Lezama is a railway station in Lezama, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Txorierri line.
Lezama | |||||||||||
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 Entrance to the station before the 2018 renovation | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Lezama, Biscay Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°16′23.95″N 2°50′8.59″W / 43.2733194°N 2.8357194°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Euskal Trenbide Sarea | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Euskotren | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line E3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 28 September 1994 | ||||||||||
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History edit
The original terminus of the line was the nearby Kurtzea station (originally known as Lezama station), which was opened together with the Txorierri line in 1894.[2] In 1994,[3][4] the railway was extended and a new station was built closer to the population center of the town.[5]
In October 2009, a 300 series train crashed into a buffer stop at the station, killing the driver and injuring several passengers.[6]
The station was renovated in 2018 after trains on the Txorierri line started running through metro line 3.[7]
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.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Accesibility". Euskotren. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). 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.
- ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2020). Línea 3, eslabón clave (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. p. 38. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (March 2020). "De Bilbao a Lezama, 125 años de historia sobre carriles". Vía Libre (in Spanish). No. 649. p. 96. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Muere el conductor de un tren en Vizcaya al empotrarse contra un muro". El País (in Spanish). Lezama. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Arluzea, Ane (10 March 2018). "Las estaciones del tren en Txorierri, equiparadas a la imagen de la Línea 3". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
External links edit
Media related to Lezama station at Wikimedia Commons
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