Estació del Nord (Valencia)

The Estació del Nord (Valencian) or Estación del Norte (Spanish), both meaning "North Station", is the major railway station in Valencia, Spain. It is located in the city centre next to the Plaça de Bous or Plaza de Toros, the city's bullring, and 200 metres from the town hall.

Valencia-Estació del Nord
Façade of the North Station
General information
Location	24, Xàtiva Street 46007 Valencia Spain
Line(s)	Madrid–Valencia (PK 463.7) Aranjuez−Cuenca−Valencia (PK 352.7) Valencia–Sant Vicenç de Calders (PK 0.0)
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Connections	Metrovalencia: at Xàtiva (C/ de Xàtiva) at Bailén (Carrer de Bailèn) at Plaça Espanya (Gran Vía de Ramón y Cajal) EMT
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Architectural style	Valencian Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	46.15.250-063
History
Opened	21 March 1852
Passengers
2018	12 million[1]
Rank	11

The building is one of the main works of the Valencian Art Nouveau and was declared Good of Cultural Heritage in 1987. It has connections with Metrovalencia and the city bus network.

AVE (high-speed) trains from Madrid and some other long-distance trains use Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla railway station, a short walk away, instead.

This station's name is a reference to Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (Railways of the North of Spain), the railway company that constructed it and opened it in 1917, which was later nationalized and incorporated into Renfe, and later separated into Adif, the company that currently owns and runs it.

Dutch Symphonic Metal band Within Temptation performed at the station in July 2005 as a one-time event. The concert was filmed and broadcast on Spanish television.^[2][3]

Services

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora			Following station
Sagunt towards Barcelona Sants		Intercity		Xàtiva towards Alicante
				Xàtiva towards Murcia del Carmen
				Xàtiva towards Cartagena
				Xàtiva towards Lorca-Sutullena
Castelló de la Plana towards Barcelona Sants				Xàtiva towards Seville-Santa Justa
Terminus				Alzira towards Madrid Chamartín
Valencia-Cabanyal towards Barcelona Sants		Intercity		Terminus
Valencia-Cabanyal towards Miraflores				Xàtiva towards Cartagena
Terminus		Media Distancia 44
		Media Distancia 46		Xàtiva towards Alcázar de San Juan
		Media Distancia 47		Xàtiva towards Alcoy
València-Font de Sant Lluís towards Madrid Atocha		Media Distancia 48		Terminus
Terminus		Media Distancia 49		Valencia-Cabanyal towards Huesca
		Media Distancia 50		Valencia-Cabanyal towards Tortosa
Preceding station	Cercanías Valencia			Following station
Terminus		C-1		Alfafar-Benetússer towards Gandia or Platja i Grau de Gandia
		C-2		Alfafar-Benetússer towards Moixent
		C-3		Valencia-Sant Isidre towards Utiel
		C-5		Font Sant Lluís towards Caudiel
		C-6		Font Sant Lluís towards Castelló de la Plana

References

1. "Atocha Cercanías lidera las estaciones de tren en España con más de 270.000 viajeros al día". Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
2. "Within Temptation at Estación del Norte (Valencia) on 7 Jul 2005". Last.fm.
3. "Within Temptation concluye hoy en Valencia su mini gira española". LOS40. July 7, 2005.

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