Competitors are already counting the hours until one of the sporting events of the year in the world of athletics begins: Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Marathon Which is celebrated on Sunday, December 7th. It is expected that the test will witness a large participation that may exceed… 35,000 runnersAccording to state estimates.
The race will start From 8.15 am In Plaza del Marathon with nine different tests. The event is expected to end at around 3:10pm in the iconic City of Arts and Sciences. But in order to develop it, there are differences Traffic cuts and changes in public transportation.
Traffic reductions
Movement restrictions began on Friday From 10:00 p.m In both directions on the Montulift Bridge and on Professor López Pinheiro Road towards the city center due to the assembly of the experimental exit arch. She was there too Intermittent cuts in both directionsFrom 10:00 p.m. From Friday to 6:00 a.m. Saturday on Germans Maristes Avenue and Institut Obrer in Valencia.
These will also be affected as of 10:00pm. Saturday until 2:00 pm. Sunday. Likewise, Alameda will also be closed on December 6th.Between Plaza Europe and the Assut de l’Or Bridgefrom 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, to celebrate the mini-marathon. The same will happen on Alcalde Reig, between La Plata Street and Regne Bridge, towards the city entrance, from 9:00 p.m.
Street closures and bus modifications
In order to properly celebrate this event, many streets will also be closed on Sunday, one hour before its start. Moreover, it will remain Reversing the direction of the Menéndez Pidal-Tirso de Molina moveThis will allow traffic to exit from south to north.
Marathon, as a result, will cause Many bus routes are eliminated Municipal Transport Company (EMT). These are the case of C1, 19, 30, 31, 32, 40, 67, 70, 71, 73 and C2, 81, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 98. However, anyone can use the 35, 99 and C-3 to get to the exit and the City of Arts and Sciences.
Train service
On Sunday, trains and trams are scheduled to start moving around 6:00 am, to facilitate the movement of participants and the public to reach the exit. Line 10 (Alakant-Netzaret) will have different frequencies depending on the time period, since the Hermanos Maristas roundabout with the Obrero de Valencia Institute, through which this line passeswill be closed until 10:00 AM.When occupied by runners who will start in stages.
In this way, it will provide service between the stations of Alacant and Amado Granel-Montolift, from 6:00 in the morning, with frequencies from 10 minutes to 6:30, and five from 6:30 to 9:00. Between 9:00 and 10:50, frequencies alternate for five to 10 minutes. From 10:50 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the five frequencies return, but now between Alacant and the city of La Justicia to facilitate the return of the race. In this line a total of 84 additional trams.
Regarding the fourth line, the marathon will run from 8:15 to 11:15 between the Fosta-Doctor Loch Bridge. He will only be traded between Mas del Rosari-Vicente Andrés Estelles and Pont de Fusta. Meanwhile, Line 8 will not start operating until 12:25, when full service will be restored on all lines.
The metro will also add special services to the regular Sunday trains, to facilitate travel from 6:00 a.m. and connecting to line 10. The first train will depart to Aeroport at 5:50 a.m. and from Aeroport to Ravelbuñol at 6:28 a.m., on lines 5 and 7, 26 additional trains From 5:40 a.m., which means maintaining 20-minute frequencies, from 6:00 a.m. in all sections.
Facilities of Generalitat
Generalitat will provide free transportation to the participants and 2,000 volunteers, and will be issued to them Address for four trips Valid from 5 to 8 December for circulation throughout the Metrovalencia network, as reported by the newspaper Generalitat in a statement.
Therefore, the Ferrocarrills de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) and Sociedad Deportiva Correcaminos, the organizer of the test, collaborate once again with this special body which, in this edition, It restores the natural state and increases its widthbecause in 2024, due to DANA, the service can only be provided on tram lines.