Valencia Joaquín Sorolla train station
| Valencia Joaquín Sorolla | |
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 Entrance hall of the train station
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| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 9 |
| IBNR | 7103216 |
| opening | 2010 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Valencia |
| province | Valencia Province |
| Autonomous community | Valencia |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 27 '38 " N , 0 ° 22' 56" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Spain | |
The Valencia Joaquín Sorolla train station is, together with the Estación del Norte, one of the two main train stations in the Spanish city of Valencia . It was opened in 2010 and will serve as the provisional terminus for trains on the Madrid – Levante high-speed line until the Parc-Central station opens . The station is owned by Adif and served by RENFE's standard and broad-gauge long-distance trains.
history
Construction of the station began in April 2009, was completed and opened to traffic on December 17, 2010. It was named after the Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla .
Location and facility
The station is located 800 meters south of the north station on the western edge of the approach route. However, Joaquín Sorolla station has no through platforms, so no trains stopping at the North Station. Before that, there was a parking facility on the site. The terminus has a total of nine tracks. Six are standard gauge (1435 mm), three in Iberian broad gauge (1668 mm). The standard gauge tracks 1-5 serve the AVE trains to Madrid and Seville, the track 6 the remaining standard gauge long-distance traffic. The wide-gauge Euromed Alicante – Barcelona uses tracks 7 and 8, while track 9 is reserved for the Alvia to Madrid. The connection to the North Station is ensured via a signposted footpath and via metro line 5.
traffic
Joaquín Sorolla station is a long-distance train station only, it is not connected to the Cercanías Valencia network. However, it has a stop of the same name on the Valencia Metro network . The station served by lines 1 and 5 was called Jesús until the opening of the AVE station in December 2010 . Valencia Joaquín Sorolla is the end point of the AVE train routes Madrid Atocha –Valencia Joaquín Sorolla and Sevilla Santa Justa – Valencia Joaquín Sorolla. Between 10 and 15 pairs of trains are offered daily to Madrid and one to Seville. There are also Alvia trains to Madrid, some of which go beyond Valencia to Vinaroz or Gandia . There is a lane change system for these trains in the apron of the station. In broad-gauge long-distance traffic, Euromed train pairs run seven times a day to Barcelona-Sants , four of which run to Alicante. The remaining long-distance trains all run to the North Station.
future
In the future, the Joaquín Sorolla station will be replaced by the new Valencia central station (Parc Central), which will be built in place of the north station. However, the project is repeatedly delayed.
