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Metrovalencia Restarts Service in Flood-Hit Zone After Eight Months

Daytime trains have resumed on 20 stations after a €140 million rebuild, with nighttime operations set to return in August.

El conseller Vicente Martínez Mus visita la estación de metro de Paiporta que abrirá mañana sus puertas
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Overview

  • Metrovalencia service restarted at 5:22 a.m. on June 27, reinstating daytime operations along the 50 km València Sud–Castelló corridor.
  • The reopening includes 20 stations and stops in l'Horta Sud and la Ribera, featuring a new Paiporta station building and a rebuilt bridge over the Poyo ravine.
  • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana completed the eight-month reconstruction with 275,000 work hours and a €140 million investment.
  • Nighttime metro schedules remain suspended until August, when late-night runs are scheduled to resume on lines 1, 2 and 7.
  • Shuttle buses that logged 2.2 million kilometres over eight months have been retired, and about 25,000 passengers used the restored metro by mid-morning.