The musical group La Amistad and the Cooperative San Jose were founded , and on May 23 , 1889 , a whistle announced to the public , the step , for the first time , the commuter train line Valencia – Riba-roja de Túria Already in the 20th century , the town became the starting point of the so-called Plan Sur , which involved the diversion of the river Turia after the tragic flood of 1957 with the objective of not traversing Valencia . For his area runs A-3 highway that connects Valencia and Madrid , which has led the development of one of the most important industrial areas of the province and a major population change . If in the early 1960s , Quart de Poblet had little more than five thousand inhabitants , ten years after the arrival of people , mainly from Andalusia , Murcia , Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha , whose work and contributions have enriched culturally and economically the town , fired that figure and stood at nearly 26,000 current residents
flood of 1957
1957 Valencia flood
Quart de Poblet