jon, 
Ah. This is interesting. Responsibility for Rodalies trains in Catalonia possibly to be transferred to become responsibility of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Given how poor many of those Renfe-run services are, this looks like a good step - translation to English https://www-ccma-cat.translate.goog/324/erc-i-psoe-pacten-el-traspas-integral-de-rodalies/noticia/3258620/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp