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R10

Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Suspended
Locale	Barcelona metropolitan area
First service	22 July 2006 (2006-07-22)
Last service	30 January 2009 (2009-01-30)
Former operator(s)	Renfe Operadora
Route
Termini	Barcelona–El Prat Airport Barcelona Estació de França
Stops	6
Distance travelled	22 km (14 mi)
Service frequency	30 min
Line(s) used	Madrid–Barcelona Barcelona–El Prat Airport rail link
Technical
Rolling stock	Civia EMUs
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification	3,000 V DC overhead lines
Track owner(s)	Adif
Route map Legend direction to Viladecans branch to Barcelona Airport Aeroport - T1 (new station) enlargement direction to Camp de Tarragona Aeroport end El Prat de Llobregat (new station ) freight branch high speed freight branch Bellvitge direction to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Torrassa (new station) Barcelona Sants 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).

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. 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. 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. The R10 was initially scheduled to resume services two years later.

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.

List of stations

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

• Airport
• El Prat de Llobregat
• Bellvitge
• Barcelona Sants
• Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia
• Barcelona Estació de França

References

1. ^ 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.

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