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Òscar Playà confirmed as new General Director of Rodalies de Catalunya

The engineer will take on the management of the Renfe Catalunya operator, in addition to serving as the CEO of the Rodalies joint venture company.

Generic image of a Rodalies train stopped at the station or a transport management panel.
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Generic image of a Rodalies train stopped at the station or a transport management panel.

The Department of Territory confirmed on Monday that engineer Òscar Playà is the new General Director of Rodalies de Catalunya, taking over Renfe management with the approval of the Ministry.

The agreement to appoint engineer Òscar Playà, originally from Sant Vicenç de Castellet, was reached jointly between the Catalan Government (Govern) and ERC, and received the endorsement of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. This decision was made public last Monday via a statement from the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition.
Playà, who currently serves as the General Director of the Barcelona Metro Network (TMB), will assume a key dual function. He will be the head (CEO) of the recently created joint venture Rodalies de Catalunya and, simultaneously, the person responsible for the operational management of Renfe Catalunya.
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"Proximity improves the service."

José Antonio Santano · Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility
According to the Department of Territory, this unification of roles seeks “to apply a new governance collaboratively with Renfe workers.” Last week, Secretary of State José Antonio Santano had already announced that the CEO of Rodalies would also assume the management of Renfe Catalunya.
The demand for unified management had been previously expressed by ERC spokesperson in the Parliament, Ester Capella, to Minister Sílvia Paneque, following service problems and dismissals caused by the chaos resulting from the accident in Gelida and the storm Harry.

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