Berango (Bilbao metro)
{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Berango, Basque Country, Spain}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Berango
| type =
| style = Metro Bilbao
| image = Berangoko geltokia.jpg
| image_caption = Platform
| address = 31 Sabino Arana St.
48640 Berango{{cite web |title=Estaciones - Berango |url=https://www.metrobilbao.eus/es/estaciones?stn=BER |website=Metro Bilbao |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=es}}
| country = Spain
| coordinates = {{Coord|43|22|01|N|2|59|58|W|type:railwaystation_region:ES-BI|display=inline,title}}
| line = File:Metro de Bilbao L1.svg Line 1
| other =
| structure = At-grade
| platform = 1 island platform
| depth =
| levels = 1
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| opened = 15 September 1893
| closed =
| rebuilt = 11 November 1995
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes
| code =
| owned = {{unbulleted list|{{ill|Biscay Transport Consortium|es|Consorcio de Transportes de Vizcaya}}|Euskal Trenbide Sarea}}
| zone = {{CTB|2}}
| former =
| passengers = 356,675{{cite web |title=Metro en cifras |url=https://www.metrobilbao.eus/es/metro-en-cifras |website=Metro Bilbao |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=es}}
| pass_year = 2021
| pass_percent =
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| mpassengers =
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system=Metro Bilbao
|line=L1|left=Larrabasterra|right=Ibarbengoa
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Berango is a station on line 1 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in the municipality of Berango. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995.
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 Berango started in 1901.{{cite web |last1=Peris Torner |first1=Juan |title=Ferrocarril de Bilbao a Las Arenas y Plencia (Suburbanos de Bilbao) |url=https://www.spanishrailway.com/ferrocarril-de-bilbao-a-las-arenas-y-plencia-suburbanos-de-bilbao/ |website=Spanish Railway |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=es |date=21 March 2012}}
Starting in 1947, the narrow-gauge railway companies that operated within the Bilbao metropolitan area were merged to become Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos, shortened FTS and the first precedent of today's Bilbao metro. In 1977, the FTS network was transferred to the public company FEVE and in 1982 to the recently created Basque Railways.{{cite web |last1=Peris Torner |first1=Juan |title=Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (FTSB) |url=https://www.spanishrailway.com/ferrocarriles-y-transportes-suburbanos-de-bilbao-s-a-fts/ |website=Spanish Railway |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=es |date=9 May 2012}} 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 11 November 1995.{{cite news |last1=Guerrero |first1=Belén |title=Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión |url=http://www.vialibre-ffe.com/pdf/11727_pdf_08.pdf |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=Vía Libre |date=December 2011 |pages=4–15 |language=es }}
Station layout
It is an overground station with one island platform located on an uneven slope. There were plans to replace the station with a new underground infrastructure,{{cite news |last1=Molano |first1=Eva |title=Berango es la única estación de metro que se cubrirá con financiación municipal |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20110102/vizcaya/berango-unica-estacion-metro-20110102.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Correo |date=2 January 2011 |location=Berango |language=es}} but the project was abandoned in favor of improving the existing facilities.{{cite news |last1=Sánchez de Luna |first1=Íñigo |title=Berango contará con un segundo ascensor junto al metro |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/margen-derecha/berango-contara-segundo-20181226142517-nt_amp.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Correo |date=26 December 2018 |language=es}}
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Services
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|2=Berango (Bilbao metro)}}
{{Metro Bilbao line|line1=yes}}
Category:Line 1 (Bilbao metro) stations
Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893
Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995
Category:1995 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community)