Massive rail investment

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) plans to invest €238.1m in rail development for the ports of Valencia and Sagunto. The PAV aims to increase the use of trains in freight traffic arriving and departing from the ports.

“For Valenciaport, the train is basic and fundamental because for years we have been building a port of reference in the Mediterranean based on intermodality,” said Aurelio Martínez, president of the PAV.

“The train fits in our decarbonisation route and in our Plan 2030, zero emissions, and we are going to focus a great part of our investment effort on it,” he added.

Major railway activity

More than €125.5m are planned for the next few years to improve rail accessibility in the Port of Valencia, while €97.6m in investments is planned for the Port of Sagunto. €15m will also be spent on the Vicálvaro Intermodal Station.

The Port of València already works with more than 4,000 trains a year, managed by 10 different companies, at a rate of 80 convoys a week.

11% of the import/export containers handled by the Port of Valencia are moved by rail (just over 200,000 TEUs in 2020).

At present, goods transported by train account for barely 4% of the total freight transport in Spain, compared to an average of 18% in the European Union.

Half of the 28m tonnes transported by rail in Spain have a port as origin or destination.