Aeroport (Metrovalencia)

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Aeroport
Estacio d'Aeroport (Metrovalencia).jpg
General information
Location Valencia Manises Airport, Valencian Community
Spain
Line(s) Linia 3 de Metrovalencia.svg Linia 5 de Metrovalencia.svg
Platforms1 island
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened18 April 2007 [1]
Services
Preceding station Isotip de Metrovalencia.svg Metrovalencia Following station
Terminus Line 3 Roses
towards Rafelbunyol
Line 5 Roses
towards Marítim

Aeroport is a metro station of Metrovalencia network situated west of Valencia, Spain. The station is located at Valencia Manises Airport, [1] near Avinguda d'els Arcs and the adjacent bus terminal, making it a major access point towards the Valencia city center and Valencia port.

In the first 10 years since the station's opening, line 5 of Metrovalencia between Aeroport and Marítim-Serrería stations was used by 186.6 million passengers. [2]

The metro stop opened in April 2007 [3] as part of a ten-station extension which cost over 200 million euro. [1] Originally, it formed part of metro zone B; however, in September 2012, it was moved to metro zone D, in order to maximise revenue. [1] After the number of metro zones was reduced in 2022 Aeroport is the sole station in metro zone C. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Álvarez, Francisco (18 April 2012). "Cinco años de metro hasta el aeropuerto de Manises". El Mundo .
  2. "La conexión de Metrovalencia Puerto-Aeropuerto cumple diez años, con más de 186 millones de viajeros". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. Ballester Beneyto, Laura (16 August 2012). "FGV encarece un 100 % el precio del viaje al aeropuerto al cambiar de zona la estación". Levante-EMV .
  4. "El Metro de Valencia tendrá solo dos zonas tarifarias a partir de enero de 2022" [Metrovalencia will only have 2 fare zones after January 2022]. ABC (in Spanish). Spain. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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