Kurtzea station

Railway station in Lezama, Basque Country, Spain

Preceding station	Euskotren Trena			Following station
Lezama Terminus		Line E3		Zamudio towards Kukullaga

Kurtzea is a railway station in Lezama, Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea and operated by Euskotren. It lies on the Txorierri line.

History

The station was opened together with the Txorierri line in 1894.^[2] It was the terminus of the line until 1994, when the line was extended by one station to bring the railway closer to the main population center.^[3]

The station was renovated in 2018 after trains on the Txorierri line started running through metro line 3.^[4]

Services

The station is served by Euskotren Trena line E3. It runs every 15 minutes (in each direction) during weekdays, and every 30 minutes during weekends.^[5]

References

^ "Accesibility". Euskotren. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Peris Torner, Juan (21 March 2012). "Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Lezama (Suburbanos de Bilbao)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (March 2020). "De Bilbao a Lezama, 125 años de historia sobre carriles". Vía Libre (in Spanish). No. 649. p. 96. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Arluzea, Ane (10 March 2018). "Las estaciones del tren en Txorierri, equiparadas a la imagen de la Línea 3". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "L3-E3" (PDF). Euskotren (in Spanish and Basque). Retrieved 7 June 2022.