THE railway communications in Valencia Their restoration begins this weekend. Railways of the Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) announced the return of the service soon Saturday November 9 in the Lines 4, 6, 8 and 10 by Metrovalencia
A decision which was submitted to the realization of safety testing and subsequent confirmation of all the measures implemented.
Therefore, in these lines of Metrovalencetrams They will resume traffic from first thing on Saturday at their usual times.after the serious damage caused by DANA, to all facilities of the metro and tram network in Valencia and its metropolitan area.
The tests verified that the safety, signaling, communications, supply, maintenance, tolling and customer service systems They work with all the guaranteesmanaged from the command posts activated in recent days in the Tarongers workshops (Lines 4, 6 and 8) and the Alacant station (Line 10).
The four tram lines will run with a schedule corresponding to a work performance Non-school hours from Monday to Saturday and public holidays on Sunday, without night hours. The planned service includes all stopsincluding Fira, to serve residents of Benimamet, as well as those located in Paterna and Burjassot.
The reopening of the tram is part of a plan designed jointly with the Department of the Environment, Infrastructure and Territorywhich takes place in three phases and it starts with the tram lines.
For mobility after the first days of DANA, as an alternative to the Metrovalencia network, the Generalitat has allowed 18 new bus lanes to facilitate connectivity of the different neighborhoods and towns near Valencia and guarantee the mobility of citizens.
The new services enabled by the Department of Environment, Infrastructure and Territory, in collaboration with the Valencia Metropolitan Transport Authority, will be expanded in the coming days. These lines connect the stopping points of Valencia or EMT, Cercanías and the existing Metrobús lines.
Steps
This programming continues with the reopening of metro lines, within an estimated time of one monthleaving the connection with the municipalities of the regions of L’Horta Sud and La Riberaas these are the sections most affected by the storm.
During the next phase, the reopening of the lines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 from the metro. He advise, Martinez Mus“personal safety“.
In this sense, the considerable damage suffered throughout the Metrovalencia network is added to that of the command post and workshops. Valencia South made it difficult to return to service.
In order to be able to lend it again, FGV is “working” on the packaging of an alternative Control Station for the metro lines in the Machado workshops.
Finally, the third phase will focus on recovering connections with lines 1, 2 and 7; which are the lines that suffered the most damage after the floods. However, always deadlines are not known so that they are in optimal conditions for safe circulation.
