Sondika is a railway station in Sondika, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Txorierri line.
Sondika | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sondika, Biscay Spain | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°17′53.92″N 2°55′39.94″W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Euskal Trenbide Sarea | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Euskotren | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Zone 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 January 1894 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | |||||||||||||||
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The station opened in 1894 as part of the Lutxana-Mungia line. The station was located to the north of the current station, close to where Bilbao Airport was later built. In 1908 the Bilbao-Lezama line was rerouted through a new alignment which included a connection to the station. Trains started running from Bilbao to Sondika through the Bilbao-Lezama line on 23 July 1909.[2] The line was electrified in 1949.[3]
The line from Sondika to Mungia closed in March 1975 due to the lengthening of the airport runway. The station was rebuilt in its current location in 1992,[4][5] thus allowing for a direct connection between Lutxana and Lezama. After line 1 of the metro took over the Bilbao-Plentzia line in 1995, service on the Lutxana-Sondika line was suspended due to low passenger demand.[6]
During the construction of metro line 3, the old tunnel through Artxanda was closed. As a result, trains on the Txorierri line ran from Lutxana to Lezama from November 2015 to April 2017.[7] After the opening of line 3 in April 2017, train service on the Txorierri line was completely restored, with its trains running through the new tunnel and the metro line.[8] However, an hourly service from Lutxana to Sondika was kept.[6]
If the long-planned railway line to the airport is built, the station will be rebuilt underground as part of a new alignment between Ola and Sondika that will remove the need to reverse at the latter station.[9]
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.[10] The station is also served on weekdays by an hourly shuttle service (line E3a) to Lutxana.[11]
Euskotren Trena stations | |
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| Txorierri | |
| Lutxana-Sondika | |
| Line 3 | |
| Bilbao-San Sebastián |
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| Urdaibai |
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| San Sebastián Metro |
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The stations are ordered geographically, regardless of the train services that run on them. | |