Lezama station

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
Entrance to the station before the 2018 renovation
General information
LocationLezama, Biscay
Spain
Coordinates 43°16′23.95″N 2°50′8.59″W
Owned byEuskal Trenbide Sarea
Operated byEuskotren
Line(s) Line E3
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 2  
History
Opened28 September 1994
Services
Preceding station Euskotren Trena Following station
Terminus Line E3 Kurtzea
towards Kukullaga

History

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

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
  1. "Accesibility". Euskotren. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2020). Línea 3, eslabón clave (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. p. 38. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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