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32-505: The FGC railway line R6 from Martorell and Barcelona to Igualada runs through the town, while local roads lead to Capellades and Sant Sadurní d'Anoia . Notable monuments include the castle of Fontanet. The castle which was restored in 1916 by Ramon de Viala d'Aiguavives, Baron of Almenar is documented in 955 a.c. and now used for private functions. The sister of the Baron of Almenar, Isabel de Viala d'Aiguavives also financed and patroned

64-630: A day between Lleida and La Pobla de Segur. FGC currently operates two types of freight services on the Llobregat–Anoia line; one of which carries potash and salt from Súria and Sallent respectively to Martorell for cleaning and processing before being sent to the Port of Barcelona , and the other carries cars from SEAT 's main factory in Martorell to the Port of Barcelona. In September 2012, FGC announced that it

96-406: A large and diverse userbase. All lines are overhead DC electrified at 1.5 kV. There are two distinct (and separate) systems: The line numbering is as follows: The FGC operates three mountain railway lines: The FGC also operates four funicular railways : On 1 January 2005, ownership of the non-electrified broad-gauge line from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur passed from Renfe to FGC. This

128-476: A railway network on which they could run. On July 20, 2012, Royal Decree-Law 22/2012 [1] , of July 20, 2012, was approved, whereby FEVE was extinguished on December 31, 2012, and the infrastructure was subrogated to Adif and the operation of the trains to Renfe-Operadora . In this way, the national broad-gauge and narrow-gauge networks were unified. In practice, Renfe continued to use the Feve brand to refer to all

160-733: Is twinned with: Train line connecting Igualada with Barcelona has a stop for boarding on both ways of the line. On 30 October 2012, Piera proclaimed itself as a Free Catalan Territory . Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]     [REDACTED] [REDACTED]    Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya ( Eastern Calatan: [ˌfɛrukəˈrilz ðə lə ʒənəɾəliˈtad də kətəˈluɲə] , "Catalan Government Railways"; Spanish : Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad de Cataluña ), or FGC ,

192-708: Is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia , Spain. The lines operated include metro and commuter lines in and around the city of Barcelona , tourist mountain railways, and rural railway lines. They include 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) of 600 mm ( 1 ft  11 + 5 ⁄ 8  in ) gauge route, 140 kilometres (87 mi) of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft  3 + 3 ⁄ 8  in ) metre gauge route, 42 kilometres (26 mi) of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) standard gauge route, and 89 kilometres (55 mi) of broad gauge route, making

224-469: Is the most derelict line in Catalonia – the stretch from Lleida to Balaguer had been upgraded (using second-hand rails) in the recent past, but from Balaguer northwards the track was in an appalling state. FGC has a number of plans for this line, including increasing the service frequency from three trains a day to a 30-minute service from Balaguer to Lleida, along the lines of a commuter railway; replacing all

256-603: The Ferrocarril Ferrol-Gijón , built entirely by the State. However, many of these railroads were in a very critical situation, with the railway material and/or infrastructure in great need of improvement. For this reason there were other narrow-gauge lines, such as those inherited through the Compañía de Ferrocarriles Secundarios de Castilla , which were closed soon after being considered loss-making. The longest line owned by

288-532: The FGC one of the few railway companies to operate on four different gauges. Whilst most lines are conventional adhesion railways , the FGC also operates two rack railways and four funicular railways . In 2018, the network carried 87.2 million passengers. FGC was founded on 5 September 1979 to manage lines whose ownership was transferred from the state-owned FEVE to the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1978 as part of

320-655: The State was forced to manage in such a short time, in order to streamline the administration, a new autonomous organization was formally created on September 23, 1965; that same day EFE changed its name to Ferrocarriles Españoles de Vía Estrecha (FEVE). The FEVE network consisted of the lines of former companies such as Sociedad General de Ferrocarriles Vasco Asturiana , Ferrocarriles Económicos de Asturias , Ferrocarril de Langreo , Ferrocarril de Carreño , Ferrocarril Cantábrico , Ferrocarril Santander-Bilbao , Ferrocarril de La Robla , Ferrocarriles de Mallorca , Ferrocarril Cartagena-Los Blancos , in addition to

