Valencia metro and transport map: where to download it

The question looks trivial and is not. Valencia has one downloadable network map, but only one, and it does not cover half the journeys a visitor will make.

This page says what exists, where it is and what is missing. The gap is the most useful thing we can give you, because it explains why you have spent half an hour looking for a document that has never been published.

The map below is drawn by Valencia365 from OpenStreetMap data: the main lines, their termini and their interchanges. You can download it and keep it on your phone.

Download the network map (JPG, 325 KB) ↓

The complete, up-to-date official map is the operator's: Metrovalencia, EMT València.

Download the official map: Metrovalencia zone map 2026 (PDF) ↓

What can you actually download?

• Metrovalencia network map: metro and tram, with lines and stations. It is the reference document, and the only overall map of the system.
• SUMA zone map: the map of zones 1 to 4, included in the fares PDF. It is what you need to know how much a journey will cost, starting with the ride from the airport.
• EMT bus line maps: one per line, available from the website and the app, as an image or PDF.
• Fallas maps: diversions and suspended stops, published every year in the seasonal news posts, not in a permanent section.

The obvious thing is missing: a single, up-to-date map of the bus network, posted alongside the fares. We have not found one, and the line-by-line fragmentation is why no guide reproduces such a map.

How do the SUMA zones work?

The fare system is zonal and integrated. A SUMA ticket is valid on Metrovalencia, the EMT, MetroBus and Cercanías local trains within the zones you pay for, which makes it the only truly useful way in for a long stay.

The physical card is paid for separately, €1.10 to €2.20 depending on where you buy it. Almost everything a visitor does in Valencia happens within zone 1, including the City of Arts and Sciences and the city beaches.

The open data almost nobody looks at

Here is the resource no guide mentions. The city and its operators publish five official GTFS feeds, the standard format for transport timetables, listed in the Mobility Database catalogue.

• EMT València, served from the city open data portal.
• MetroValencia, from its own domain.
• Generalitat Valenciana, for intercity buses.
• FGV, two feeds, through the Spanish Ministry of Transport's national access point.

This is the raw material journey planning apps run on. If you are after complete, structured timetables, they are there, although not in a format you can read on a phone without tools.

Why are there no timetables as PDFs?

Because the information lives in journey planners, not in documents. Neither the EMT nor Metrovalencia publishes a table with first departure, last departure and frequency by time of day for each line.

The practical consequence: you cannot compare two lines at a glance, and you cannot plan a journey offline. For a stay in March, with daily diversions, that is a real limitation.

What we do know, from secondary sources, is that the EMT daytime service runs roughly from 5:30 to 22:30 with frequencies of 7 to 15 minutes on the main lines. These are orders of magnitude, not a timetable.

Photo: Dorieo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The map that changes in March

During the Fallas the permanent map no longer describes reality. Lines are diverted, stops suspended and stations closed at certain times, and the document explaining it all is published separately every year.

Xàtiva and Colón stations close from roughly 12:30 to 14:30 on mascletà days. And the centre is closed to private traffic from around 15:00 on 16 March to around 4:00 on 20 March.

Our advice is simple: in March, the map that counts is the operator's app, not paper. And download the Fallas map on the day it is published, because it is not archived.

The documents that do not exist

• No single, up-to-date and dated map of the bus network alongside the fares.
• No line timetables in a static format, with first and last departures.
• No public percentage of stations with lifts or buses with ramps.
• No published scale of fines for travelling without a valid ticket on any fares page.

Planning your trip

The fares compared and the right ticket for the length of your stay are in how to get around Valencia. If you are driving, start with the park and ride car parks. And for the geography of distances, see the Valencia map.

The more central your accommodation, the less your trip depends on a map that changes every March. It is worth comparing hotels by area before studying the lines.

Sources

Metrovalencia, fares and SUMA zone map, 2025. EMT València, fares and tickets, 2025. Mobility Database, GTFS schedule catalogue, consulted on 12 September 2026. Valencia City Council open data portal. Miivo Mobility, 2024, for time bands and frequencies. Metrovalencia, Fallas service plan 2025. Valencia Secreta, 2026, for the closure of the centre.