The City Council of Valencia has designed a special process for Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, which will be celebrated next Sunday, December 7th. The test, which will bring together 36,000 international runners, will cause streets to be closed and lines removed. … EMT buses.
Testing will begin on 8:15 am Sunday, at Plaza del Maratón, with a total of nine departures, expected to end around 3:10 p.m. Inside the City of Arts and Sciences. The necessary traffic reductions to facilitate preparations and development of this sporting event will begin on Friday.
And so, Friday 5 DecemberStarting at 10:00 p.m., the Montulift Bridge will be closed to traffic in both directions and Professor Lopez Pinheiro Road in the direction of the city center for the assembly of the test exit arch. Likewise, intermittent reductions will be made in both directions of the German Marist and Instituto Oberre de Valencia roads (not the cross roads) from 10:00 p.m. Until 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.
These roads will be closed to traffic again starting at 10:00 p.m. Saturday 6 until 2 p.m. On the 7th Sunday, with the exception of the cross roads which will be open from 10:30 am, and the section between Ausiàs March and Bomber Ramón Duart which will open at 1:00 pm.
On the other hand, the Saturday 6 December The Alameda River will be crossed between Plaza Europa and the Asot du Lore Bridge, from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in order to host the “mini-marathon.” On Saturday, there will also be a cutting on the Alcalde Reig, between La Plata Street and the Regne Bridge towards the city entrance from 9:00 p.m.
Street closures in Valencia for the 2025 Marathon
The reductions to accommodate the marathon route will begin on the same Sunday, an hour before the start of the race, and during the marathon the direction of the Menéndez Pidal-Tirso de Molina tunnel will remain reversed, allowing traffic to move from the south to the north of the city.
On the occasion of the marathon, the municipal transport company also planned new routes on a total of 32 lines, from Friday until the end of the race, “to bring users as close as possible to their destination,” Jesús Carbonell noted.
EMT lines that were suppressed by the Valencia Marathon
On Sunday the lines will be eliminated Part 1, 19, 30, 31, 32, 40, 67, 70, 71, 73, Part 2, 81, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 98. However, citizens can use lines 35, 99 and C3 to approach the departure area and the Ciutat de les Arts i les Cièency, and all information can be found in the “Last Minute” section on the EMT website, in the app and on social networks.
Regarding the fourth line of the tram Metrovalencethe Marathon Pass will cut off traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. between Pont de Fusta and Dr. Loch, so traffic will only circulate between Mas del Rosary-Vicente Andres Estelles and Pont de Fusta until this time. As for the sixth line, it will not operate between 7:30 and 11:20 am.
For its part, Line 8 will not start moving until 12:30 p.m., at which time full service will be restored, and Line 10 (Alakant-Netsaret) will provide service between Alakant and Amadou Granel-Montolivet stations until 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, and from that time on it will run the entire route.
Where do you stand in the Valencia Marathon?
The council member also indicated that the City Council will open the parking doors as of six o’clock on Sunday morning. Oceanographic and Aqua Shopping Center for marathon participants.
“Other possible options are the public cemetery parking lot where you can take EMT line 99 to approach the race starting area, as well as a parking lot in Natzaret (Les Barraques del Figuero Street) where you can take EMT line 4,” he explained.
Where can you cross?
Finally, there will be three pedestrian crossing points during the marathon: the subway tunnel on Xàtiva Avenue, Colón Avenue with Sorní, and Colón Avenue with Porta de la Mar. At these points there will be service assistants and civil protection volunteers.
All information regarding traffic accidents in the affected areas can be followed in real time on the Google Maps and Waze.