Metrovalencia Line 4
A tram line from western Paterna and Burjassot to the Cabanyal, with three termini and the beach loop.
About Line 4
Line 4 has the most services on the network, and it is the line that best shows how the tram works in València: 33 stops and 16.999 km running from the western neighbourhoods of Paterna and Burjassot to the sea. At the western end it has three different terminals — Mas del Rosari via La Coma, Ll. Llarga – Terramelar as a short spur from À Punt, and Fira València, which is served only on trade-fair days — while at the eastern end it finishes at Dr. Lluch, on the beach loop.
It shares its track with Line 6 from Trinitat to Dr. Lluch, and connects with the metro at Empalme, for lines 1 and 2, and at Benimaclet, for lines 3 and 9.
Stops on Line 4
33 stops, 13 of them with an interchange to another line (marked with a ring and the colours of the other lines).
Alternative route via Cabanyal
Leaves the main route after Dr. Lluch; rejoins it at La Cadena
Branch from Fira València
Rejoins it at Vicent Andrés Estellés
Line 4 timetable
| Day | First – last |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 04:44 – 00:28 |
| Friday | 04:44 – 03:13 |
| Saturday | 04:44 – 03:13 |
| Sunday and public holidays | 06:03 – 00:28 |
Earliest and latest time at any stop on the line, from the timetable published by FGV. On Fridays and Saturdays service runs on after midnight: that is why the last time is earlier than the first.
Services per hour in each direction
| Day | 07:00 | 08:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 22:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Friday | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Saturday | 4.5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Sunday and public holidays | 3.5 | 4.5 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Counted at Campus over the full timetable. A value of 4 means one tram every fifteen minutes in each direction.
The beach loop
It is the quirk of this part of the network, and the operator’s list of stops does not show it: it flattens it into a straight list.
The one-way beach loop
Trams always run round this ring in the same direction and come back to where they started; there is no service in the opposite direction.
Cabanyal is served only in the direction Dr. Lluch → La Cadena. Platja Malva-rosa and Platja les Arenes only in the opposite direction, after leaving La Cadena. To get from Cabanyal to either of the two Platja stops you have to go all the way round the loop.
Stops without regular service
History
It was born on 21 May 1994, when two pieces of the old trenet were converted into a modern tramway: the branch between Empalme and Pont de Fusta, left redundant by the metro tunnel in 1991, and the former line from Pont de Fusta to the Grau. València was the first city in Spain to bring back the tram after the networks were dismantled in the seventies, and this opening set the model later followed by the network’s other tram lines.
The extensions came in the west. In March 1999 the branch serving the Valencian public television station and the Burjassot campus opened; in September of the same year, the one into the trade-fair grounds; and on 23 September 2005, a three-kilometre branch towards the Valterna and Terramelar neighbourhoods of Paterna. That build-up of branches is what explains today’s three termini. Since 27 September 2007 it has also shared much of its track with Line 6, which opened using the infrastructure already built between Trinitat and Dr. Lluch. The 2024 floods suspended service between 30 October and 8 November, and on 7 January 2025 the line got back the frequencies it had before.
The service
With 2,287 runs in the timetable it is the line with the most service on Metrovalencia, but very few trams cover the whole route: 613 turn back at Empalme and 608 at Vicent Andrés EstellésES, the two turnback points, and 63 at La Cadena. In the morning rush hour, counted at Campus, there are about nine trams an hour in each direction, and on Saturdays and Sundays it stays at around eight — a much smaller drop than on the metro lines. The exception is Fira ValènciaES: it has no regular service and is served only by the four special patterns run on trade-fair days, when trams that terminate at Vicent Andrés Estellés for the rest of the year continue one stop further.
The trams
The trams run at street level for the entire route, on a reserved track, and the longest journey takes about 47 minutes according to the timetable. At the seaward end they do not turn back: they enter a one-way loop — Canyamelar, Dr. Lluch, Cabanyal, La Cadena, Platja Malva-rosa and Platja les Arenes — which they always run in the same direction, so the outward and return journeys do not pass the same stops.
Frequently asked questions
Because it has grown branch by branch. From Vicent Andrés Estellés there is the short spur to Fira València and the continuation towards À Punt, where the branch to Ll. Llarga – Terramelar splits off in turn; the main route carries on through Parc Científic, Tomás y Valiente and La Coma to Mas del RosariES.
There is no service. In the official timetable it is served only by four special patterns intended for trade-fair days; the rest of the year the trams turn back at Vicent Andrés Estellés without entering the grounds. That is why this guide gives no first or last tram for this stop.
Since 21 May 1994, the day this line opened. València was the first Spanish city to bring back the tram after it had been dismantled in the seventies, reusing the trackbed of the old trenet between Empalme and Pont de Fusta.