R14 (Rodalies de Catalunya)
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A 448 Series train on a R14 regional service to Lleida Pirineus in Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia station in 2014.

OverviewService typeRegional railStatusOperationalLocaleBarcelona, Tarragona and Lleida provincesPredecessorCa3First service1 January 2010 (as R14)Current operator(s)Renfe OperadoraRouteStartLleida PirineusStops32EndBarcelona Estació de FrançaDistance travelled204 km (127 mi)Average journey time1 h 19 min–2 h 40 minService frequencyEvery 1–2 hLine(s) usedTechnicalRolling stock448 Series and 470 Series EMUsTrack gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 521⁄32 in) Iberian gaugeElectrification3,000 V DC overhead linesTrack owner(s)Adif

The R14 is a line of Rodalies de Catalunya's regional rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs southwards from the Barcelona area to the city of Lleida, passing through the Vallès Occidental, Baix Llobregat, Garraf, Baix Penedès, Camp de Tarragona, Baix Camp, Conca de Barberà and Urgell regions. With a total line length of 204 kilometres (127 mi), it extends notably beyond the limits of the Barcelona metropolitan area, into the inland of Catalonia.

R14 trains run primarily on the Tarragona-Lleida railway and Madrid-Barcelona railway, using Lleida Pirineus as their westernmost terminus, and Barcelona Estació de França as its eastern one. They use the Aragó Tunnel in Barcelona, where they share tracks with Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona suburban lines R2, R2 Nord and R2 Sud and regional rail lines R11, R13, R15, R16 and R17, calling at Sants and Passeig de Gràcia stations,[1] while they continue to share tracks with Barcelona commuter rail service R2 Sud as far as Sant Vicenç de Calders, and with the Tarragona commuter rail services RT2 and RT1 from Tarragona to Sant Vicenç de Calders and Reus, respectively. It is one of the three lines that connect Barcelona Sants and Lleida Pirineus, the others being R12 and R13, and one of the two that connect the two cities via the Aragó Tunnel and the Madrid-Barcelona railway, along with R13, as R12 uses the Meridiana Tunnel and the inland Lleida-Manresa-Barcelona railway.

History[edit]

The current line scheme of the R14 started operating on 1 January 2010 ( ), after the transfer of the services from Media Distancia Renfe to the Generalitat of Catalonia. Earlier, all the regional rail services carrying out the line Barcelona-Tarragona-Lleida were branded as Ca4a for the Catalan rail division, and 35 in the nationwide regional rail network.

Infrastructure[edit]

Like the rest of Rodalies de Catalunya lines, the R14 runs on the Iberian gauge mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the Spanish government. All of the railway lines carrying Rodalies de Catalunya services are electrified at 3,000 volts (V) direct current (DC) using overhead lines. The R15 operates on a total line length of 184 kilometres (114 mi), which is entirely double-track. The trains on the line call at up to 32 stations, using the following railway lines, in order from west to east:[2]

From To Railway line Route number Lleida Pirineus (PK 490.5) Tarragona (PK 594) Tarragona-Lleida 230 Tarragona (PK 594) Sant Vicenç de Calders (PK 618) Valencia−Sant Vicenç de Calders 600 Sant Vicenç de Calders (PK 618) Barcelona Sants (PK 677.6) Madrid–Barcelona 200 Barcelona Sants (PK 99) Barcelona Estació de França (PK 106.6) Madrid–Barcelona 260

List of stations[edit]

The following table lists the name of each station served by line R14 in order from west to east; the station's service pattern offered by R14 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.[3][4]

# Terminal of a service * Transfer station to other transport systems #* Transfer station and terminal ● Station served by all trains running through it ○ Limited service station

Station Service Rodalies de Catalunya transfers Other transfers Municipality Fare zone ATM AdL ATM AdT ATM AdB Rod Lleida Pirineus#* ● R12, R13 Renfe Operadora-operated high-speed rail services

FGC local rail services

National and international coach services Lleida 1 — — — Puigverd de Lleida-Artesa de Lleida ● R13 — Puigverd de Lleida 1 — — — Juneda ● R13 — Juneda 2 — — — Les Borges Blanques ● R13 — Les Borges Blanques 2 — — — La Floresta ● R13 — La Floresta 2 — — — Vinaixa ● R13 — Vinaixa 2 — — — Vimbodí ● R13 — Vimbodí — — — — L'Espluga de Francolí ● R13 — L'Espluga de Francolí — — — — Montblanc ● R13 — Montblanc — — — — Vilaverd ● R13 — Vilaverd — — — — La Riba ● R13 — La Riba — — — — La Plana-Picamoixons# ● R13 — Valls — — — — Alcover ● — — Alcover — — — — La Selva del Camp ● — — La Selva del Camp — — — — Reus* ● R15, RT1 Renfe Operadora-operated medium-distance rail services Reus — 1 — — Vila-seca ● R15, R16, RT1 — Vilaseca — 1 — — Tarragona#* ● R15, R16, R17, RT1, RT2 Renfe Operadora-operated medium-distance rail services Tarragona — 1 — — Altafulla-Tamarit ● R15, R16, R17, RT2 — Altafulla — 1 — — Torredembarra ● R15, R16, R17, RT2 — Torredembarra — 1 — — Sant Vicenç de Calders ● R2 Sud, R4, R13, R15, R16, R17, RT2 — El Vendrell — 2, 4 6A 6 Calafell ● R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Calafell — — 5A 5 Segur de Calafell ● R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Calafell — — 5A 5 Cunit ● R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Cunit — — 5A 5 Cubelles ● R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Cubelles — — 4A 5 Vilanova i la Geltrú ● R2 Sud, R13, R15, R16, R17 — Vilanova i la Geltrú — — 4A 4 Sitges ● R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Sitges — — 3A 4 Castelldefels ● R2, R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Castelldefels — — 1 2 Gavà ● R2, R2 Sud, R13, R15 — Gavà — — 1 2 Barcelona Sants* ● R1, R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R3, R4, R11, R12, R13, R14, R16, R17, RG1 Renfe Operadora-operated high-speed and long-distance rail services

TGV high-speed rail services

Barcelona Metro lines 3 and 5 at Sants Estació station

National and international coach services Barcelona — — 1 1 Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia* ● R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, R11, R13, R14, R16, R17 Barcelona Metro lines 2, 3 and 4 Barcelona — — 1 1 Barcelona Estació de França#* ● R2 Sud, R13, R14, R16, R17 Renfe Operadora-operated long-distance rail services

Barcelona Metro line 4 at Barceloneta station Barcelona — — 1 1

References[edit]

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Rodalies de Catalunya official website

Schedule for the R14 (PDF format)

Official Twitter accounts by Rodalies de Catalunya for lines R14 with service status updates (tweets usually published only in Catalan)

Geographic data related to R14 at OpenStreetMap

R14 (rodalia 14) on Twitter. Unofficial Twitter account by Rodalia.info monitoring real-time information about the R16 by its users.

Information about the R14 at trenscat.cat Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.