C-3 (Cercanías Madrid)

C-3
C-3
	A Class 447 train on a C-3 service near El Casar in June 2013.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Adif
Locale	Community of Madrid, Spain
Termini	El Escorial; Aranjuez;
Stations	24
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Cercanías Madrid
Services	Madrid-Hendaye railway; Madrid-Valencia railway
Operator(s)	Renfe Operadora
Rolling stock	Civia 446 Series and 447 Series EMUs
History
Opened	1980; 44 years ago
Technical
Line length	106.5 km (66.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification	3kV AC overhead line

The C-3 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from El Escorial northwest of Madrid to Aranjuez south of Madrid.^[1]^[2] The C-3 shares tracks for half of its length with Madrid commuter rail service line C-8 while it also shares significant parts with lines C-4, and C-7. The line has been in operation since 1980, with its current incarnation in operation since 22 September 2011.

On 5 November 2018, the C-3a service was introduced as a separation of former extended C-3 services terminating at either El Escorial or Santa María de la Alameda. The C-3a designation was formerly used for the now-closed Pinto–San Martín de la Vega branch line (es:Línea Pinto-San Martín de la Vega) branching off from Pinto to Parque Warner Madrid and San Martín de la Vega, which operated between 2002 and 2012.

List of stations[edit]

The following table lists the name of each station served by line C-3 in order from northwest to south; the station's service pattern offered by C-3 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.

#	Terminal of a service
*	Transfer station to other transport systems
#*	Transfer station and terminal
●	Station served by all trains running through it
○	Limited service station

Station	Service			Cercanías Madrid transfers	Other transfers	Municipality	Fare zone
Station	C-3	C-3a	CIVIS	Cercanías Madrid transfers	Other transfers	Municipality	Fare zone
Santa María de la Alameda#*		○		—	Renfe Operadora-operated rail services	Santa María de la Alameda
Robledo de Chavela		○		—	—	Robledo de Chavela
Zarzalejo		○		—	—	Robledo de Chavela
El Escorial#*		●		—	Renfe Operadora-operated rail services	El Escorial
Las Zorreras		●		—	—	El Escorial
San Yago		●		—	—	Galapagar
Villalba*		●		C-8, C-10	Renfe Operadora-operated rail services National and international coach services	Collado Villalba
Galapagar-La Navata		●		C-8, C-10	—	Galapagar
Torrelodones		●		C-8, C-10	—	Torrelodones
Las Matas		●		C-8, C-10	—	Las Rozas de Madrid
Pinar		●		C-8, C-10	—	Las Rozas de Madrid
Pitis*		●		C-7, C-8	Madrid Metro line 7	Madrid
Mirasierra-Paco de Lucía*		●		C-7, C-8	Madrid Metro line 9	Madrid
Ramón y Cajal		●		C-7, C-8	—	Madrid
Chamartín#*	●	●	●	C-1, C-2, C-4, C-7, C-8	Renfe Operadora-operated high-speed and long-distance rail services Madrid Metro lines 1 and 10 National and international coach services	Madrid
Nuevos Ministerios*	●	●	●	C-1, C-2, C-4, C-7, C-8, C-10	Madrid Metro lines 6, 8 and 10	Madrid
Sol*	●	●	●	C-4	Madrid Metro lines 1, 2 and 3	Madrid
Atocha*	●	●	●	C-1, C-2, C-4, C-5, C-7, C-8, C-10	Renfe Operadora-operated high-speed and long-distance rail services Madrid Metro line 1 at Atocha Renfe station National and international coach services	Madrid
Villaverde Bajo	●	●		C-4	—	Madrid
San Cristóbal de Los Ángeles	●	●		—	—	Madrid
San Cristóbal Industrial	●	●		—	—	Madrid
El Casar*	●	●	●	—	Madrid Metro line 12	Getafe
Getafe Industrial	●	●		—	—	Getafe
Pinto	●	●	●	—	—	Pinto
Valdemoro	●	●	●	—	—	Valdemoro
Ciempozuelos	●	●	●	—	—	Ciempozuelos
Aranjuez#*	●	●	●	—	Renfe Operadora-operated rail services National and international coach services	Aranjuez