According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), which rail service links the centre with the outskirts of large metropolitan areas, with many trains and stops?
Sources: 1 link, read on 22 October 2026.
INE, Informe metodológico estandarizado: Estadística de Transporte de Viajeros, read on 22 October 2026.
Answer: Cercanías. The INE groups under this concept the services that link the centre with the outskirts of large metropolitan areas with a high frequency of trains and stops, and classifies intercity rail transport into cercanías, medium-distance and long-distance.
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Task 5 · Society and daily life Related to question 5060 of the manual
The question in Spanish
Según el INE, ¿qué servicio ferroviario conecta el centro con la periferia de las grandes áreas metropolitanas, con muchos trenes y paradas?
The options
- ALong-distanceLarga distancia
- BCercanías (commuter rail)CercaníasCorrect
- CMedium-distanceMedia distancia
What the source says
«Dentro del concepto de cercanías, se engloban a grandes rasgos al conjunto de servicios que atienden a la conexión del centro con la periferia de grandes núcleos metropolitanos, con elevada frecuencia de trenes y paradas»
Source: INE, Informe metodológico estandarizado: Estadística de Transporte de Viajeros, read on 22 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the source prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours.
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