Adif - Abrimos caminos

The section between Valencia and Castellón is part of the Mediterranean Corridor, which constitutes a priority axis for the Ministry of Public Works due to its strategic importance and socio-economic relations with the rest of Europe.

The new high-speed railway access between Valencia and Castellón (61.7 km) will allow for the maximisation of all the railway connections of the Autonomous Community of Valencia, reinforcing its economic and tourist relations.

On the one hand it will connect Castellón with Madrid and the centre of the peninsula. On the other hand it will link all the provinces in the Autonomous Community of Valencia with Catalonia and France in the north, and Murcia and Andalusia in the south.

Likewise, this route will link Sagunto with the future Cantabrian-Mediterranean transversal axis, which will connect Valencia with Aragon, La Rioja, Navarre, Catile and León, the Basque Country and Cantabria.

The fulfilment of this infrastructure will allow for the attainment of a better operation of the railway services both of high-speed and of freight and suburban trains, as the final configuration of the Valencia-Castellón section will have a total of four tracks.

The main benefits of this constructions will be: 

The section begins in the north of the city of Valencia, in the municipality of Alboraya, where it connects to the New Passing Axis of Valencia, currently being projected.

The first part of the section runs next to the conventional Valencia-Tarragona railway line, on its west side.

Around km 6, after crossing the aforementioned artificial tunnel, the future connection branch-lines with conventional gauge will be established.

After passing El Puig, the high-speed line sepparates from the conventional railway corridor and goes towards Puzol, running to the east of the town.

After the V-21 motorway crossing through the Puzol viaduct, the route runs parallel with the current railway corridor once again.

The different branch-lines of the future connection with the port of Sagunto, and the V-23 motorway are salvaged due to an 894-metre viaduct, the longest of the route.

On exiting Sagunto the line crosses the Palencia river and goes towards Almenara.

Already in the province of Castellón, the route approaches the AP-7 motorway corridor, in order to minimise environmental impact both in Alto del Cid and in Marjal de Almenara.

From there, the line runs between the municipalities of Alquerías del Niño Perdido and Burriana, crossing the Seco river with a 482-metre-long viaduct.

Next, the route crosses the Mijares river, in Villarreal, and carries on towards Alzamora and Castellón.

At the end of the route, the high-speed line runs over the conventional Valencia-Tarragona railway platform.

Both lines will arrive underground to the current Adif station in Castellón. the high-speed line through the existing tunnel, the conventional gauge line through a newly-built parallel tunnel, 1,335 metres long.

From here, the high-speed line will continue up to Tarragona.

We must highlight the efforts made to guarantee the necessary permeability of the line in a territory with an abundant network of irrigation channels that, in addition to the land’s natural runoff, greatly condition the route when it is raised, always complying with the hydrological prescriptions enforced by the sectoral Territorial Action Plan on Flood Risk prevention in the Autonomous Community of Valencia (PATRICOVA).

The railway level has always sought the balance between complying with the Floss Risk prevention Plan and an adequate scenic integration.

A Scenic Study of the line has been drafted in order to reduce its visual impact, taking into account the city councils involved and the indications received from the Generalitat Valenciana.

Likewise, a comprehensive study of the replacements requested by the city councils and of the effects on archaeological and patrimonial elements has been carried out.