Sopela (Bilbao metro)

Sopela is a station on line 1 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the municipality of Sopela. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995. The station was originally named Sopelana after the municipality, which changed its name to Sopela in 2014,[3] the station's name also being changed shortly thereafter.

Sopela
View of the station
General information
Location3 Zubigane St.
48600 Sopela[1]
Spain
Coordinates43°22′49″N 2°58′44″W
Owned by
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 3  
History
Opened15 September 1893
Rebuilt11 November 1995
Passengers
2021445,114[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station
Urduliz
towards Plentzia
 Line 1 Larrabasterra
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 Sopela 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]

Station layout

It is an overground station with two side platforms, an underground tunnel joins both.

Access
  • 3 Zubigane St.
  • 15 Lizarre St.
  • Station's interior

Services

The station is served by line 1 from Etxebarri to Plentzia.

References
  1. "Estaciones - Sopela". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. "Sopelana cambia oficialmente su nombre por Sopela". El Correo (in Spanish). Gernika. Europa Press. 29 January 2014. 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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