Urduliz
View of the new station
General information
Location35 Aita Gotzon St.
48610 Urduliz[1]
Spain
Coordinates43°22′44″N 2°57′30″W / 43.37889°N 2.95833°W / 43.37889; -2.95833
Owned by
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 3  
History
Opened15 September 1893
Rebuilt10 April 2017
Passengers
2021431,839[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station
Plentzia
Terminus
 Line 1 Sopela
towards Etxebarri

Urduliz is a station on line 1 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the municipality of Urduliz. Originally an overground station belonging to the Bilbao-Plentzia railway, the station was rebuilt and put underground in 2017.[3]

History

The station first opened to the public in 1893 as part of the Las Arenas-Plentzia railway, operated by the Las Arenas-Plencia Railway Company. At Las Arenas, in the municipality of Getxo, the line connected with the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. Direct services between Bilbao and Urduliz started in 1901.[4]

Starting in 1947, the narrow-gauge railway companies that operated within the Bilbao metropolitan area were merged to become Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos, shortened FTS and the first precedent of today's Bilbao metro. In 1977, the FTS network was transferred to the public company FEVE and in 1982 to the recently created Basque Railways.[5] In the 1980s it was decided the station, just like most of the former railway line, would be integrated into line 1 of the metro, with the new station opening now as part of the metro network on 11 November 1995.[6]

The station was closed down in 2015 with the aim of removing the line's last level crossing, which required the demolition of the station building and the construction of a new underground station. The new station opened on 10 April 2017.[3]

Station layout

It is an underground station with a single access to an island platform.

Access

  • 35 Aita Gotzon St.

Services

The station is served by line 1 from Etxebarri to Plentzia. The station is also served by regional Bizkaibus bus services.

References

  1. ↑ "Estaciones - Urduliz". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Urieta, Virginia (10 April 2017). "Urduliz y Plentzia recuperan el metro tras dos años de trasbordos". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Las Arenas y Plencia (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Peris Torner, Juan (9 May 2012). "Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (FTSB)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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