R10 (Rodalies de Catalunya)

R10
Overview
Service typeCommuter rail
StatusSuspended
LocaleBarcelona metropolitan area
First service22 July 2006 (2006-07-22)
Last service30 January 2009 (2009-01-30)
Former operator(s)Renfe Operadora
Route
TerminiBarcelona–El Prat Airport
Barcelona Estació de França
Stops6
Distance travelled22 km (14 mi)[1]
Service frequency30 min[1]
Line(s) used
Technical
Rolling stockCivia EMUs
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification3,000 V DC overhead lines
Track owner(s)Adif
Route map
Legend
direction to Viladecans
AVE branch to Barcelona Airport
Airport interchange
Aeroport - T1 AVE
(new station)
enlargement
AVE direction to Camp de Tarragona
Airport interchange
Aeroport
end
El Prat de Llobregat
(new station AVE)
freight branch high speed
freight branch
 Bellvitge
direction to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Torrassa
(new station)
 Barcelona Sants AVE
AVE Provença street tunnel
direction to Plaça Catalunya
 Passeig de Gràcia
direction to El Clot-Aragó
connection with El Clot-Aragó / Sant Andreu Arenal
Barcelona França
end
R10 is closed for construction works in Sant Andreu Comtal

The R10 was a line of Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It linked half-hourly Barcelona–El Prat Airport with Barcelona's Estació de França, using the Aragó Tunnel through central Barcelona, calling at Sants and Passeig de Gràcia stations. R10 services spanned 22 kilometres (14 mi) of railway lines and six stations. At the time it suspended services, the trains used on the line were Civia electrical multiple units (EMU).[1]

The direct services between the airport and central Barcelona, previously provided by Barcelona commuter rail service line R1, had been discontinued on 4 December 2005 due to the construction works of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line in Barcelona's southern accesses. At that moment, the R1 started operating as a shuttle line between the airport and El Prat de Llobregat railway station.[2][3] On 22 July 2006, the R10 started services as a newly created line of the Rodalies Barcelona commuter rail system, predecessor of Rodalies de Catalunya, providing a direct rail link between the airport and central Barcelona anew.[4] The construction works of the new Sagrera railway station and the urban renewal project associated with it caused the suspension of the R10 on 31 January 2009. Barcelona commuter rail service line R2 then took over the service previously offered by the line, incorporating the branch lines to the airport and Estació de França.[5] The R10 was initially scheduled to resume services two years later.[6]

In the long-term future, it is projected that the R10 will be definitely suspended, and the branch line to Estació de França will be dismantled. Barcelona commuter rail service lines R4 and R7 will be rerouted in order to serve as the direct rail link between the airport and central Barcelona, using the airport as their southern terminus.[7]

List of stations

The stations served by the R10, in order from south to north, were as follows:

References

  1. ^ a b c Borràs, Bernat. "R10 Barcelona - Aeroport" [R10 Barcelona - Airport]. trenscat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Sense tren directe entre Sants i l'aeroport per les obres del TAV" [No direct trains between Barcelona Sants and the airport due to the high-speed train construction works] (in Catalan). La Xarxa. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ^ Martínez Sánchez, José Antonio (June 2006). "Inventari del sistema ferroviari de viatgers" [Inventory of the passenger rail system]. Anàlisi de la xarxa ferroviària de la RMB [Study on the railway system in the Barcelona metropolitan area] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Catalan). Polytechnic University of Catalonia. p. 38. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Renfe restablece conexión Barcelona-Aeropuerto" [Renfe reestablishes Barcelona–Airport link] (in Spanish). EuroFerroviarios. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Adif inicia la segunda fase de las obras de la línea de alta velocidad en el entorno de la estación de Sant Andreu Comtal" [Adif commences the second phase of the construction works of the high-speed rail line near Sant Andreu Comtal station]. Sala de prensa (Press release) (in Spanish). Adif. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "La línia C-2 de Rodalies patirà els efectes de les obres de l'AVE durant dos anys" [Rodalies line C-2 to suffer the effects of the AVE construction works for two years]. 324.cat (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  7. ^ Julià Sort, Jordi (October 2013). Sagrera i la xarxa ferroviària de Barcelona [Sagrera and Barcelona's railway system] (in Catalan). Barcelona: Viena Edicions. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-84-8330-740-3.