Zumarrága – Zumaia railway line

Zumarrága – Zumaia
Memorial plaque in the Basque Railway Museum
Inscription in the railway substation in Azpeitia
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )

Azpeitia station reception building		Decorated train for the 25th anniversary of the line in 1951

Loyola train station (detail)		Former reception building in Loyola: On the left the former railway line, in the background a railway tunnel

The Zumarrága – Zumaia ( Ferrocarril del Urola ) railway was an electrified, narrow-gauge connection between these two cities in the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain , most of which is now closed .

Geographical location

The route ran in a north-south direction. Zumaia is on the also narrow-gauge Irun – Bilbao railway , Zumarrága on the wide-gauge Irun – Madrid railway coming from France . The Zumarrága – Zumaia railway line crosses mountainous terrain. A large depot was built in Azpeitia , about halfway along the route .

history

The line was licensed as a secondary line on October 5, 1920 and built by the Province of Gipuzkoa . On February 22nd, 1926, King Alfonso XIII opened. the distance.

It never had more than regional significance. When it was finally largely shut down in 1988, the Basque Railway Museum was built on the neighboring site of the Azpeitia station and depot . In addition, an approximately 10 km long section of the line to Lasao, which begins there, was preserved, on which the museum offers trips with historical vehicles in the summer half-year , some of which are pulled by steam locomotives .

Web links

• Homepage of the Basque Railway Museum
• Basque Railway Museum on the homepage of Euskotren ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ^ EU Railway Atlas . Schweers + Wall. Aachen 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 33.
2. ^ Memorial plaque, today in the Basque Railway Museum, Azpeitia.
3. ^ EU Railway Atlas . Schweers + Wall. Aachen 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 33.
4. ^ Basque Railway Museum: Activity Program 2019 . (2019) [Leaflet].