Algorta (Metro Bilbao)

Algorta
Algorta
	Station entrance
Location	19 Txakursolo St.; 48992 Getxo; Spain
Coordinates	43°21′03″N 3°00′34″W
Owned by	Consortium of Biscayan Transport (CTB) and Metro Bilbao S.A.
Line(s)	Metro Bilbao:
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground station
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 2
History
Opened	11 November 1995
Passengers
2018	2,413,089[1]

Algorta is a station of line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighbourhood of Algorta, in the municipality of Getxo. On its current form, the station opened on 11 November, 1995[2] replacing an older station.

History

The original station opened in 1893 as part of the Getxo-Plentzia extension of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. The station was at-grade open air station with one side platform and one island platform. The station building, now disappeared, followed the same architectural design as others of the same line, with the only remaining example being that of Neguri station. Next to the station there was a small train depot.

Starting in 1947, the narrow-gauge railway companies that operated within the Bilbao metropolitan area were merged to become Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (Railways and Suburban Transports of Bilbao), shortened FTS and the first precedent of today's Metro Bilbao.[3] In 1977, the FTS network was transferred to the public company FEVE and in 1982 to the recently created Basque Railways. In the decade of 1990s, it was decided the station, just like the most of the former railway line, would be integrated into Metro Bilbao's line 1. The rail line was then put underground and a new also underground station was built, opened in 1995.

The former station building, platforms and train depot were demolished and replaced with a public plaza named Algorta Station Plaza.

Station layout

It is an underground station with a single island platform. The main hall is above the ground.

Access

1 Telletxe St. (Telletxe exit)
Bolue St. (Bolue exit, closed during night services)
1 Telletxe St. (Telletxe exit)

Services

Metro services

The station is served by Line 1 to Etxebarri, Ibarbengoa and Plentzia. There are trains to Etxebarri and Ibarbengoa every five to ten minutes, and services to Plentzia every twenty minutes.[4]

Preceding station		Metro Bilbao		Following station
Bidezabal toward Plentzia or Bidezabal		Line 1		Aiboa toward Etxebarri

References

"2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Metro Bilbao SA. 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
"Trazado en Y". MetroBilbao.eus. Metro Bilbao SA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
Peris Torner, Juan (9 May 2012). "Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A." Spanish Railways. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Official Schedules at Metro Bilbao website

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[1] "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Metro Bilbao SA. 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[2] "Trazado en Y". MetroBilbao.eus. Metro Bilbao SA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

[FTS_history-3] Peris Torner, Juan (9 May 2012). "Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A." Spanish Railways. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[Schedules-4] Official Schedules at Metro Bilbao website