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R7

A Civia train on a R7 service between Cerdanyola Universitat and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat stations at Barcelona Sants railway station in 2011.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Barcelona metropolitan area
First service	23 May 2005 (2005-05-23)
Current operator(s)	Renfe Operadora
Ridership	8,140 (2010)
Annual ridership	1,901,2014 (2010)
Route
Termini	Barcelona Sant Andreu Arenal Cerdanyola Universitat
Stops	7
Distance travelled	13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Average journey time	19 min
Service frequency	Every 15 min–1 h
Line(s) used	Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost
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

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The R7 is a line of Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona commuter rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It links Sant Andreu Arenal railway station in northern Barcelona with Cerdanyola Universitat railway station, which serves the Bellaterra campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The R7 shares tracks for most of its length with Barcelona commuter rail service lines R3 and R4, as well as regional rail line R12. According to 2010 data, the line's average weekday ridership is 8,140.

R7 services started operating in 2005, initially running between Martorell and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat stations, via the Vallès Occidental region. The line used most part of the Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost railway, and the entire Meridiana Tunnel through central Barcelona. It became the first passenger service to use the Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost railway, originally designed to serve as Barcelona's rail freight bypass. In 2011, the R7 was shortened, so that it began to operate in its current configuration between Sant Andreu Arenal and Cerdanyola Universitat stations. Most part of its original route was then taken over by the R8, which came into service the same year, running between Martorell and Granollers. In the long-term future, it is projected that the R7 will be extended southwards to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, using the Meridiana Tunnel.

List of stations

The following table lists the name of each station served by line R7 in order from south to north; the station's service pattern offered by R7 trains; the transfers to other Rodalies de Catalunya lines, including both commuter and regional rail services; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM Àrea de Barcelona) fare-integrated public transport system and Rodalies de Catalunya's own fare zone system for Barcelona commuter rail service lines.

References

1. ^ "Línia R7" [Line R7]. Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
2. "Xarxa Rodalies de Catalunya" [Rodalies de Catalunya System] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
3. Recio, Alfons (31 December 2005). "Ferrocarril de rodalies C-7 El Papiol - Mollet" [Commuter rail line C-7 El Papiol - Mollet]. Territori (in Catalan). Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. Arenós, Paloma (17 May 2005). "El tren deseado" [The wished train] (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Sant Cugat del Vallès. Vivir section (p. 1). Retrieved 19 September 2015.
5. Cabañas, Néstor (31 December 2011). "Ferrocarril de rodalies Martorell - Granollers" [Martorell - Granollers commuter rail]. Territori (in Catalan). Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
6. García i Aranzueque, Raül (5 May 2011). "R8: Nova línia de rodalies" [R8: New commuter rail line]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Montgat. 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. p. 144–145. ISBN 978-84-8330-740-3.
8. Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
9. "Servei de rodalia de Barcelona" [Barcelona commuter rail service] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

• Rodalies de Catalunya official website
• Schedule for the R7 (PDF format)
• R7 Rodalies (rod7cat) on Twitter. Official Twitter account by Rodalies de Catalunya for the R7 with service status updates (tweets usually published only in Catalan)
• Geographic data related to R7 at OpenStreetMap
• R7 (rodalia 7) on Twitter. Unofficial Twitter account by Rodalia.info monitoring real-time information about the R7 by its users.
• Information about the R7 at trenscat.cat (in Catalan)

v t e Rodalies de Catalunya
List of stations Cercanías Renfe Operadora
Rail service	Commuter rail Barcelona   R1   R2   R2 Nord   R2 Sud   R3   R4   R7   R8   R10 (suspended) Camp de Tarragona   RT1   RT2 Girona   RG1 Regional rail   R11   R12   R13   R14   R15   R16   R17
Rolling stock	Civia (463, 464 and 465 Series) 447 Series 448 Series 449 Series 450 Series 451 Series 470 Series
Infrastructure	Railway lines Barcelona–Cerbère Barcelona–El Prat Airport rail link Barcelona–Mataró–Maçanet-Massanes Barcelona–Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost La Plana-Picamoixons–Sant Vicenç de Calders Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona Madrid–Barcelona Reus–Caspe–Zaragoza Sant Vicenç de Calders–Vilafranca del Penedès–Barcelona Tarragona–Lleida Valencia–Sant Vicenç de Calders Urban tunnels Aragó Tunnel Meridiana Tunnel
Category  Commons

• Rodalies de Catalunya lines
• Railway services introduced in 2005