Line 2 (Metrovalencia) Explained

Line 2 of Metrovalencia opened on March 6, 2015 in the city of Valencia, Spain. The line, which featured no new stations, was created as part of a restructuring of public transport in the city. It replaced the branch of Line 1 which ran from Llíria to Torrent.^[2]

History

The original line 2 of Metrovalencia was opened with the rest of the network in 1988 and ran from Llíria to Villanueva de Castellón. On 16 September 1999, line 2 ceased to exist when it was merged into line 1.

In the 2000s, a new line 2 was planned, to run from Tavernes Blanques to Valencia's Natzaret district. After years of delays, it opened in May 2022 as line 10.^[3] The line 2 designation is now used for existing branches of the network. The frequency of trains on these branches will remain unchanged.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Metrovalencia registra 36,9 millones usuarios en 2020, un 46,7% menos que en 2019 debido a la crisis de la Covid-19 . 25 January 2022 . 20 Minutos . es . 15 January 2021 . Metrovalencia sees 36.9 million users in 2020, a 46.7% drop from 2019 due to the Covid-19 crisis.
2. News: Así serán las nuevas líneas de Metrovalencia . 25 January 2022 . ABC . 27 November 2014 . es.
3. News: La T2 del metro de Valencia cambia de nombre . . 29 April 2022.
4. News: Andrés Durà . Raquel . Metrovalencia pasa de cinco a nueve líneas sin ampliar la red . 25 January 2022 . La Vanguardia . 5 January 2015 . es.