1.5 Euro Renfe - Cercanías

Reverse

Series and face value inside a central circle. Outside the central circle, an image of a railway track.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HISTORIA DEL FERROCARRIL
1,5 EURO
M

Translation: History of railways

Edge

Plain

Comment

For the year 2021, since the European Year of the Rail and the 80th Anniversary of Renfe are celebrated, the FNMT-RCM issues a collection of 20 coins dedicated to the History of the Railways. This series reproduces a selection of trains and locomotives that have been relevant throughout its history.
Renfe - Cercanías: In view of the extraordinary increase in demand for commuter services, the Spanish railway company, Renfe, decided to design a new model of train to meet this need. As a result, under the generic name of the Civia, Series 462, 463, 464 and 465 were developed.
In 2003, Renfe began the trialling protocol with the first carset delivered by Alstom and CAF/Siemens. Its main novel feature was its articulated design, giving passengers freedom of movement throughout the train. Moreover, the design had the added advantages of lower energy consumption and greater reliability and comfort on account of its high soundproofing levels and up-to-the-minute air conditioning system. These trains were the first of Renfe’s to have a low-floor coach running flush with the platforms, ensuring accessibility for people with limited mobility by means of automatic ramps. The Civia’s modular structure provides a wide range of seating capacities, going from124 in Series 462 to 277 in Series 465.
In addition to the computerisation of power, control and auxiliary equipment, the arrangement of the bogies was equally innovative in that each car had only one (the power bogie) at each end, shared with the adjoining car. The exception was the cars at either end as they had one carrier bogie and one power bogie shared with the next car. Each power bogie had two three-phase asynchronous traction motors, with 435 hp each. All versions have a top speed of 120 km/h.
Civia trains also feature a video surveillance system, consisting of a screen on each driver’s desk and two cameras per car. What is more, they have two different brake systems: electro-pneumatic and compressed air, so that there is one suited to every need.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2021 M	7000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 1.5 Euro (Renfe - Cercanías) 2021 coin.