(Calatayud – Valencia line)

This fifteen-kilometre greenway stretches from Valencia to Puçol, along a section of the old Calatayud–Valencia railway line.

Project currently at the research and development stage.

In 1894, the Compañía del Ferrocarril Central de Aragón began work on a train route between Calatayud and Valencia, via Teruel. The first station on the line was Calatayud-Jiloca, while the terminus was Valencia-Alameda, known as the Central de Aragón station. The railway opened section by section, as they were finished: Sagunto–Segorbe (1897); Segorbe–Jérica and Jérica–Barracas (1899); Barracas–Puerto Escandón (1900) and finally, Sagunto–Valencia (1902). 

As the route developed, an issue arose. In Horta Nord, there were two practically parallel broad-gauge lines: the Central de Aragón one, along its Sagunto–Valencia section, and the Valencia–Tarragona line, where it leaves Valencia to head towards Castellón. This double route, which was controlled by Renfe from 1941 onwards, was illogical and unsustainable. Traffic from the Central de Aragón line gradually got diverted onto the Norte route. In 1968, Valencia-Alameda station (Central de Aragón) was closed to both commercial traffic and passengers, before being demolished in 1974. In the end, the construction of a double track along the first section of the main Valencia–Tarragona line would lead to the Calatayud–Valencia railway being dismantled in 1985. 

Years later, the section between Valencia and Puçol would be converted into the Vía Verde Xurra by the Valencian Government. This institution is planning to connect this greenway with the Vía Verde de Ojos Negros, the longest greenway in Spain. This link will provide around 200 km of greenway, 107 of which will pass through the Valencian Community. On top of that, Vía Verde Xurra will be part of EuroVelo 8: a unique, long-distance cycle route across ten countries, between Nicosia (Cyprus) and Cádiz.