Metrovalencia[a] is an urban rail including rapid transit and trams, serving Valencia and its metropolitan area.
It is a large suburban network that crosses the city of Valencia, with all trains continuing out to the suburbs.
The unique system combines light railway, metro and several tram operations north of the Túria riverbed park with line 4.
[1] The system authority Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) uses bilingual signage in Valencian and Spanish.
The first two of these were located in areas near Valencia centre, while Mislata was the main station for the satellite town of the same name.
The ten busiest stations were Xàtiva with 5,459,784 passengers, Colón (4,520,931); Àngel Guimerà (3,067,957); Túria (2,044,393); Plaça d'Espanya (2,035,060); Facultats (1,951,546); Benimaclet (1,837,812); Amistat (1,817,120); Mislata (1,708,658); Avinguda del Cid (1,598,112).
[12] On 8 October 1988, the tunnel through which Line 1 crosses Valencia was opened between Sant Isidre and Empalme (at the time called Ademuz), allowing through-running via València-Jesús to Castelló de la Ribera.
The opening was marked by a ceremony in Plaça Espanya station attended by Transport Minister José Barrionuevo and Valencian President Joan Lerma.
On 2 April 2007, Line 5 was extended eastward to Marítim (originally planned to be called Jerónimo Monsoriu).
On 22 September 2007, Line 6 was opened, linking the neighborhoods of Orriols and Torrefiel to the metro system for the first time.
Additionally a new infill station, Torre del Virrei, was added to Line 1, between L'Eliana and La Pobla de Vallbona.
The system was severely damaged by the floods on 29 October 2024, with the lines south of the city particularly badly affected, halting service.
[29] In 2006, the Generalitat Valenciana proposed a number of new lines and extensions which were abandoned due to lack of funds after the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
[31] Line 10 was originally planned to have run underground through Ciutat Vella (Valencia's historic centre) before emerging at surface level at Pont de Fusta station and continuing to Tavernes Blanques.
[32] In 2023 the Valencia regional government began feasibility studies in connecting the disused station with the rest of the network through a new tunnel.
[33] Also at the end of 2023, after winning the 2023 Valencian regional election on a programme which included completing Line 10, the People's Party of the Valencian Community began considering various options for northern extensions, including the original idea to Tavernes Blanques or alternative routes to Empalme station.
[35] This would have been a tram line connecting Valencia's north and south boulevards with the towns of Alboraya, Mislata and Xirivella.
It would have run through Valencia's district of La Torre and the towns of Sedaví, Alfafar and Benetússer before dividing into two.
One would have terminated at Bonaire shopping centre with the other continuing through Quart de Poblet to the terminus at Faitanar.