Gobela is a station on line 1 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the neighborhood of Itzubaltzeta-Romo, in the municipality of Getxo. The station opened as part of the metro on 24 June 1996, replacing an older station. It is located immediately to the west of Campo Municipal de Gobela, home of the football team Arenas Club de Getxo.
Gobela | |||||||||||
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| Location | 53-55 Negubide St. 48930 Getxo[1] Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°19′59″N 3°00′26″W / 43.33306°N 3.00722°W | ||||||||||
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| Line(s) |  Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 September 1893 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 24 June 1996 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 574,708[2] | ||||||||||
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History
editThe 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 the time it was known as Gobelas station. At Las Arenas, in the municipality of Getxo, the line connected with the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. Direct services between Bilbao and Gobela started in 1901.[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, with the new station opening now as part of the metro network on 24 June 1996, although the metro had been in operation since November 1995.[5]
Station layout
editIt is an at-grade, open-air station with one island platform. The hall is located at street level with a single entrance from Negubide street.
Access
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53-55 Negubide St. / 15 Errekagane St.
Station's interior
Services
editReferences
edit- ^ "Estaciones - Gobela". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peris Torner, Juan (9 May 2012). "Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (FTSB)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
External links
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