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Larrabasterra
Platforms below the main hall
General information
Location	20 Loiola Ander Deuna St. 48600 Sopela Spain
Coordinates	43°22′33″N 2°59′29″W / 43.37583°N 2.99139°W / 43.37583; -2.99139
Owned by	Biscay Transport Consortium [es] Euskal Trenbide Sarea
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 3
History
Opened	15 September 1893
Rebuilt	11 November 1995
Passengers
2021	378,446
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station Sopelatowards Plentzia Line 1 Berangotowards Etxebarri

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

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 Larrabasterra started in 1901.

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. 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.

Station layout

It is an overground station with one island platform and one side platform. The hall is located directly above the tracks

Access

• 20 Loiola Ander Deuna St.
• 1 Arabeta St.
• Station's interior

Services

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

References

1. "Estaciones - Larrabasterra". 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. "Horario de verano del Sopelbus". Portal municipal de Sopela (in Spanish). 17 July 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

External links

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

• Line 1 (Bilbao metro) stations
• Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893
• Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995
• 1995 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community)