C-4 (Cercanías Asturias)

Spanish commuter rail service

C-4

A Renfe 3300 Series train on C-4 line at Perlora station in 2015.

Overview
Service type| Commuter rail
System| Cercanías Asturias
Status| Operational
Locale| Asturias, Spain
Current operator(s)| Renfe Operadora
Route
Termini| Gijón
Cudillero
Stops| 33
Line(s) used| Ferrol−Gijón railway line
Technical
Track gauge| 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification| yes 1500kV AC overhead line
Track owner(s)| Adif

The C-4 line is a rail service of Cercanías Asturias commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. Its termini are Gijón and Cudillero stations.

## History

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The first section of this line was inaugurated as a freight line in 1908 by Ferrocarilles de Carreño. This section started in Aboño, passed through important mining areas and ended in El Musel, the port of Gijón. Its purpose was to transport coal and iron ore to Gijón.[1] The Aboño-Gijón section was electrified in 1950.[2] Construction of the railway connection between Ferrol and Gijón commenced in 1956 on Asturian soil and reached Pravia. Finally, the line was extended to its current terminus in Cudillero in 1962.[3] In 1968, an agreement was reached with Ferrocarriles de Langreo to extend the line in Gijón to El Humedal station.[4] In 1972, the ownership of this line was transferred to FEVE, a government-owned company established with the objective of operating all narrow-gauge railway lines within Spain.[5][6] In the 1980s and 1990s, as part of a national strategy to convert freight lines into efficient commuter routes, works to electrify the remainder of the line commenced and concluded in Cudillero in 1994.[7][2] Following the integration of Feve into Renfe Feve in 2012 (renamed as Renfe Cercanías AM in 2021), due to the lack of investment, infrastructure has been deteriorating and the poor conditions of the rolling stock have repeatedly caused service cancellations in the past years.[8][9][10]

## Rolling Stock

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Current:[11]

* 3300 Series (former FEVE 3300 Series)
* 3600 Series (former FEVE 3600 Series)

* 3300 Series

* 3600 Series

## Stations

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Station  | Transfers  | Transfers (other services)  | Location  | Fare Zone

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Gijón |  |

Regional

| Gijón | 4D
Tremañes-Carreño |  |
Centru de Transportes |  |
Veriña |  |
Aboño |  |  | Carreño
Xivares |  |
Perlora |  |
Candás (apeadero) |  |
Candás |  |  | 4C/4D
El Regueral |  |  | 4C
San Zanbornín |  |
Gudín-Llaminación |  |  | Corvera
Trasona/Tresona |  |
Oficines |  |  | Avilés
Llaranes |  |
Avilés (apeadero) |  |  | 4B/4C
Avilés |  |  | 4B
Cristalería |  |
Raíces Nuevo/La Fundición |  |  | Castrillón
Salinas |  |
Piedrasblancas |  |
Vegarrozadas |  |
Santiagu'l Monte |  |  | Soto del Barco | 4A/4B
El Parador |  |  | 4A
Sotu'l Barcu |  |
Riberas |  |
Peñaullán |  |  | Pravia
Pravia |  | Regional
Santianes |  |
Los Cabos |  |
Muros de Nalón |  | Regional | Muros de Nalón
El Pito-Piñera |  |  | Cudillero
Cudillero |  | Regional

## References

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1. ^ "El «Carreño», cien años a toda máquina". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
2. ^ a b Olaizola, Juanjo. "La tracción eléctrica en la vía estrecha española (1902-2003)" (PDF). Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril (in Spanish).
3. ^ CANAL, JOSÉ ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ (2021-12-13). "No uno, tres transbordos, tres". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
4. ^ Solís Sánchez, Natalia (2023-09-04). "evolución de los medios de transporte en Gijón:: de la implantación del ferrocarril a la llegada del autobús". TST. Transportes, Servicios y Telecomunicaciones (51): 47–74\. doi:10.24197/tst.51.2023.47-74. ISSN 2951-7176.
5. ^ LÓPEZ, JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ (2010-04-26). "Los ferrocarriles de vía estrecha de Asturias". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
6. ^ Ordóñez, José A. (2013-01-09). "Feve abre vía en la historia". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
7. ^ Poncela, Nacho (2023-02-27). "Feve Asturias: una historia en vía muerta". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
8. ^ GONZÁLEZ, JESÚS (2014-06-29). "El ocaso del ferrocarril en la comarca de Avilés". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
9. ^ "La-averia-de-dos-maquinas-obliga-a-suspender-servicios-de-la-linea-Gijon-Aviles-de-FEVE". RPA. 2013.
10. ^ PPLL (2017-01-29). "Quejas en Candás por la falta de servicios de FEVE". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
11. ^ Díaz, Ramón (2023-02-07). "Los trenes de Feve que tendrá que 'copiar' Renfe circulan por cuatro líneas asturianas". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-04.

## External links

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Cercanías Asturias

* List of stations
* Cercanías
* Renfe

Rail service|

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CIVIS services|

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Rolling stock|

| Iberian-gauge|

* Civia

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Metre-gauge|

* 524 Series
* 526 Series
* 527 Series
* 529 Series
* 3300 Series
* 3500 Series
* 3600 Series

Infrastructure (lines)|

* Venta de Baños-Gijón
* Soto de Rey-El Entrego
* Villabona de Asturias-San Juan de Nieva
* Ferrol–Gijón
* Gijón−Laviana
* Oviedo–Santander
* Oviedo-Trubia
* Trubia−San Esteban de Pravia
* Collanzo−Trubia

Related topics|

* Asturias Consortium of Transportation

* Category
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