Valencia invests in metro and light rail

The regional government for the Spanish province of Valencia is to invest EYR 839< into the modernisation and expansion of its rail transit networks by 2030, as part of its strategic plan. There are six projects where investment is planned: 

 

EUR 275M will be spent on infrastructure renewal, including signalling, electrical systems and workshop expansion; 

 

EUR 50M is earmarked for completion of work to restore the remaining parts of the network that suffered flood damage, including offices and workshops at Valencia Sud; 

 

EUR 185M will secure the purchase of 22 new LRVs from Stadler Rail, 16 for Metrovalencia and six for Tram d’Alacant, with delivery by 2028; 

 

EUR 90M will be invested in stations to improve passenger facilities, particularly the subway stations on lines 1 and 2; 

 

EUR 240M will cover network development, including double-tracking on line 3, building lines 11 and 12 linking the city centre with the coast and the La Fe Hospital. Alacant will get a new central interchange station and track doubling, while Benidorm–Graganes will be electrified. 

 

In addition service frequencies will be improved, with cut offs to create shorter routes for lines 1, 3 and 9; a 12-minute headway will be introduced across most of the surface network. 

 

Metrovalencia was created from the former FGV light railway network in 1988. Tramway service started in 1994 and metro in 1995. Today six metro lines and four tram lines create a 161.7km metre-gauge network that carries nearly 200 000 passengers/day. 29.8km is in subway.