Cercanías Asturias is a commuter rail service operating in Autonomous Community of Asturias, mainly in the central area of the region.

History During the second half of the 20th century, Renfe operated several services on all the Iberian-gauge lines and circulated as suburban trains. They were popularly known as "cercanías", but Renfe did not have a specific structure for them. This changed in the 80s when the company began plans to create a defined and organised service, which was inaugurated in 1989.Sáenz López, V. M. (1998). RENFE, en el camino de la calidad total. Destino la excelencia. Ferroviaria '98 (in Spanish)

At first they were divided into C-1 (Puente de los Fierros-Gijón), C-2 (Oviedo-El Entrego), C-3 (Trubia-Oviedo) and C-4 (Oviedo-Avilés) services. Nevertheless, in 1999, as part of an urbanistic project called the Green Belt, the Fuso de la Reina branch to Oviedo was closed and the former Iberian-gauge C-3 line (Oviedo-Trubia railway line) was converted into narrow-gauge.

In 2013, after the merger of Feve with Renfe, its six metric-gauge lines came to be operated by Renfe Feve (renamed as Cercanías AM in 2021). Since 2023, all nine lines were unified under Cercanías, and payments with Conecta, an Asturian fare card valid for all the means of transport under the umbrella of the Asturian Consortium of Transportation, were enabled. Since 2024, tickets can be paid by credit card.

Lines Line Route Stations – 27 – 13 – 14 – 33 – 26 – 6 – 20 – 21 – 18

Fare system Cercanías Asturias is integrated into the Asturias Consortium of Transportation Fare system, which is applied when using Conecta. Furthermore, this service has its own fare system for one-way tickets. The CONECTA system is also valid in Asturian stations outside the hub, and has its own zonal map. +Zones travelledFare (Conecta)Fare (Regular)1€0.45 €1.65 2€0.72 €1.95 3€1.05 €2.65 4€1.40 €3.30

Usage The following graph shows the number of tickets validated per year. Data for 1993 is not available. Data from 2023 on is joint.

Rolling stock

Iberian-gauge stock

Civia

Metric-gauge stock

433 Series 435 Series 436 Series 527 Series

Network Lines

See also Cercanías Metrotrén Asturias

References

External links Cercanías Asturias official website