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File:??????
View of the platforms??????
General information
Location??????, Biscay
Spain
Coordinates{{WikidataCoord}} – missing coordinate data
Owned byEuskal Trenbide Sarea
Operated byEuskotren
Line(s) Line E3
Platforms??????2 side platforms
Tracks??????2
Construction
Structure type??????At-grade
Parking??????Yes
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 2  
History
Opened??????1 January 1894
Services
Preceding station Euskotren Trena Following station
Elotxelerri
towards Lezama
Line E3 Sondika
towards Kukullaga

?????? is a railway station in ??????, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Txorierri line.

History

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The station opened in 1894 as part of the Lutxana-Mungia line. The station was located to the north of the current station, close to where Bilbao Airport was later built. In 1908 the Bilbao-Lezama line was rerouted through a new alignment which included a connection to the station. Trains started running from Bilbao to Sondika through the Bilbao-Lezama line on 23 July 1909.[2] The line was electrified in 1949.[3]

The line from Sondika to Mungia closed in March 1975 due to the lengthening of the airport runway. The station was rebuilt in its current location in the early 1990s,[citation needed] thus allowing for a direct connection between Lutxana and Lezama. After line 1 of the metro took over the Bilbao-Plentzia line in 1995, service on the Lutxana-Sondika line was suspended due to low passenger demand.[4]

During the construction of metro line 3, the old tunnel through Artxanda was closed. As a result, trains on the Txorierri line ran from Lutxana to Lezama from November 2015 to April 2017.[5] After the opening of line 3 in April 2017, train service on the Txorierri line was completely restored, with its trains running through the new tunnel and the metro line.[6] However, an hourly service from Lutxana to Sondika was kept.[4]

If the long-planned railway line to the airport is built, the station will be rebuilt underground as part of a new alignment between Ola and Sondika that will remove the need to reverse at the latter station.[7]

Services

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The station is served by Euskotren Trena line E3. It runs every 15 minutes (in each direction) during weekdays, and every 30 minutes during weekends.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Accesibility". Euskotren. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ Peris Torner, Juan (19 April 2012). "Spanish Railway" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Gude, E. (30 March 2017). "La línea entre Lutxana y Sondika «en pruebas» abrirá de lunes a viernes". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Euskotren pone en marcha la conexión entre Ola y Sondika". Deia (in Spanish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ Domínguez, José (9 March 2018). "La Línea 3 del metro aumenta un 20% los viajeros en la red de Euskotren en el Txorierri". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ^ G. Alonso, Alberto (22 August 2021). "El metro dibuja su tramo final para alcanzar el aeropuerto". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  8. ^ "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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