Cercanías Valencia ( ca-valencia, Rodalia de València) is the

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, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The network is owned by Adif, the national railway infrastructure company. The Cercanías Valencia network includes six lines, of track and 66 stations.

Network and stations

The system has six radial lines to and from the city centre. Each line is colour-coded on maps and timetables. Stations are in six concentric zones numbered 1–6. Zone 1 covers the city centre and Zone 6 includes the stations at the end of each line except C-4 which ends in Zone 1. The system's main interchange stations are at Valencia Nord,

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. Lines C-1, C-2, C-3, C-5 and C-6 terminate at Valencia Nord; line C-4 terminates at Valencia Sant Isidre. MetroValencia lines 1 and 5 connect the Nord and Sant Isidre stations.

Services

CIVIS

CIVIS services run on lines C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-6. These are semi-fast services which only call at selected stations; typically they run into Valencia in the morning peak and out of Valencia in the evening peak.

Tickets and fares

All tickets are priced according to the station zones. As of June 2019, single fares range from € 1.80 for one zone to € 5.80 for all six zones. Return fares range from € 3.60 to € 11.60. The "Tarjeta Dorada" provides a 40% discount on single and return fares to all passengers aged 60 or over, students, passengers with disabilities and others.

Rolling stock

Cercanías Valencia trains are operated by three classes of rolling stock:

Future expansion

City Centre tunnel

As part of the Valencia Parque Central project, the rail line leading to Valencia Nord station will be put underground and the station renamed València Central. A tunnel linking it to Valencia-Cabanyal station will also be built, with two Cercanías stations in the new tunnel called Aragó and Universitat.

Tren de la Costa

The Tren de la Costa proposes a new rail line linking Valencia to

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via coastal towns as an extension of C-1, into which a study was produced in 2016.

References

External links

Official site (English)
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