Civia is a class of electric multiple unit trains built by CAF and Siemens for the Renfe

Cercanías The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called ''Cercanías'' () in most of Spain, ''Rodalia'' () in the Valencian Community, ''Aldiriak'' () in the Basque Country and ''Rodalies'' () in Catalonia. There are twelve ''Ce ...

commuter railway networks in

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. The first units entered service in 2003. The Civia train concept was created with passenger comfort and build quality in mind, and to meet the goals of reliability, frequency and punctuality. They have better provision for disabled passengers than older Cercanías trains.

Technical details

Civia units use 3kV DC overhead electrification. The maximum speed of Civia units in service is , but with modifications they will be able to reach .

Modularity

Civia are modular units - trains can be formed from two, three, four or five cars as required.CAF - Civia (Spanish)
/ref> There are four car types: * A1 - end car with driving cab and normal floor. * A2 - end car with driving cab and normal floor. * A3 - intermediate car and downstairs WC. * A4 - intermediate car with normal floor.

Cities and routes

Civia units operate in the following cities and ''regions'': *

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

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, ...

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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

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Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

* Málaga * *

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

Accidents and incidents

On 28 July 2017, Class 465 unit 210M collided with a buffer stop at station, causing 54 injuries with 5 of which serious.

Gallery

File:Civia - El Casar - 2012-07-12 - Andres Gomez-Club Ferroviario 241.jpg, Civia 465 in El Casar,

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

near

File:RN462002.JPG, A rare Civia 462 near ,

File:Hugh llewelyn 501 (5553107734).jpg, Civia 465 on its original livery in Chamartín station,

File:J21 078 Bw Sant Andreu, 456 246.jpg, Civia 465 with the

Rodalies de Catalunya Rodalies de Catalunya (, ; "Commuter Rail of Catalonia") is the main commuter and regional rail system in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is administered by the Government of Catalonia and operated by the national rail operato ...

livery near ,

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

File:RN463003El.JPG, Civia 463 in El Entrego,

File:08 Estació de França, tren de rodalia.JPG, A Civia 465 with the

livery at

Barcelona Estació de França Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

File:Civia 465 463 - Granollers Centre - Luis Zamora.jpg, Coupled Civias 465 and 463 at ,

File:Estación de Aeropuerto, Cercanías Málaga 13.JPG, A Civia 463 in

Málaga Airport Málaga Airport , officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Málaga-Costa del Sol) since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is significant for Sp ...

File:Renfe Civia Els Comtals.jpg, A Civia 465 with the

livery in Els Comtals,

File:RENFE Civia - Silla - 2014-07-24.jpg, A Civia 465 in Silla, Valencia File:Mollet - 2011-07-13 6 - JTCurses.jpg, A Civia 465+463 near Mollet - Sant Fost train station (

Scheme

References

External links

Renfe - Our Trains

Ferropedia - Renfe Civia
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