352-582: The autonomous regions, FEVE's railway network was mainly focused on the Cantabrian Coast . The main FEVE line in the Cantabrian Coast was the one connecting Ferrol with Bilbao through the provinces of Biscay , Cantabria , Asturias and Lugo . Also linked to this general line were several minor lines and branch lines, where, as a general rule, commuter trains provided service. These lines and branches were

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384-516: The capitals of León and Bilbao . Currently the sections between Matallana de Torío and La Robla and Iráuregui - Luchana do not provide passenger service. It is the longest metric track in Europe, running through the eastern mountains of León, the north of the province of Palencia , the south of Cantabria , the north of the province of Burgos and Biscay . In 1980 FEVE began to specialize in freight and regional and commuter passenger transport. On

416-507: The commuter line between Ferrol and Ortigueira . In the Region of Murcia it also had a line between Cartagena and Los Nietos . After the approval of the 1978 Constitution , and in accordance with the state of autonomies it established, as of 1979 a significant part of the narrow gauge network was transferred by the central government to the new autonomous communities, which began to manage it through public bodies: In 2005 FEVE, faced with

448-675: The company is 330 kilometers long, known as the Ferrocarril de La Robla . It originally ran from La Robla to Balmaseda and was built to transport coal from the mining industry in Leon and Palencia to the steel industry in Biscay . At the beginning of the 20th century the sections Balmaseda - Luchana and the access to Bilbao (taking advantage of the route of the Ferrocarril Santander-Bilbao ) and Matallana-León were built, thus connecting

480-608: The company's coverage index by 12 points to 45%, with emphasis on the search for income by attracting tourist traffic and new freight customers, as well as its consolidation in commuter and regional train passengers. Different public bodies —such as the Court of Auditors and the General State Comptroller— have pointed out FEVE's budgetary mismanagement during the period 2005–2012, estimating an increase in FEVE's debt from 191 to 569 million euros due to numerous "irregularities". In

512-480: The fields of freight and passenger transport, respectively, through Renfe Mercancías and Renfe Viajeros (first as Renfe Feve and as Renfe Cercanías AM since 2021). Throughout its history, FEVE simultaneously owned railroads of five different track gauges: 1435 mm, 1062 mm, 1000 mm, 915 mm and 750 mm. The origins of FEVE are in the organization Explotación de Ferrocarriles por el Estado (EFE), which had been created in 1926 for

544-494: The following: There are also several industrial branches that connect the general FEVE network with loading stations of private industries and seaports. FEVE was also the owner of the international section Puente Internacional in Irun - Hendaye , of the line popularly known as "El Topo", although the operation was ceded to Euskotren . In Asturias and Cantabria , FEVE had an important network of commuter lines. In Galicia it operated

576-527: The line in 1979. The second oldest line the Llobregat–Anoia line was opened in 1892 as an interurban tram using metre gauge tracks, which was taken over by the Companyia General dels Ferrocarrils Catalans (CGFC) in 1912 and transformed it into a train line; CGFC being later taken over by FSB and FCC, followed by the broad gauge Lleida – La Pobla de Segur line in 1951 and operated by Renfe until it

608-413: The line in a worse state than it was on Renfe days, with then three daily services from Lleida to Balaguer and only one running the whole length up to La Pobla de Segur. As of 2015 , the service on the line is as follows: However, as of 2019, the service has improved, following the introduction of new Stadler GTW trains. There are now 6 trains a day between Lleida and Balaguer on weekdays, and 4 trains

640-406: The management of the state-built railway lines, or those that had passed to state management. After the creation of RENFE in 1941, EFE's scope of action was greatly reduced, since it was limited to the narrow-gauge railroads. The situation changed radically after 1960, when a large number of small mining railroads went bankrupt and the State came to their rescue. Due to the large number of lines that

672-469: The modernist church of Ca n'Aguilera which was donated to Barcelona's Bishop by Zaragoza de Viala family in 1921. The architect of Ca N'Aguilera modernist church is Francesc Berenguer i Mestres , who was Antoni Gaudi 's disciple and personal friend. Another Piera relevant monument is the church of Santa Maria, with both Gothic and Roman elements. The municipality of Piera includes several outlying villages ( barris ): these are usually distinguished into

