Estació del Nord (Valencia)

The Estació del Nord (Valencian) or Estación del Norte (Spanish), both meaning "North Station", is the major railway station in Valencia, Spain. It is located in the city centre next to the Plaça de Bous or Plaza de Toros, the city's bullring, and 200 metres from the town hall.

Valencia-Estació del Nord
Façade of the North Station
General information
Location24, Xàtiva Street
46007 Valencia
Spain
Line(s)
Platforms6
Tracks10
Connections
Metrovalencia:
at Xàtiva (C/ de Xàtiva)
at Bailén (Carrer de Bailèn)
at Plaça Espanya (Gran Vía de Ramón y Cajal)
EMT
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Architectural styleValencian Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code46.15.250-063
History
Opened21 March 1852
Passengers
201812 million[1]
Rank11

The building is one of the main works of the Valencian Art Nouveau and was declared Good of Cultural Heritage in 1987. It has connections with Metrovalencia and the city bus network.

AVE (high-speed) trains from Madrid and some other long-distance trains use Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla railway station, a short walk away, instead.

This station's name is a reference to Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (Railways of the North of Spain), the railway company that constructed it and opened it in 1917, which was later nationalized and incorporated into Renfe, and later separated into Adif, the company that currently owns and runs it.

Dutch Symphonic Metal band Within Temptation performed at the station in July 2005 as a one-time event. The concert was filmed and broadcast on Spanish television.[2][3]

Services

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Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Sagunt Intercity Xàtiva
towards Alicante
Xàtiva
Xàtiva
towards Cartagena
Xàtiva
Castelló de la Plana Xàtiva
Terminus Alzira
Valencia-Cabanyal Intercity Terminus
Valencia-Cabanyal
towards Miraflores
Xàtiva
towards Cartagena
Terminus Media Distancia
44
Media Distancia
46
Xàtiva
Media Distancia
47
Xàtiva
towards Alcoy
València-Font de Sant Lluís Media Distancia
48
Terminus
Terminus Media Distancia
49
Valencia-Cabanyal
towards Huesca
Media Distancia
50
Valencia-Cabanyal
towards Tortosa
Preceding station Cercanías Valencia Following station
Terminus C-1 Alfafar-Benetússer
C-2 Alfafar-Benetússer
towards Moixent
C-3 Valencia-Sant Isidre
towards Utiel
C-5 Font Sant Lluís
towards Caudiel
C-6 Font Sant Lluís

References

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  1. ^ "Atocha Cercanías lidera las estaciones de tren en España con más de 270.000 viajeros al día". Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Within Temptation at Estación del Norte (Valencia) on 7 Jul 2005". Last.fm.
  3. ^ "Within Temptation concluye hoy en Valencia su mini gira española". LOS40. July 7, 2005.

39°28′01″N 0°22′38″W / 39.46694°N 0.37722°W / 39.46694; -0.37722