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Public transport in Castelldefels
Castelldefels
Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain and part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 63.151 .-Geography and location:...

(Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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) belongs to the broader Metropolitan Area of Barcelona transportation network, organised around the entity Autoritat del Transport Metropolità

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità , shortened as ATM, is the organization in charge of the coordination of several public transportation systems in the city of Barcelona, its metropolitan area and other regions under its influence, including the setting of a shared fare, as well as the...

(ATM). Castelldefels is both a dormitory town, with many commuters driving everyday into Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, and an important locality in itself.

Railway transport

Trains first arrived in 1881 in Castelldefels with the introduction of the Vilanova

Vilanova i la Geltrú

Vilanova i la Geltrú is a city in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and the capital of the Garraf comarca. Originally a fishing port, the city has a growing population of approximately 66,000, and is situated 40 km south-west of Barcelona, with the more famous coastal resort of...

line.

Railway stations

Both part of the Rodalies Barcelona

Rodalies Barcelona

Rodalies Barcelona is the commuter rail service that serves Barcelona, and its metropolitan area as well as other parts of the province.Rodalies Barcelona is made up of 13 lines, 6 of which are operated by the Spanish company RENFE and 7 by Generalitat-owned FGC. The whole network—and fare...

commuter railway network.

Name	Opened	Lines
Castelldefels railway station Castelldefels railway station Castelldefels railway station serves Castelldefels, in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia, Spain. It is served by RENFE Rodalies Barcelona line R2....	1881	R2 Rodalies Barcelona line 2 Rodalies Barcelona line 2 is a commuter rail operated by Renfe, as a service of Rodalies Barcelona in Barcelona metropolitan area, Catalonia, Spain. That line is known as Coast line in its south part... , R2 Sud Rodalies Barcelona line 2 Rodalies Barcelona line 2 is a commuter rail operated by Renfe, as a service of Rodalies Barcelona in Barcelona metropolitan area, Catalonia, Spain. That line is known as Coast line in its south part...
Platja de Castelldefels railway station Platja de Castelldefels railway station Platja de Castelldefels railway station is a small stop on the Rodalies Barcelona R2 line serving the beach district of Castelldefels , approximately 17 minutes by train from Barcelona Sants Station...	1881	R2 Rodalies Barcelona line 2 Rodalies Barcelona line 2 is a commuter rail operated by Renfe, as a service of Rodalies Barcelona in Barcelona metropolitan area, Catalonia, Spain. That line is known as Coast line in its south part...

New railway projects

A Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...

line which was to be numbered L12 was presented in 2002 as part of a major, much-needed revamp of the transportation facilities in the Baix Llobregat

Baix Llobregat

Baix Llobregat is a comarca on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Sant Feliu de Llobregat.-Municipalities:Populations are from 2002.* Abrera - pop. 9,166* Begues - pop. 5,023* Castelldefels - pop. 52,405...

part of the metropolitan area. The line, however, was effectively deemed completely unpractical, and dropped out of the final draft for the area and instead a reform of Rodalies Barcelona, with a new line from Castelldefels

Castelldefels

Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain and part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 63.151 .-Geography and location:...

to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or briefly L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population...

or Cornellà

Cornellà de Llobregat

Cornellà de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat river.- History :...

Accidents

The Castelldefels rail accident occurred on 23 June 2010 when a passenger train struck a group of people who were crossing the railway on the level at Platja de Castelldefels station near Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, in Catalonia

Catalonia

in northern Spain

Spain

. Twelve people were killed, and fourteen injured: the majority of the victims were of Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

n origin, particularly from Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

.
The accident occurred on St. John's Eve

St. John's Eve

The evening of June 23, St John's Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St John the Baptist. The Gospel of Luke states that John was born about six months before Jesus, therefore the feast of John the Baptist was fixed on June 21~24, six months before Christmas...

, a major celebration in Catalonia as in other parts of Spain and in several other European countries. The victims were apparently trying to get to the beach less than 200 metres from the station, where a concert by Ecuadorian singer Rubén de Rey had been organized. It was the worst railway accident in Spain since a collision between a passenger train and a freight train at Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón

Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón

Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, more commonly just Chinchilla, is a municipality in the province of Albacete in Castile-La Mancha, in the region of La Mancha Montearagón.-Description:This town is located 15 km from the capital of the province...

in June 2003 killed 19 and injured 38 people.

Bus lines

All of the local bus lines are operated by Mohn.

CF1 - Castelldefels (Agustina d'Aragó) - Castelldefels (Les Botigues - Pg. Marítim)
L94 - Barcelona (Ronda Universitat) - Castelldefels (Les Botiques - Pg. Marítim)
L95 - Barcelona (Ronda Universitat) - Castelldefels (Carles Riba)
L96 - Castelldefels (Bellamar) - Sant Boi de Llobregat (Estació FGC)
L97 - Barcelona (Pl. Reina Mª Cristina) - Castelldefels (Bellamar)
L99 - Castelldefels (Santiago Rusiñol - Aeroport Terminal T1

Night bus lines