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704-621: The new Spanish railway scenario characterized by liberalization and opening to competition (from which FEVE was initially exempted), the public entity undertakes a strategic plan that sets the guidelines for the company in the medium term to start the process of railway liberalization required by the European Union . The plan emphasizes the optimization of human resources and specialization by sector, creating management divisions (similar to Renfe 's Business Units), which will specialize in their corresponding markets. The strategic plan aims to increase

736-514: The older, traditional settlements ( barris antics ) and the newer urbanisations which have been developed to cope with the expansion of the municipality ( barris nous ). Populations are given for 1999, from the Ajuntament de Piera and cited in Història de Piera : the town of Piera ( nucli urbà ) had a population of 5,036 at that date, whereas the total population of the municipality was 8,551. Piera

768-563: The other hand, it created the luxury tourist train Transcantábrico , which began its services in 1982, becoming the company's star service. It runs from Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol -Bilbao-León (the Santiago-Ferrol section is by bus). In addition, the Ministry of Development made numerous investments to improve both the infrastructure and the rolling stock. After the cessions made to

800-553: The passenger services it inherited from the previous company, until 2021, when it began to progressively replace the Renfe Feve brand with Renfe Cercanías AM . 1511–1515 The 1514 sold to Argentina . 1503, 1504, 1508 and 1502 sold to Madagascar . Currently only 1505 and 1510 remain (both in Aboño ). CAF - Sunsundegui , Alsasua 2011- 2029 2111 - 2131 2141 - 2145 3625–3642 NOTE: In bold , models that were still active at

832-552: The process of regional devolution under the Spanish Constitution of 1978 . Its oldest line, the standard gauge Línia Barcelona-Vallès however dates back to 1863 which was built and operated by Companyia del Ferrocarril de Barcelona a Sarrià from 1863 until 1874, and Ferrocarril de Sarrià a Barcelona (FSB) (with Ferrocarrils de Catalunya (FCC)) from 1874 until severe financial difficulties forced FSB and FCC to be acquired by FEVE in 1977, which operated it until FGC took over

864-498: The rails and sleepers; introducing new trains to replace the ancient diesel stock currently used; and promotion of the line to tourists (it passes through some scenic countryside at its northern end). There were even plans to extend the line to the Pyrenees and possibly on to connect with railways in France – the plan when the line was built, but never carried out. Recent budget cuts had left

896-432: The years of presidency of Ángel Villalba , who was president of FEVE during the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , there were also several controversies surrounding his management of FEVE: in 2011, while he was still president, four railway convoys were initially acquired (although the number was eventually raised to 28 trains) that had to be scrapped and resold again, because they were ordered without ever having

928-443: Was a Spanish public railway operator, founded in 1965, in charge of operating the national narrow-gauge network , whose management passed to the State after the extinction of the original owner companies. The entity depended on the Ministry of Development , being the second Spanish company in its sector, in terms of importance, after the also extinct RENFE . FEVE came to operate on a railway network of 1250 km of tracks. FEVE

960-663: Was extinguished on December 31, 2012, as a result of the Spanish Government 's plan to unify the state-owned narrow and broad-gauge public operators. Similar to the process culminated with RENFE in 2004, FEVE's infrastructures (stations, tracks, etc.) were segregated in Adif . Its railway material, as well as the operation of its routes for freight and passengers, in addition to the rights over its corporate identity, were segregated in Renfe-Operadora . The latter continued FEVE's work in

992-464: Was planning to start operating freight services across the Spanish rail network, as an open access operator . Initial routes would be Barcelona – Sevilla and Barcelona – Madrid . Ferrocarriles Espa%C3%B1oles de V%C3%ADa Estrecha Ferrocarriles Españoles de Vía Estrecha ( FEVE ), officially registered as Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha and known in its last years by the brand name Feve ,

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1024-520: Was transferred to FGC in 2005–2010. FGC operates some of the commuter rail network in Barcelona . Voice announcements and signs on trains and stations of lines operated by FGC are exclusively in the Catalan language, unlike in the lines operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona and Renfe which remain bilingual or trilingual (Catalan, Spanish or "Castellano" and eventually English) in order to serve

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