{"id":46876,"date":"2022-11-21T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T08:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/?p=46876"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:56:47","slug":"impact-of-the-cercanias-commuter-rail-networks-on-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2022\/11\/impact-of-the-cercanias-commuter-rail-networks-on-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of the Renfe&#8217;s Cercan\u00edas commuter rail networks on cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\r\n{\r\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\r\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\r\n  \"mainEntity\": [{\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SUBURBAN COMMUTER NETWORKS IN CITIES?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"All major European cities have suburban networks, though their significance \u2013 like that of the underground metro in large cities - is specific to each country.\r\nIn Spain, there are currently 12 Cercan\u00edas hubs in all and about 530 stations.\r\nOne of the main impacts of having a network like Cercan\u00edas in cities is the increase in the use of public transit over private vehicles, which are usually more polluting.\"\r\n    }\r\n  },{\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"DO YOU KNOW THE MAIN STATIONS OF THE SUBURBAN NETWORK?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"The Cercan\u00edas stations with the most passengers in 2020 are:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Atocha Cercan\u00edas with 33 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Nuevos Ministerios with 13 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Sants with 10 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Sol with 9 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Chamartin with 9 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Pla\u00e7a de Catalunya with 6 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>M\u00e9ndez Alvaro with 5 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Villaverde Alto with 5 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia with 4 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Valencia-Nord with 4 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>Rest with 210 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\"\r\n    }\r\n  }]\r\n}\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s been more than 30 years since the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renfe Cercan\u00edas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business unit was founded. It&#8217;s more commonly known as just <\/span><b>Cercan\u00edas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Spanish cities like Madrid and Seville and <\/span><b>Rodalies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Catalonia and Valencia. The idea was simple: to manage all the networks, stations, and suburban trains that connect the provincial capitals&#8217; peripheral cities homogeneously, using dedicated routes or routes shared with long-distance trains. It currently provides coverage for <\/span><b>12 Spanish cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and its impact on daily mobility for many residents is remarkable.<\/span>\r\n<h2>A HISTORY OF NETWORKS OF CERCANIAS CONTINUALLY EXPANDING<\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creation of Renfe Cercan\u00edas as such is usually attributed to engineer <\/span><b>Javier Bustinduy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who came up with the plan to manage these suburban networks around the major capitals in a homogeneous way in 1989. At that time, there were 40 lines and 500 stations in those networks, but they were not unified or managed in any one common way. As part of this renovation, the trains of that time &#8211; the classic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serie_440_de_Renfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">440 series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> models \u2013 were updated as the new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serie_446_de_Renfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">446 series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and subsequently the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civias<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, designed specifically for the Cercan\u00edas services. These were more <\/span><b>modern and modular trains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with greater power and acceleration, but they didn&#8217;t have as high a top speed since this wasn&#8217;t as necessary for their situations.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46900 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150745\/tren-cercanias.jpg\" alt=\"Tren cercan\u00edas\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150745\/tren-cercanias.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150745\/tren-cercanias-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These commuter lines and networks had been developed since the mid-19th century to connect the most important towns and cities of the day, such as the Madrid-Aranjuez line (1851), Santander-Solares (1892), and quite a few others. Many of these lines <\/span><b>shared long-distance railway tracks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; sections were added to these, and tracks were duplicated as necessary to reach all localities. These were precarious times: trains weren&#8217;t very comfortable or practical for relatively short journeys, and sometimes there were even stops to change the voltage at particular stations. In 1989, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.renfe.com\/un-recorrido-por-la-historia-del-billete-cercanias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardboard tickets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were still used, not the magnetic stripe.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way in which this data from services and infrastructures is analyzed is always important. Bustinduy himself would explain at a conference years later that, even though 87% of train travelers in Spain are commuters, that same 87% only travels 32% of the &#8220;kilometers traveled&#8221; by trains throughout the year. On the other hand, 6% of the individuals who travel by AVE account for 55% of the kilometers traveled by that mode of transportation. This shows how <\/span><b>small changes to certain local services and infrastructure can affect huge population groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. An improvement to very specific places can improve the day-to-day commute to work or nearby towns for a high percentage of people.