Erandio (Bilbao metro)

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

Erandio
Entrance to the station
General information
Location	2 Geltoki etorbidea 48950 Erandio[1] Spain
Coordinates	43°18′14″N 2°58′28″W
Owned by	Biscay Transport Consortium [es] Euskal Trenbide Sarea
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 2
History
Opened	1 July 1887
Rebuilt	11 November 1995
Passengers
2021	1,382,089[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station Astrabudua towards Plentzia Line 1 Lutxana towards Etxebarri

History

The station, then known as Desierto-Erandio, first opened to the public in 1887 as part of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. The station was originally an open air station with two side platforms located in the middle of Erandio.^[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. The station, then renamed to simply Erandio, was the first station of the former Bilbao-Plentzia railway to be put underground, as designed by Navarrese architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. ^[5] The new station opened as part of the metro network on 11 November 1995.^[6]

Station layout

Erandio is an underground station with two side platforms. Given that its design and construction predate those of the rest of the network, it does not follow the typical cavern-like style shared by many of the other underground stations of the network.

Access

• 2, Geltoki etorbidea St. (Erandio exit)
• Station's interior

Services

The station is served by line 1 from Etxebarri to Plentzia. The station is also served by local E! Busa local and regional Bizkaibus bus services.

References

1. "Estaciones - Erandio". 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. Metro Bilbao (February 1998), "Erandioko geltokia hobera doa etengabe" (PDF), Metroberri (Article) (in Basque), no. 8, p. 4, archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2011, retrieved September 15, 2013
6. Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

External links

• Media related to Astrabudua (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons