is a railway station in

Amorebieta-Etxano Amorebieta-Etxano, also known as Zornotza (Spanish, ''Amorebieta-Echano''), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. At the time of the 2019 census, the population of the muni ...

, Basque Country,

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. It is owned by

Euskal Trenbide Sarea Euskal Trenbide Sarea (, es, Red Ferroviaria Vasca), commonly known by its acronym ETS, is a railway infrastructure manager operating in the Basque Country, Spain. The company was formed in 2004, but the railway infrastructure it operates was t ...

and operated by

Euskotren Euskotren, formally known as Basque Railways ( eu, Eusko Trenbideak, es, Ferrocarriles Vascos), is a public railway company controlled by the Basque Government and officially established in 1982 to operate several narrow gauge railways inside ...

. It lies on the

Urdaibai line The Urdaibai line ( eu, Urdaibaiko linea, es, Línea de Urdaibai), also known as the Amorebieta-Bermeo railway ( eu, Amorebieta-Bermeo trenbidea, es, Ferrocarril Amorebieta-Bermeo) is a mostly single-track branchline in Biscay, Basque Country ...

History

A halt had existed in the location of the current station at least before the

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, but it was closed on an unknown date. The current station opened in 1973, together with the chord that allowed trains from Bilbao to enter the

directly from the Bilbao-San Sebastián line without the need to reverse at

Amorebieta station Amorebieta is a railway station in Amorebieta-Etxano, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Bilbao-San Sebastián line. History The station opened as part of the Bilbao-Durango ...

. The station has a single track with side platforms on both sides, but normally only one of them is in use.

Services

The station is served by

Euskotren Trena Euskotren Trena, formerly known just as ''Euskotren'' is a commuter, inter-city and urban transit train-operating company that operates local and inter-city passenger services in the provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, S ...

line E4. It runs every 30 minutes (in each direction) during weekdays, and every hour during weekends.

References

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