Elotxelerri station explained
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
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 and the extension of the line to .[4]
The station was renovated in 2018 after trains on the Txorierri line started running through metro line 3.[5]
Services
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Accesibility . Euskotren . 7 June 2022 . 17 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117003107/https://www.euskotren.eus/en/tren/accesibilidad . live .
- News: Iturralde . Mikel . La catástrofe de Begoña . 7 June 2021 . El Correo . 3 May 2015 . es . 25 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190825222635/https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/sociedad/201505/03/catastrofe-begona-20150429170051.html . live .
- Web site: Peris Torner . Juan . Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao) . Spanish Railway . 7 June 2021 . es . 21 March 2012 . 17 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117002915/https://www.spanishrailway.com/ferrocarril-de-bilbao-a-lezama-suburbanos-de-bilbao/ . live .
- Olaizola Elordi . Juanjo . Juanjo Olaizola . La red ferroviaria vasca, del colapso a la modernidad (1977-2017) . VII Congreso de Historia Ferroviaria . 2017 . 25 June 2022 . Asociación Ibérica de Historia Ferroviaria . es.
- News: Arluzea . Ane . Las estaciones del tren en Txorierri, equiparadas a la imagen de la Línea 3 . 7 June 2022 . Deia . 10 March 2018 . es . 7 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607200256/https://www.deia.eus/bizkaia/2018/03/10/estaciones-tren-txorierri-equiparadas-imagen/634709.html . live .
- Web site: L3-E3 . Euskotren . 7 June 2022 . es, eu . 15 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210915215242/https://www.euskotren.eus/sites/default/files/horarios/E3_L3_CARTEL_50x70_Invierno2021_5.pdf . live .
