Elotxelerri station

Elotxelerri
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
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
Preceding station Euskotren Trena Following station Derio towards Lezama Line E3 Larrondo towards Kukullaga

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 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

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

1. "Accesibility". Euskotren. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links

• Media related to Elotxelerri station at Wikimedia Commons