Metrovalencia Line 9
From Riba-roja de Túria to Alboraia Peris Aragó: the line that brought rail back to the west of the metropolitan area.
About Line 9
L9 is a metro line running 24.859 km with 23 stations between Riba-roja de Túria, in the west, and Alboraia Peris Aragó, in the north-east. Its western half follows the old trackbed of the València to Llíria railway, with stations serving industrial estates in Manises and scattered housing developments in Riba-roja; its eastern half shares the tunnels under the city centre.
Between Roses and Alboraia Peris Aragó it runs with L3, and from Roses to Alameda with L5 as well. You can change to L1 and L2 at Àngel Guimerà and to the trams at Benimaclet. Six of its stations have a park-and-ride car park (P+M), including the 562 spaces at Quart de Poblet.
Stations on Line 9
23 stations, 18 of them with an interchange to another line (marked with a ring and the colours of the other lines).
Line 9 timetable
| Day | First – last |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 05:14 – 23:42 |
| Friday | 05:14 – 03:04 |
| Saturday | 05:37 – 03:01 |
| Sunday and public holidays | 06:57 – 23:40 |
Earliest and latest time at any station 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 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Friday | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Saturday | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sunday and public holidays | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Counted at Alameda over the full timetable. A value of 4 means one train every fifteen minutes in each direction.
History
L9 was created on 6 March 2015 as an extension of L5 to Riba-roja de Túria. Behind it lies a story of loss and recovery: this was the route of the València to Llíria railway, later Renfe’s Cercanías line C-4, which Renfe closed in 2005. Riba-roja was left without trains for ten years until the conversion to metro brought the service back, reusing the alignment and restoring the old halts of La Cova, La Presa and Masia de Traver, which had been closed in 1985.
The section between Roses and Riba-roja opened on 6 March 2015 on the old C-4 trackbed, and with it communities that had gone three decades without a stop got one again. On 31 July 2018 a new halt was added, València la Vella, the newest on the line. The floods of 30 October 2024 suspended the service until 2 December. Looking ahead, in November 2020 the Generalitat (the regional government) and Riba-roja town council approved the feasibility study for extending the line to the town centre, and taking it further still to Villamarchante has been suggested, a town whose residents lost their rail link with València in 1985.
The service
The timetable has 900 runs, but they are very unevenly spread: 398 turn back at Av. del CidES, so only just over half the service carries on westwards, and another 76 end at Machado. In the morning rush hour, counted at Alameda, about four trains an hour run in each direction through the central section, dropping to about 3.5 on Saturdays and three on Sundays. Towards Riba-roja the service is noticeably thinner, which fits a route through industrial estates and low-density housing. On Friday and Saturday nights the service runs on into the early hours, and on Sunday it starts almost two hours later than on a weekday. It is the metro line with the fewest runs in the timetable.
The trains
The trains pass through two different worlds on the same trip: the shared tunnels in the centre, with their single-track sections and circular bore, and a western half at surface level inherited from the València to Llíria railway, where several stations still have platforms with concrete canopies and level crossings to get from one side to the other. Adding up the timetable’s journey times, the full trip takes about 46 minutes, much of it on the western section, where stations are much further apart than in the city.
Frequently asked questions
Because it turns off earlier. Aeroport station is beneath the terminal, on the route used by L3 and L5; L9 leaves that route at RosesES to follow the old València to Llíria railway. To get to the airport, change at Roses or earlier.
The Renfe commuter service on the València to Llíria railway, which reached the centre of Ribarroja del Turia. It was closed in 2005 to allow the conversion to metro, and the western section of L9 opened on its alignment in 2015.
No. Almost half of the runs in the timetable turn back at Avinguda del Cid and do not continue westwards, and a few end at Machado at the other end. The tables for each station show the actual first and last departures in each direction.