracks with Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona suburban lines , and and regional rail lines , , and , calling at

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and Passeig de Gràcia stations, while they continue to share tracks with Barcelona commuter rail service as far as , and with the Girona commuter rail service from Maçanet-Massanes to . The Maçanet-Massanes-Portbou section had not previously been considered part of the Barcelona commuter rail service; designated Ca2, the services running on it were part of Renfe Operadora's regional rail division in Catalonia. In 2010, after the administration of the Barcelona commuter rail service was transferred to the

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, the line was passed from the Catalan regional rail division to

History

The current line scheme of the R11 started operating on , after the transfer of the services from Media Distancia Renfe to the Generalitat of Catalonia. Earlier, all the regional rail services carrying out the line Barcelona-Girona-Figueres-Portbou were branded as Ca2 for the Catalan rail division, and 33 in the nationwide regional rail network. Before 2014, it was the only conventional line to serve the cities of

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and

Figueres Figueres (, ; , es, Figueras, ) is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museu ...

(excluding the high-speed lines), until the creation of the Girona commuter rail service , running from Barcelona to Figueres initially, being later extended to Portbou.

Infrastructure

Like the rest of

lines, the R11 runs on the

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mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the

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. All of the railway lines carrying Rodalies de Catalunya services are electrified at 3,000

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s (V)

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(DC) using

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s. The R11 operates on a total line length of , entirely

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. The trains on the line call at up to 28

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, using the following

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s, in order from south to north: All of the infrastructure used by the R11 is shared with other services. Between and Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia stations, it shares tracks with Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service lines , and , regional rail lines , , and , as well as a number of

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services to southern Spain, using the

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through central

. After Passeig de Gràcia, R11 trains R2 Sud trains, together with the R13, R14, R15 and R16, as well as long-distance services, branch off to Barcelona's Estació de França, terminating there. R11 services continue northwards through the Aragó Tunnel, calling at

El Clot-Aragó railway station Barcelona El Clot-Aragó is a Rodalies de Catalunya station in El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot, in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is served by Barcelona commuter rail service lines , and , as well as Girona commuter rail ...

, and share tracks with the R2 and R2 Nord only. North of Mollet-Sant Fost railway station, Barcelona commuter rail service line and several freight services join their route. The R8 terminates further north at so that the R11 only shares tracks with the R2 and freight services from this point on up to Maçanet-Massanes. From Maçanet-Massanes, R11 trains share tracks with the Girona commuter rail service RG1 and freight trains for the remainder of their journey.

Operation

All services that initiate from as their southern terminus terminate at either , or continue all the way to and

Cerbère Cerbère (; ca, Cervera de la Marenda) is a commune and railway town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.RENFE Class 447 trains, while semi-fast services are branded as MD (Media Distancia/Mitjana Distancia), operated by RENFE Class 449 trains, Renfe Operadora's newest rolling stock for regional lines, and are more expensive than R trains..

List of stations

The following table lists the name of each station served by line R11 in order from south to north; the station's service pattern offered by R and/or MD trains; the transfers to other

lines, including both commuter and

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services; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the

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in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the

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(ATM Àrea de Barcelona) fare-integrated public transport system and Rodalies de Catalunya's own fare zone system for Barcelona commuter rail service lines.

References

External links

Rodalies de Catalunya official website

Schedule for the R11
(PDF format) * Official

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accounts by Rodalies de Catalunya for line
R11
with service status updates (tweets usually published only in Catalan) * Geographic data related to at

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on Twitter. Unofficial Twitter account by Rodalia.info monitoring real-time information about the R11 by its users.

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