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Amorebieta station

Railway station in Amorebieta-Etxano, Basque Country, Spain

Preceding station	Euskotren Trena			Following station
Lemoa towards Matiko		Line E1		Euba towards Amara

Amorebieta is a railway station in Amorebieta-Etxano, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Bilbao-San Sebastián line.

History

The station opened as part of the Bilbao-Durango line in 1882.^[2] In 1888 the Amorebieta-Guernica railway opened. The terminus of the new line had three tracks converging at a turntable as well as a track connecting it to the Bilbao-Durango line. The new terminus didn't have a dedicated passenger building, and travellers used the existing building built for the Bilbao-Durango line. In 1973 a chord was built allowing trains from Bermeo to run directly to Bilbao without having to reverse at Amorebieta, some trains from the Urdaibai line served Amorebieta until 1989. The whole station was rebuilt in 1995, together with the double-tracking of the Bilbao-San Sebastián line from Lemoa.^[3]

Services

The station is served by Euskotren Trena line E1. It runs every 30 minutes (in each direction) during weekdays, and every hour during weekends.^[4]

References

^ "Accesibility". Euskotren. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ Peris Torner, Juan (15 March 2012). "Ferrocarril Central de Vizcaya, Bilbao – Durango". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2005). El ferrocarril de Amorebieta a Bermeo (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 148–150. ISBN 8492062975. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ "E1 Matiko-Bilbao - Amara-Donostia" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Retrieved 19 January 2023.