<\/span>\r\n<h2>WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SUBURBAN COMMUTER NETWORKS IN CITIES?<\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All major European cities have suburban networks, though their significance \u2013 like that of the underground metro in large cities &#8211; is specific to each country. In Germany, for instance, there are almost 20 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S-Bahn<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> networks of various sizes. On the other hand, Paris&#8217;s RER has 5 lines and 256 stations with long routes totaling about 600 km. In Spain, there are currently <\/span><b>12 Cercan\u00edas hubs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in all and about 530 stations.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key cities in Spain&#8217;s Cercan\u00edas service are, in this order:<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barcelona<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valencia<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilbao<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seville<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the main impacts of having a network like Cercan\u00edas in cities is the increase in the <\/span><b>use of public transit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over private vehicles, which are usually more polluting. In this regard, trains are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfe.com\/es\/es\/grupo-renfe\/transporte-sostenible\/reduccion-de-emisiones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a perfect example of sustainable transportation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; at the same time, they&#8217;re a means of public transit that pollutes less, generating only 0.3% of the total emissions from all forms of transportation. The more people who park their fossil fuel cars to take commuter rail, the better for the environment. Electric trains also produce zero emissions, with most of them running on electricity from 100% renewable sources.<\/span>\r\n<h2>DO YOU KNOW THE MAIN STATIONS OF THE SUBURBAN NETWORK?<\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mitma.gob.es\/portal-web-drupal\/ferroviario\/observatorio\/ofe_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 Report by the Railway Observatory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the top three stations in the network by the number of commuters would be the <\/span><b>Atocha Cercan\u00edas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Nuevos Ministerios<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Madrid, and <\/span><b>Sants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Barcelona. The first of these saw 33 million travelers, almost 11% of the total from all over Spain that year.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe Cercan\u00edas stations with the most passengers in 2020 are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Atocha Cercan\u00edas with 33 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nuevos Ministerios with 13 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sants with 10 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sol with 9 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Chamartin with 9 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pla\u00e7a de Catalunya with 6 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>M\u00e9ndez Alvaro with 5 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Villaverde Alto with 5 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia with 4 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Valencia-Nord with 4 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rest with 210 million passengers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, there is a direct relationship between the population of each city and its suburban environment with the <\/span><b>volume of travelers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46893\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-scaled.jpg 1553w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-768x1266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-932x1536.jpg 932w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150423\/cercanias-5-1243x2048.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can&#8217;t overlook the fact that nine out of ten people use commuter trains. For example, more than 50% of this type of travel is concentrated in Madrid, with 160 million people a year in 2021, 17% more than in 2020 \u2013 a year heavily impacted by the pandemic &#8211; but at the moment, somewhat less than the 2019 figure of 253 million<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In Madrid, there are currently 95 commuter stations and 280 trains making about 1,290 trips every day (970 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46895\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3.jpg\" alt=\"Red de Renfe-Cercan\u00edas Madrid\" width=\"461\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3.jpg 1445w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/18150357\/cercanias-3-1181x1536.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfe.com\/es\/es\/cercanias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfe.com\/es\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fares<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfe.com\/es\/es\/cercanias\/cercanias-madrid\/mapas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are available on Renfe&#8217;s website and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renfe.com\/es\/es\/viajar\/informacion-util\/aplicaciones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">app<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some of the maps, like the <\/span><a href=\"\/es?p=45291\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metro layout of Madrid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are truly paragons<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of design and usefulness in getting around the city and the entire suburban area. For those of you who like <\/span><b>data and statistics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you&#8217;ll want to check out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/data.renfe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renfe Open Data Portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (data.renfe.com), which offers over 60 up-to-date data sets with all the details about networks, stations, schedules, and so on.<\/span><p><em>An article by \u00c1lvaro Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been more than 30 years since the Renfe Cercan\u00edas business unit was founded. 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