Valencia’s North Station

The North Station of Valencia

The North Station of Valencia is a magnificent modernist building, one of the finest examples of the style in Valencia. The Valencia audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this historic station of the beginning of the twentieth century, richly decorated with ceramics, mosaics and Valencian motifs.

The modernist station with the Valencian decors

The North Station, the Estación del Norte, is the main historic railway station of Valencia and one of the jewels of the modernist architecture of the town. Inaugurated at the beginning of the twentieth century, it seduces by its elegant façade and above all by the richness of its decoration, which celebrates the Valencian identity and terroir. Inside as outside, the building is adorned with colourful ceramics, mosaics, sculpted woods and ornamental motifs evoking the oranges, the flowers, the fruits and the landscapes of the region, in a tribute to the agriculture and the richness of the Valencian Community. The hall and the rooms, magnificently decorated, testify to the refinement and the optimism of that era, when the stations were designed as true monumental gates of the towns. Still in activity, the North Station combines its function of transport with its role of admired monument. Located near the arenas and the Calle Colón, it welcomes each day numerous travellers. A jewel of modernism and a gate of the town, the North Station is a fine stop of the discovery of Valencia.

What to see

You admire the main historic station of Valencia, a jewel of modernism inaugurated at the beginning of the twentieth century, with an elegant façade and a rich decoration of colourful ceramics, mosaics, sculpted woods and motifs evoking the oranges, flowers and landscapes of the region, whose magnificently decorated hall testifies to the refinement of the era, near the arenas. The North Station is a jewel of Valencia. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The North Station lies in the heart of Valencia, near the arenas and the Calle Colón, reachable on foot and by public transport. It is a station in activity, whose hall is generally accessible to travellers and visitors. You admire its decors by walking through the building, with respect for its functioning.

What is particular about the North Station of Valencia?

It is a jewel of Valencian modernism, inaugurated at the beginning of the twentieth century, with a rich decoration of colourful ceramics, mosaics and motifs evoking the oranges, flowers and landscapes of the region, in tribute to the Valencian terroir; still in activity, it combines transport and heritage.

Where is the North Station of Valencia?

In the heart of Valencia, near the arenas and the Calle Colón, in Spain.