Gobela is a station on line 1 of the

Bilbao metro The Bilbao metro ( es, Metro de Bilbao, eu, Bilboko metroa) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Lines 1 and 2 have a "Y" shape, as they transit both banks of the river Ibaizabal and then comb ...

. It is located in the neighborhood of Itzubaltzeta-Romo, in the municipality of

Getxo Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the ...

. 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 Campo Municipal de Gobela is the home stadium of Arenas Club de Getxo, Getxo Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabi ...

, home of the football team Arenas Club de Getxo.

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 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

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and Gobela started in 1901. Starting in 1947, the narrow-gauge railway companies that operated within the

Bilbao metropolitan area The Bilbao Metropolitan Area (in Basque: ''Bilbo Handia'', in Spanish: ''Área metropolitana de Bilbao'') is the metropolitan area or continuous urban area based around the city of Bilbao, in the Basque Country, Spain. It comprises the city of B ...

were merged to become ''

Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos (), commonly known by its acronym FTS, was a railway company in the Basque Country, Spain. Founded in 1947 as the merger of various railway companies, it operated several suburban rail lines in the Greater ...

'', shortened FTS and the first precedent of today's

. In 1977, the FTS network was transferred to the public company

FEVE Renfe Feve is a division of state-owned Spanish railway company Renfe Operadora. It operates most of Spain's of railway. This division of Renfe was previously a stand-alone company named FEVE (Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha,Law 11/1965 of ...

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 24 June 1996, although the metro had been in operation since November 1995.

Station layout

It 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

* 20px 20px 20px 53-55 Negubide St. / 15 Errekagane St. * 20px 20px Station's interior

Services

The station is served by line 1 from

Etxebarri Etxebarri, Doneztebeko Elizatea ( es, Etxebarri, Anteiglesia de San Esteban) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Basque Community, in the North of Spain. Since 13 January 2005, the name of "Etxebarri ...

Plentzia Plentzia ( es, Plencia) is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. The town has 4,331 inhabitants (2019). Plentz ...

References

External links

* Line 1 (Bilbao metro) stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893 Railway stations in Spain opened in 1996 1996 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo {{Bilbao-metro-stub