page_title: Metrovalencia
section_title: Accidents
hierarchical_section_title: Metrovalencia / History / Accidents
caption_attribution_description: Català: Accident de metro al terme municipal de Picanya junt al pavelló (prop de Paiporta)
context_page_description: Metrovalencia is a modern amalgamation of former FEVE narrow gauge diesel and electric operated suburban/regional railways. It is a large suburban network that crosses the city of Valencia, with all trains continuing out to the suburbs. It also has destinations on lines that make it more closely resemble commuter trains. The unique system combines light railway, metro and several tram operations north of the Túria riverbed park with line 4. Trains of lines 1, 3, 5 and 9 have automatic train operation in 25.3 kilometers of underground system. Tram lines 4, 6 and 8 are operated by modern trams.
  This network consists of more than 156.4 kilometres of route, of which 27.3 kilometres is underground.
  The system authority Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana uses bilingual signage in Valencian and Spanish.
context_section_description: Between 2002 and the first quarter of 2012, 83 accidents had occurred on the network, costing the lives of 56 people.
  On 9 September 2005, two trains crashed into each other on Line 1. Nobody was killed, but according to early reports 35 people were injured, 4 of whom were taken to hospital, their condition described as serious. The first train had been stationary waiting for a red signal. The second used its emergency brakes to avoid a collision, but was hit by a third train. The force of the impact severely damaged the drivers' cabs at the front of the last train and at the rear of the second train. The crash occurred between Paiporta and Picanya about 5 km south-east of the city centre. The 3729 and 3730 EMUs are now a single EMU with 3729A and the 3730A cars, the 'B' cars were severely damaged and are currently at València-Sud workshop, waiting to be scrapped.
  The date 3 July 2006 was a dark day for the Valencia metro. In a severe accident, a two-car EMU derailed between Jesús and Plaça d'Espanya stations. At least 43 people were killed and 47 injured. It was the worst metro accident in Spanish history.
caption: Accident occurred on 9 September 2005
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