Infrastructure

Old Brizuela station

The old Brizuela station is located at kilometre 355 of the Santander-Mediterranean Sea railway line. It is located in the town of the same name, at an altitude of 637.4 metres.

The authors of its construction were the workers of the Compañía del Ferrocarril Santander-Mediterráneo who worked hard to be able to inaugurate this complex coinciding with the opening of the Trespaderne-Cidad section in November 1930.

In its heyday, this railway complex had a total of three service tracks, a passenger building and a warehouse.

The Santander-Mediterranean Sea line, designed to link the ports of Santander and Valencia, was in operation for more than fifty years from Cidad-Dosante in Burgos to Calatayud, where it connected with the Ferrocarril Central de Aragón (Aragon Central Railway). The project originated at the end of the 19th century, but did not come to fruition until 1920, when the State Government took up a previous study. The line was opened to the public between 1927 and 1930, although the connection with Santander never took place, despite the construction of the La Engaña tunnel that crossed the Cantabrian mountain range. In addition, the line underwent shut downs and abandonment, and finally closed in 1985. It transported a wide variety of goods, including coal, sand, wood, citrus fruits, cereals, livestock and building materials.

After the nationalisation of all the Iberian gauge railway lines in 1941, the facilities were taken over by RENFE. From 1966, the Villarcayo station became the last stop for passenger services on the Trespaderne-Cidad section, which marked the end of operations in Brizuela.

After that, the railway complex was restored and is now used as a rural hostel.

Otros puntos de interés

• Bilbao - La Robla mining railway
• Old Dosante - Cidad station
• Cidad Tunnel
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Puentedey tunnel
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Old Escaño halt
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Old Horna-Villarcayo Station
• Viaduct over the river Nela
• Old Medina de Pomar station