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Cercanías
Cercanías
Overview
Owner	Renfe Operadora & Regional Rail Operators (FGC)
Transit type	Commuter rail
Operation
Began operation	1989 (creation of Renfe Cercanías division)

The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called Cercanías (Spanish: [θeɾkaˈni.as]) in most of Spain, Rodalia (Valencian: [roðaˈli.a]) in the Valencian Community, Aldiriak (Basque: [aldiɾiak]) in the Basque Country and Rodalies (Catalan: [ruðəˈli.əs]) in Catalonia. There are twelve Cercanías systems in and around the cities and regions of Asturias, Bilbao, Cádiz, Catalonia, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia/Alicante, Santander, San Sebastián, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. They are linked to Metro systems in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.

The Cercanías division of Renfe was created in 1989 on the advice of engineer and transit planner Javier Bustinduy (es; 1949–2016), as part of a major effort to massively increase ridership, frequencies and hence attractiveness of commuter rail systems in Spain. Cercanías systems are gradually in the process of being transferred to the regional autonomous governments; the first such system to be transferred was the management of the former Cercanías Barcelona/Rodalia Barcelona to the Government of Catalonia and renaming to "Rodalies de Catalunya" in 2010. The Madrid Cercanías network was the target of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The attacks, which killed 191 people in Santa Eugenia, El Pozo and Atocha stations, were the bloodiest terrorist actions in Spain to date.

List of Cercanías / Rodalies / Rodalia / Aldiriak systems

System Name	Major Cities Served	Annual patronage (2017)^[1]	Lines	Stations	Length (km)
Cercanías Madrid	Madrid	227,800,000	10	90	370
Rodalies de Catalunya	Barcelona, Girona, Camp de Tarragona	117,000,000	19	228	615
Cercanías Valencia	Valencia	15,860,000	6	66	252
Cercanías Málaga	Málaga	11,338,341^[2]	2	26	70
Cercanías Bilbao	Bilbao	10,180,000	3	44	67
Cercanías Sevilla	Seville	7,480,000	5	37	251
Cercanías San Sebastián	San Sebastián	6,150,000	1	30	80.5
Cercanías Asturias	Gijón, Oviedo, Avilés	5,140,000	3	-	-
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante	Murcia, Alicante	3,730,000	3	26	202
Cercanías Cádiz	Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera	2,800,000	2	13	61
Cercanías Santander	Santander	670,000	1	27	92
Cercanías Zaragoza	Zaragoza	290,000	1	6	16.6

Rolling stock

The Cercanías services use the following rolling stock. In 2021, Renfe announced the purchase of 59 Stadler KISS trainsets to complement the fleet.^[3]

Series	Area	Image
442	Madrid (C-9)
446	Bilbao Madrid Santander Sevilla
447	Madrid Valencia Barcelona Girona Tarragona San Sebastián
450/451	Madrid Barcelona
592	Murcia/Alicante Valencia Sevilla
Civia	Asturias Cádiz Madrid Barcelona Girona Málaga Sevilla Valencia Zaragoza Santander