The R7 is a line of

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's Barcelona commuter rail service, operated by

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. It links Sant Andreu Arenal railway station in northern

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with Cerdanyola Universitat railway station, which serves the

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campus of the

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. The R7 shares tracks for most of its length with Barcelona commuter rail service lines and , as well as regional rail line . According to 2010 data, the line's average weekday ridership is 8,140. R7 services started operating in 2005, initially running between and stations, via the

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region. The line used most part of the Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost railway, and the entire

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through central Barcelona. It became the first passenger service to use the Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost railway, originally designed to serve as Barcelona's

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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 , which came into service the same year, running between

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and

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. In the long-term future, it is projected that the R7 will be extended southwards to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, using the

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

lines, including both

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and

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services; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the

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in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the

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(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

External links

Rodalies de Catalunya official website

Schedule for the R7
(PDF format)
R7 Rodalies (rod7cat)
on

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. Official Twitter account by Rodalies de Catalunya for the R7 with service status updates (tweets usually published only in Catalan) *
R7 (rodalia 7)
on Twitter. Unofficial Twitter account by Rodalia.info monitoring real-time information about the R7 by its users.

at trenscat.cat {{Rodalies de Catalunya 7 Railway services introduced in 2005