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Infrastructures

Ports

Main commercial and passenger ports.

Port Castelló

  • Through 9 regular lines, it connects with 45 ports in 35 countries in North Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, the Black Sea, India, etc.
  • Ranked eleventh in the Spanish port system
    Fourth in terms of bulk solids
    Seventh for bulk liquids
    Eighth in imports and ninth in exports
  • Diversification strategy: increased traffic in grains and wind energy machinery
  • General cargo traffic (2023): 15.7 million tonnes
  • New South rail link and intermodal station: planned for 2026, financed by Next Generation Funds

 

Further information: www.portcastello.com

In addition:

  • In short, this port has the largest available surface area in the Mediterranean, thanks to the South Dock expansion project: 420,000 m2 available
  • Development of new spaces with the LogistiCS project

Port of Sangunto

  • General freight traffic: 8,9 million MT (2023)
  • Sagunto has established itself as the main steel cluster nationwide
  • 50 hectares of space dedicated to automotive logistics

Valencia Port

  • Europe’s fourth largest commercial port: Western Mediterranean hub
  • Spanish port with the highest commercial traffic of goods in shipping containers
  • Western Mediterranean Hub
  • More than 100 regular lines with connections to more than 1,000 ports around the world
  • General freight traffic: 68 million tonnes

 

Further information: www.valenciaport.com

Road network

A7 (E15)

  • From France to Algeciras, across the region
  • Castellón – Barcelona in 3 hours

A3

Castellón – Madrid in 4 hours

A23

Connects Castellón with the north of Spain and the Cantabrian Sea

Railway network

AVE

  • Valencia – Madrid: 1h 15 min.
  • Alicante – Madrid: 2h 10min.

Euromed

Castellón – Barcelona: 2 hours

Mediterranean Axis Corridor

New rail connection to the Port of Castellón and the intermodal station—planned for 2026

Intermodal station

The southern rail access to the Port of Castellón is a strategic project that:

  • Will directly connect with the Mediterranean Corridor
  • Will be 8.3 km long with electrified mixed-gauge tracks
  • Will allow train operations up to 750 meters in length
  • Will include an intermodal station with reception, dispatch, loading, and unloading tracks
  • Is expected to be completed by June 2026

 

This project will position the Port of Castellón as a crucial intermodal logistics hub, driving the province’s economic growth by improving the efficiency and sustainability of freight transportation.

Airports

3 international airports: Alicante, Valencia and Castelló.

Castellón- Costa de Azahar

  • 3 national routes (Madrid, Bilbao and Asturias), 8 international routes Bucharest, Brussels, Düsseldorf, London, Berlin, Milan, Oporto and Rome
  • Industrial activity:  aircraft maintenance,  dismantling and long-term parking
  • Vocational Training Centre with four degrees in the aeronautical branch

 Further information: www.aeroportcastello.com.es

Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández  is the 5th in the peninsula in terms of passenger numbers (2023), while Valencia stands out in terms of freight transport.

 

Distances from the city of Castellón:

  • Castellón Airport: 32 km / 27 min.
  • Manises Airport (Valencia): 75 km / 50 min.
  • Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (Alicante): 265 km / 2 h 40 min.