Metro Donostialdea
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| Overview | |
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| Owner | Basque Railways |
| Locale | Donostialdea (greater area of San Sebastián), Gipuzkoa, Spain |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 21 |
| Website | Official website |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | October 2012 (as Metro Donostialdea, earlier as Euskotren Trena) |
| Operator(s) | Euskotren Trena |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
| Electrification | Yes |
Metro Donostialdea is a rapid transit (metro) system serving the city of San Sebastián and the Donostialdea area, within Gipuzkoa and reaching the city of Hendaye. The line was renamed Metro Donostialdea and converted into an urban rapid transit system in August 2012, and it was previously known as the Topo line ("topo" being Spanish for "mole") and part of the Euskotren Trena commuter rail network. In August 2012 its livery was changed to reflect the new brand, metro donostialdea, and new stations were opened, creating the called "Line 1" and seven new stations are expected to be constructed and opened within the city of San Sebastián to complete the aforementioned first line It is operated by the Basque Railways and it uses meter gauge.
Once fully finished, it will become the second metro system in the Basque Country, after Metro Bilbao which was opened in 1995. The metro network expects to give rapid transit services to 65% of the population of Gipuzkoa and will serve important towns and cities as Lasarte-Oria, San Sebastián, Pasaia, Errenteria, Irun and Hendaye. The network of Metro Donostialdea is connected with the rest of the Euskotren Trena network and with SNCF.
The current metro line was originally opened on December 5, 1912 as a regional train connecting the city of San Sebastián with Irun. The network was subsequently owned by Feve, the Spanish narrow-gauge railway company until its transference to the Basque Government in the 1970s when it was transformed into EuskoTren, along with other narrow-gauge lines in the Basque Country. The line then connected the cities of Lasarte-Oria, San Sebastián, Pasaia, Irun and Hendaye as EuskoTren's "Line 2", commonly known as "el topo" (Spanish for "the mole", as most of its route was underground).
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