Elotxelerri station
Elotxelerri | |||||||||||
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 View of the station before the 2018 renovation | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Loiu, Biscay Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°17′39.91″N 2°54′20.92″W / 43.2944194°N 2.9058111°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Euskal Trenbide Sarea | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Euskotren | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line E3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1990s | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Elotxelerri is a railway station in Loiu, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Txorierri line.
History
[edit]The station was not part of the Txorierri line when it opened in 1894. Due to budget constraints, the original alignment through Mount Artxanda included prolonged steep slopes. This caused a serious accident only two months after the opening, after which the decision was taken to build a tunnel directly under the mountain.[2] The track in which the station is located opened on 31 October 1908, as part of the new alignment between Bilbao and Lezama.[3] The station was built in the 1990s as part of the renovation of the line, which also included the construction of a new station in Sondika and the extension of the line to Lezama.[4]
The station was renovated in 2018 after trains on the Txorierri line started running through metro line 3.[5]
Services
[edit]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.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Accesibility". Euskotren. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Iturralde, Mikel (3 May 2015). "La catástrofe de Begoña". El Correo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2017). "La red ferroviaria vasca, del colapso a la modernidad (1977-2017)" (PDF). VII Congreso de Historia Ferroviaria (in Spanish). Asociación Ibérica de Historia Ferroviaria. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Arluzea, Ane (10 March 2018). "Las estaciones del tren en Txorierri, equiparadas a la imagen de la Línea 3". Deia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
External links
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Media related to Elotxelerri station at Wikimedia Commons
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