Sopela is a station on

line 1 Line 1 or 1 line may refer to: Public transport Africa * Line 1 (Algiers Metro), Algeria * Cairo Metro Line 1, Egypt Asia China * Line 1 (Beijing Subway) * Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Changsha Metro) * Line 1 (Changzhou Metro) * L ...

of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the municipality of

Sopela Sopela, formerly known as Sopelana, is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The town is roughly 820 hectares in size, located in the comarca Mungialdea on the ...

. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995. The station was originally named ''Sopelana'' after the municipality, which changed its name to Sopela in 2014, the station's name also being changed shortly thereafter.

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 Las Arenas, in the municipality of Getxo, the line connected with the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. Direct services between Bilbao and Sopela started in 1901. Starting in 1947, the narrow-gauge railway companies that operated within the Bilbao metropolitan area 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 Bilbao metro. 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 2 ...

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

of the metro, with the new station opening now as part of the metro network on 11 November 1995.

Station layout

It is an overground station with two side platforms, an underground tunnel joins both.

Access

3 Zubigane St. * Aiga stairs down inv

15 Lizarre St. * Aiga elevator inv

Station's interior

Services

The station is served by

from Etxebarri to Plentzia.

References

External links

* {{Metro Bilbao line, line1=yes Line 1 (Bilbao metro) stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893 Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995 1995 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community)