Leioa (Bilbao Metro)

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Leioa, Basque Country, Spain}}

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Leioa, Basque Country, Spain}}

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| name = Leioa

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| style = Bilbao Metro

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| rebuilt = 11 November 1995

| rebuilt = 11 November 1995

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| accessible = Yes

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'''Leioa''' is a station on [[Line 1 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] of the [[Bilbao Metro]]. It is located in the neighborhood of Udondo, in the municipality of [[Leioa]]. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995, replacing an older station. It is located next to a [[park and ride]] facility.

'''Leioa''' is a station on [[Line 1 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] of the [[Bilbao Metro]]. It is located in the neighborhood of Udondo, in the municipality of [[Leioa]]. The station opened as part of the metro on 11 November 1995, replacing an older station. It is located next to a [[park and ride]] facility.

== History ==

==History==

The station wasn't part of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway when it opened in 1887.{{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}} It was built in the mid-twentieth century as an [[infill station]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The station wasn't part of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway when it opened in 1887.{{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}} It was built in the mid-twentieth century as an [[infill station]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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 [[Renfe Feve|FEVE]] and in 1982 to the recently created [[Euskotren|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 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] of the metro. The new station opened 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 }}

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 [[Renfe Feve|FEVE]] and in 1982 to the recently created [[Euskotren|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 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] of the metro. The new station opened 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 }}

=== Future ===

===Future===

In the decade of the 2000s, plans were conceived to create a new tram line, operated by [[Euskotren Tranbia]], connecting the station of Leioa with the [[University of the Basque Country]] campus, easing the access to the university campus from other areas of the [[Greater Bilbao]] metropolitan area by allowing commuters to use a combination of metro and tram services to reach the campus. The first phase of the project involved the construction of a tram line between the metro station and the university campus, while a future second phase would connect it with the also planned Barakaldo tramway line via a bridge over the [[Estuary of Bilbao|Bilbao estuary]], which once completed would have been the longest [[moveable bridge]] in the world.{{cite news |last1=Igea |first1=Octavio |title=La ría tendrá el puente elevable más largo del mundo |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20100909/vizcaya/tendra-puente-elevable-largo-20100909.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Correo |date=9 September 2010 |location=Barakaldo |language=es}}

In the decade of the 2000s, plans were conceived to create a new tram line, operated by [[Euskotren Tranbia]], connecting the station of Leioa with the [[University of the Basque Country]] campus, easing the access to the university campus from other areas of the [[Greater Bilbao]] metropolitan area by allowing commuters to use a combination of metro and tram services to reach the campus. The first phase of the project involved the construction of a tram line between the metro station and the university campus, while a future second phase would connect it with the also planned Barakaldo tramway line via a bridge over the [[Estuary of Bilbao|Bilbao estuary]], which once completed would have been the longest [[moveable bridge]] in the world.{{cite news |last1=Igea |first1=Octavio |title=La ría tendrá el puente elevable más largo del mundo |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20100909/vizcaya/tendra-puente-elevable-largo-20100909.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Correo |date=9 September 2010 |location=Barakaldo |language=es}}

The first works began in 2010 with the construction of the tram depot and the setting up of the first meters of railway track, both located next to the metro station.{{cite news |title=Arrancan las obras del tranvía que unirá la UPV y Leioa con la Margen Izquierda |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/07/16/paisvasco/1279276225.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Mundo |agency=Europa Press |date=16 July 2010 |language=es}} The lasting effects of the [[Great Recession]] that followed the [[2008 financial crisis]] caused construction to come to a stop in 2012, after a budget for the project could not be allocated.{{cite news |last1=Segovia |first1=Josu |title=Tranvía en vía muerta |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/02/16/radio_bilbao/1424081337_343790.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=Cadena SER |language= es |date=17 February 2016}} The project has been on hiatus since, as the [[Basque Government]] has not provided any further funding for the project; in 2018 it was stated that there were not any short-term plans to resume construction.{{cite news |title=El tranvía de Leioa, sin financiación del Gobierno Vasco |url=http://www.leihoa.info/es/uncategorized/el-tranvia-de-leioa-sin-financiacion-del-gobierno-vasco/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=leihoa.info |date=5 January 2018 |language=es |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101120147/http://www.leihoa.info/es/uncategorized/el-tranvia-de-leioa-sin-financiacion-del-gobierno-vasco/ |url-status=dead }} Also in 2018, the Basque Government ordered a study to analyze possible alternatives to the tramway.{{cite news |last1=Basterra |first1=Terry |title=El Parlamento aprueba estudiar otras alternativas al tranvía de Leioa para conectar el metro y la UPV |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/margen-derecha/parlamento-aprueba-estudiar-20180222212322-nt.html |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=El Correo |language= es|date=22 February 2018}}

