Berango (Bilbao metro)

Berango is a station on line 1 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the municipality of Berango. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995.

Berango
Platform
General information
Location31 Sabino Arana St.
48640 Berango[1]
Spain
Coordinates43°22′01″N 2°59′58″W
Owned by
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 2  
History
Opened15 September 1893
Rebuilt11 November 1995
Passengers
2021356,675[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station
Larrabasterra
towards Plentzia
 Line 1 Ibarbengoa
towards Etxebarri

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 Berango started in 1901.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Station layout

It is an overground station with one island platform located on an uneven slope. There were plans to replace the station with a new underground infrastructure,[6] but the project was abandoned in favor of improving the existing facilities.[7]

Access
  • 31 Sabino Arana St.
  • 10 Gorrondatxe Rd.

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 - Berango". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. Peris Torner, Juan (9 May 2012). "Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (FTSB)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. Molano, Eva (2 January 2011). "Berango es la única estación de metro que se cubrirá con financiación municipal". El Correo (in Spanish). Berango. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. Sánchez de Luna, Íñigo (26 December 2018). "Berango contará con un segundo ascensor junto al metro". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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