Transport & Motoring news & information for Valencia

RAIL board RENFE is offering 22,000 tickets on the high-speed AVE link between Valencia and Madrid in 'preferential class' at a reduced price, which will be on sale until August 31 or until they run out.

VALENCIA'S night metro service has been used by 155,000 passengers in just six months since it was launched, or 3,370 travellers a night.

VALENCIA'S main station and city centre will be linked by metro to the iconic and futuristic City of Arts and Sciences within a year or two – work is ready to start this coming April on the long-awaited Line 10.

PLANS announced by Ford motor company to axe jobs worldwide, especially in Europe, have not apparently affected the plant in Spain – although unions are in talks with the factory bosses as a precaution.

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL zebra crossing that looks as though pedestrians are hopping across raised blocks is being painted in Almussafes (Valencia province).

A DRIVER with over 30 wooden pallets stacked one on top of the other on the roof of his car has been identified thanks to a video posted on social media.

CAMERAS at red traffic lights designed to catch and fine drivers who cross them are 'illegal' and any penalties imposed as a result are null and void, according to the Supreme Court.

VALENCIA metro will put its 10-journey tickets up 5% in the New Year – the most-used form of rail passes on the city network.

VALENCIA metro staff have planned a series of strikes between November 14 and January 12 in protest over 'not being allowed to participate' in drawing up a new regional rail safety law and authorities'...

A STRIKE on the Valencia metro caused chaos yesterday (Monday) with huge crowds of passengers waiting extended lengths of time on the platform for their trains across the city.

A 'TECHNICAL problem' on Valencia's metro in the dead centre of the city is causing long hold-ups and rail traffic disruption affecting Line 1, 2 and 7.

A TRAIN was held up for over an hour at a Valencia province station on Easter Sunday due to a festival on the track.