The first works began in 2010 with the construction of the tram depot and the setting up of the first meters of railway track, both located next to the metro station.{{cite news |title=Arrancan las obras del tranvía que unirá la UPV y Leioa con la Margen Izquierda |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/07/16/paisvasco/1279276225.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=El Mundo |agency=Europa Press |date=16 July 2010 |language=es}} The lasting effects of the [[Great Recession]] that followed the [[2008 financial crisis]] caused construction to come to a stop in 2012, after a budget for the project could not be allocated.{{cite news |last1=Segovia |first1=Josu |title=Tranvía en vía muerta |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/02/16/radio_bilbao/1424081337_343790.html |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=Cadena SER |language= es |date=17 February 2016}} The project has been on hiatus since, as the [[Basque Government]] has not provided any further funding for the project; in 2018 it was stated that there were not any short-term plans to resume construction.{{cite news |title=El tranvía de Leioa, sin financiación del Gobierno Vasco |url=http://www.leihoa.info/es/uncategorized/el-tranvia-de-leioa-sin-financiacion-del-gobierno-vasco/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=leihoa.info |date=5 January 2018 |language=es |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101120147/http://www.leihoa.info/es/uncategorized/el-tranvia-de-leioa-sin-financiacion-del-gobierno-vasco/ |url-status=dead }} Also in 2018, the Basque Government ordered a study to analyze possible alternatives to the tramway.{{cite news |last1=Basterra |first1=Terry |title=El Parlamento aprueba estudiar otras alternativas al tranvía de Leioa para conectar el metro y la UPV |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/margen-derecha/parlamento-aprueba-estudiar-20180222212322-nt.html |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=El Correo |language= es|date=22 February 2018}}

== Station layout ==

==Station layout==

It is an at-grade, open-air station with two side platforms.

It is an at-grade, open-air station with two side platforms.

=== Access ===

===Access===

* [[File:Aiga stairs down inv.svg|20px]] 1, Iturriondo street (''Leioa'' exit)

* [[file:Aiga stairs down inv.svg|20px]] 1, Iturriondo street (''Leioa'' exit)

* [[File:Aiga elevator inv.svg|20px]] [[File:MUTCD D9-6.svg|20px|Sarbide irisgarria]] Station's interior

* [[file:Aiga elevator inv.svg|20px]] [[file:MUTCD D9-6.svg|20px|Sarbide irisgarria]] Station's interior

* [[File:Aiga parking inv.svg|20px]] [[File:MUTCD D9-6.svg|20px]] Park-and-ride

* [[file:Aiga parking inv.svg|20px]] [[file:MUTCD D9-6.svg|20px]] Park-and-ride

== Services ==

==Services==

The station is served by [[Line 1 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] from [[Etxebarri (Bilbao Metro)|Etxebarri]] to [[Plentzia (Bilbao Metro)|Plentzia]]. The station is also served by local Leioabus and regional [[Bizkaibus]] bus services.

The station is served by [[Line 1 (Bilbao Metro)|Line 1]] from [[Etxebarri (Bilbao Metro)|Etxebarri]] to [[Plentzia (Bilbao Metro)|Plentzia]]. The station is also served by local Leioabus and regional [[Bizkaibus]] bus services.

== References ==

==References==

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[[Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995]]