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Tuesday 10th October 2023 Last day of this trip. Firstly from Alacant to València on a Euromed service (which use Alvia-type gauge changing Talgo sets) via the re-opened line between La Encina triangle and Moixent in better daylight. Then a fill-in move to see if I could get a train into or out of the rare bay platform 4 at Buñol on the Cercanías C-3 line towards Utiel, which I succeeded in doing; also covering the "long" curve between València Nord and València FSL which had been thought to be "freight only". Flying from València is easy, unlike many other Spanish airports, as it has a good metro service straight to the airport. Flight back to Manchester near enough on time; and I took the easy but slow tram route home as there were a lot of train cancellations.
Route: Alicante 06:55 (EuroMed 1092, RENFE EMU class 130 set) - València Joaquín Sorolla 08:55; València Nord 10:25 (Cercanías C-3 RENFE DMU 592 115+067 sets) - via long curve València FSL (reverse; delays) - Buñol 11:26 (platform 1) (arr 7 late); 11:45 (platform 4) (Cercanías C-3, RENFE DMU 592235 set) - València FSL (reverse, then via long curve) - València Nord 12:49 (arr 10 late); Xàtiva 14:18 (València metro line 3) - Aeroport 14:42; València (VAL) 16:40 (FR640 Ryanair, EI-EMB B737-8AS) VAL push-back 16:43, take-off 16:55 from runway 12, MAN landed 18:13 on runway 23R, on stand 18:18) Manchester (MAN) booked 18:15; Manchester Airport 18:53 (Manchester tram 3103) - Trafford Bar 19:39; 19:42 (Manchester tram 30xx) - Timperley 19:54.