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València Unveils Ambitious Five-Year EMT Bus Overhaul Targeting Electric Fleet and Faster Service

Stakeholder consultations have begun to modernize València’s bus network through the introduction of electric vehicles, route redesigns, segregated lanes as part of a target of more than half a million daily passengers.

Línea de la EMT de València
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Imagen de la presentación del Plan Director de la EMT a la Mesa de Movilidad

Overview

  • Jesús Carbonell presented the Plan Director 2025-2030 to the Mesa de la Movilidad on July 15 and preparatory work is already underway with stakeholder consultations, procurement planning, route redesign drafts and bus-lane construction schemes.
  • The plan orders 218 new buses, predominantly electric and articulated models, to renew the fleet and expand capacity ahead of peak ridership demand.
  • Network restructuring will reshape 17 existing lines, renumber three, maintain ten and add ten new routes to grow the system to 44 lines and boost inter-neighborhood links by 39.1%.
  • Infrastructure upgrades call for 23.8 kilometers of new bus lanes and segregation of 18.4 kilometers of existing lanes, creating a 123-kilometer dedicated network to raise average speeds.
  • Ridership goals aim to exceed 500,000 daily passengers and 125 million annually while converting at least 72,000 private-vehicle users by improving comfort, reliability and frequency.