Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Company typeGovernment-owned company
IndustryRailway
Founded5 September 1979; 45 years ago (1979-09-05)
HeadquartersBarcelona, Catalonia (Spain)
Key people
Antoni Segarra i Barreto (President)
Number of employees
1534 (2008)
SubsidiariesFGC Operadora
FGC Infraestructures
FGC Enginyeria
FGC Turisme i Muntanya
Websitewww.fgc.cat
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Technical
Track gauge
  • 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
  • 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
  • 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
  • 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Electrification1500V DC (Barcelona-Vallès line, Llobregat-Anoia line (except freight lines)) Overhead catenary

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, 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 the FGC one of the few railway companies to operate on four different gauges.[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ Green, Richard (August 2010). "The railways of Barcelona - Part 2:FGC, metro and tramway". Today's Railways. pp. 20–28.
  2. ^ "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.