Cercanías Cádiz


Cercanías Cádiz is the commuter rail service in the cities of Cádiz and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia, Spain. The service consists of two lines of 13 stations over 61 km of track, serving 2.8 million passengers a year.

History

Suburban trains began service in Cádiz in the 1980s. In 2000, work began to place the railway line leading into Cádiz underground to enable double-tracking and create a new linear park in the city. During this work, Cádiz railway station was temporarily closed with Cortadura serving as a terminus in the meantime. In 2002 the work was completed, with the reopening of Cádiz station and new underground stations San Severiano, Segunda Aguada and Estadio; spaced apart at a distance resembling a metro.

Route

The service mainly uses the Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz main line, with a branch to the University of Cádiz from Las Aletas. The section of track between Cádiz railway station and Cortadura station was doubled and put underground in 2001, with the opening of new underground stations at San Severiano, Segunda Aguada and Estadio.

Stations

Of the thirteen stations on the network, the busiest in 2018 was Jerez de la Frontera with 592,000 passengers, followed by Cádiz and San Fernando, El Puerto de Santa María, Bahía Sur and Puerto Real.

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Cádiz - Aeropuerto de Jerez58
Las Aletas - Universidad2,4


stationlineserviceszonelocality
Aeropuerto de Jerez 5Jerez de la Frontera
Cádiz 1Cádiz
Cortadura 1Cádiz
El Puerto de Santa María 4El Puerto de Santa María
Estadio1Cádiz
Jerez de la Frontera 5Jerez de la Frontera
Las Aletas 3Puerto Real
Puerto Real3Puerto Real
San Fernando-Centro2San Fernando
San Fernando-Bahía Sur 2San Fernando
San Severiano1Cádiz
Segunda Aguada1Cádiz
Universidad3Puerto Real

Future development

The Tranvía Metropolitano del Bahía de Cádiz is an under construction tram train project, linking the neighbourhood of Chiclana de la Frontera with the railway line at La Ardila.. The tram-train project is expected to start in 2021.