Itsasbegi is a railway station in Busturia,

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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

The station opened as the northern terminus of the -Pedernales extension of the Amorebieta-Gernika line, on 15 March 1893. Between 1948 and 1949, due to the extension of the line towards , the station was completely renovated.

Name

The station is in the municipality of Busturia, but primarily serves the neighboring village of

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( es, Pedernales). As a result, the name of the station has changed at least five times throughout its history: * ''Pedernales'' (1893 to 1903) * ''Pedernales, jurisdicción Busturia'' (1903 to 1941) * ''Pedernales'' (1941 to 1961) * ''Pedernales-Busturia'' (1961 to 1980) * ''Sukarrieta'' (1980 to 1997) * ''Busturia-Itsasbegi'' or simply ''Itsasbegi'' (from 1997)

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

External links

* Euskotren Trena stations Railway stations in Biscay Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893 {{Spain-rail-transport-stub