Jesús metro station
Line 1, Line 2 and Line 7 · Zone A · Jesús
Jesús station
This station carries a long history and an episode that left its mark on the city. From 1912 until 1988 this was where the narrow-gauge railway (the trenet) arrived in the city from the south: Valencia – Jesús station, terminus of the line to Villanueva de Castellón, with five tracks and four platforms. Today’s underground building was built in 1987 and opened on 8 October 1988, along with the other underground stations of lines 1 and 2. Joining the Llíria and Bétera lines, whose underground end was at Pl. EspanyaES, to the Villanueva de Castellón line, which ended here, required a very tight curve just outside the station.
On that curve, on 3 July 2006, a line 1 train heading for Torrent overturned: 43 people died, including the driver, and another 47 were injured. The train was travelling at 81 km/h where the curve was limited to 40, and the section lacked safety systems that could have prevented it. For years the station’s name was tangled up with that memory, until it got its original name back in 2016.
First and last train at Jesús
| Line and direction | Monday to Thursday first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday and public holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 towards Torrent via Patraix | 05:16 – 23:23 | 05:16 – 02:47 | 05:12 – 02:47 | 07:07 – 23:24 |
| L1 towards Bétera via Pl. Espanya | 04:47 – 23:28 | 04:47 – 02:43 | 04:49 – 02:43 | 06:44 – 23:37 |
| L2 towards Torrent Avinguda via Patraix | 05:47 – 00:04 | 05:47 – 02:57 | 06:17 – 02:57 | 07:37 – 00:07 |
| L2 towards Llíria via Pl. Espanya | 05:14 – 22:20 | 05:14 – 02:41 | 05:17 – 02:23 | 06:30 – 22:30 |
| L7 towards Marítim via Bailén | 07:02 – 23:02 | 07:02 – 02:14 | 07:23 – 02:12 | 08:03 – 22:43 |
| L7 towards Torrent Avinguda via Patraix | 06:21 – 22:21 | 06:21 – 02:12 | 06:43 – 02:13 | 07:23 – 22:03 |
Times at Jesús from the timetable published by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana. This is not live information: FGV publishes no real-time running data, and the arrivals shown on its own website are these same times. The timetable we publish is the official file valid from 20 October to 27 December 2026; after that date check it again on metrovalencia.es.
How often it runs
Services per hour in each direction, counted over the line’s full timetable.
Services per day at this station
Interchanges and connections
- Metro: you can change here between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 7 without leaving the station: FGV numbers it as a single facility.
About this station
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Address | Avda. Giorgeta, frente 35; CP 46007. Valencia (as published by FGV) |
| Former name | Joaquín Sorolla-Jesús (according to OpenStreetMap; FGV does not publish name changes) |
| FGV station number | 23 |
What is near Jesús
The entrance opens onto avenida de Giorgeta, in the Raïosa neighbourhood. About 168 m away is the Biblioteca Municipal Germana de Foix library and about 169 m the Parc de l’Estacioneta; about 173 m away stands the memorial to the metro victims (Monument Víctimes del Metro). The old trenet station was barely 150 m from the current one: its passenger building became a library and a centre for older people, and where the tracks and platforms used to be there is now a park with canopies and the coats of arms of the towns the line served. Adif’s València Joaquín Sorolla station is about 301 m away.
| Place | What it is | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|---|
| Biblioteca Municipal Germana de Foix | library | 168 m |
| Parc de l'Estacioneta | park | 169 m |
| Prime Time | memorial | 170 m |
| Monument Víctimes del Metro | memorial | 173 m |
| València Joaquín Sorolla | railway station | 301 m |
| Hospital Vithas Valencia Consuelo | hospital | 302 m |
| Mercat de Jesús | market | 353 m |
| Iglesia del Antiguo Convento de Santa Maria de Jesús | place of worship | 376 m |
Named places less than 400 m away, from OpenStreetMap, under their local names. The distance is in a straight line: on foot it is always a bit further.
Frequently asked questions
On 12 December 2010 it was announced that it would be renamed Joaquín Sorolla, citing the nearby Adif station of the same name. The association of victims of the 2006 accident saw the change as an attempt to encourage forgetting. On 1 March 2012 the compromise name Joaquín Sorolla-Jesús was adopted, and on 30 June 2016 the original name was restored.
Yes, barely 150 m from the current one. The passenger building was converted into a library and a centre for older people, and the space once taken up by the five tracks and four platforms is now a park, which keeps the canopies and the coats of arms of the towns the line passed through.