tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post3242723729899460316..comments2024-03-28T14:10:58.998+00:00Comments on Robert Schwandl's Urban Rail Blog: VALENCIARobert Schwandlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156288779783738076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-46412704961620913882018-07-25T14:12:01.616+01:002018-07-25T14:12:01.616+01:00Mmh, FelixBerlin, I would argue that Xativa and Co...Mmh, FelixBerlin, I would argue that Xativa and Colon metro stations actually serve the city centre, they are close enough to city hall, and the shopping district respectively. But I am looking forward to new metro (low-floor tram/tranvia) line 10 which will finally link the new museums and Natzaret to the city centre (Alicant/Estación de Norte). <br />Robert: Tickets in the city of Valencia are still inexpensive. With a plastic card, you only pay 9 EURO for ten trips including free transfer to EMT buses. These tickets are called BONO TRANSBORDO in Spanish. <br />I'd appreciate better service on early Sunday mornings on line 5 towards the airport, so that travellers can reach their flight departures scheduled before 9am. At this time of day, line 5 trains only run every 40mins, and the first train from Maritim-Serreria reaches the airport approx. 7:30am, too late for many flights. <br />Finally, the information in the blog above on tickets for the airport service is no longer accurate. To reach the airport from Valencia you need a ticket for all four zones, ABCD, which is 3.90 EUR one-way or 7.40 EUR round-trip. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616328002151039080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-13506169313099820962013-01-15T17:49:48.620+00:002013-01-15T17:49:48.620+00:00It's really hard to understand why much money ...It's really hard to understand why much money was spent to have some sections entirely underground while other sections were only built as short feeder tram lines (there are still no tram lines running into the city center apart from line 4 with its strange loop!). <br /><br />Construction of line 2 also seems to be quite half-heartedly. Perhaps it would have been better to construct line 2 as part of the existing high-floor Metro system to allow it to be used by trains from Torrent on line 1 (or with an connecting section, Machado on line 3) as well. But as the north-south tunnel is built for low-floor trams now, it now probably makes sense to split line 4 at Pont de Fusta and integrate both parts into the new line 2 tube, which would also offer a direct connection to the (historic) city center for passengers from Empalme. Has this been considered?FelixBerlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-4492547059229435822013-01-09T08:27:01.037+00:002013-01-09T08:27:01.037+00:00You misunderstood my criticism, I'm well aware...You misunderstood my criticism, I'm well aware of the different accents (I speak and write Catalan fluently, and as far as I know there is no difference in this between Catalan and the Valencian variant) - what I meant is that in many places the accents are written wrongly (like pòlvora or arrós in your examples) or simply forgotten, just visit "Benimamet" station and you'll see.Robert Schwandlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156288779783738076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-81626122693640294632013-01-08T20:24:48.415+00:002013-01-08T20:24:48.415+00:00There's no confusion with the metro labeling. ...There's no confusion with the metro labeling. Unlike Spanish, Valencian language has two accents as the word "Pólvora"(gunpowder) or the word "arròs" (rice). Otherwise, excellent job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com