Transport & Motoring news & information for Valencia

A THIRD rail company has begun operations in Spain, intensifying competition for the State transport firm RENFE - which held a monopoly until early 2021.

EASTERN and southern cities will soon be connected by high-speed rail now that the express AVE service is due to restart between Sevilla and Valencia, with one return journey every day.

HIGH-SPEED rail operator Ouigo is just weeks away from launching its Valencia-Madrid connection, with around 35,600 slots a week for passengers.

HIGH-SPEED trains will soon run from the Costa Blanca to the far north-western region of Galicia, covering 928 kilometres (577 miles) in just five hours.

A HIGH-SPEED, low-cost train line now operating in Spain has put tickets on sale for the Madrid-Valencia route for just €9 each way.

EMPLOYEES at the Ford factory in the province of Valencia are celebrating as though all their birthdays and Christmases have come at once – the global motor company has chosen the plant to produce all its electrically...

FINDING a parking space and paying the meter has just become easier for residents in and visitors to Spain's third-largest city – a new mobile phone application is now recognised by the city council.

ONE of the Comunidad Valenciana's biggest employers and a key national transport system has been prevented from closure after the pandemic left it with unprecedented losses.

THREE years after it was last celebrated, the Comunidad Valenciana's giant March Fallas festival is back on, with massive, colourful papier-mâché monuments in every neighbourhood of almost every town within the...

A SECOND low-cost, high-speed direct rail link is set to go live – the AVLO will now run between Valencia and Madrid.

A CUT-PRICE no-frills version of Spain's express AVE train, launched earlier this year, is set to run a new route ahead of spring 2022 – between Madrid and Valencia.

MOST of Spain enjoys the ideal climate for two-wheeled transport, either pedal-powered or with engines, and in fact, one of the reasons young adults do not tend to rush out to get driving lessons as soon as they hit 18...