Euskotren

This article is about the company. For the railway service, see Euskotren Trena.
Eusko Trenbideak - Ferrocarriles Vascos S.A.
Company typeGovernment-owned
Industry
Founded24 May 1982
Headquarters
8 Atxuri Street, Bilbao, Biscay
,
Spain
Area served
Basque Country
Key people
Antonio Aiz (President)
OwnerBasque Government
Number of employees
1,163[1] (2019)
Divisions
Websitewww.euskotren.eus/en

Euskotren, formally known as Basque Railways (Basque: Eusko Trenbideak, Spanish: Ferrocarriles Vascos), is a public railway company controlled by the Basque Government and officially established in 1982[2] to operate several 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) narrow gauge railways inside the autonomous community of the Basque Country, under the terms of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country.[3] Originally operating under the commercial brand ET/FV, it took control of the management and operations of the narrow gauge lines formerly operated by the railway company FEVE. The commercial brand eventually changed to Euskotren, as it remains today. Since 2006, the infrastructure on which the company runs its trains has been owned by Euskal Trenbide Sarea.[4]

  1. ^ Cuentas anuales e informe de gestión del ejercicio 2019, junto con el informe de auditoría emitido por un auditor independiente (PDF). euskotren.eus (Report) (in Spanish). 25 March 2020. p. 41. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "DECRETO 48/2007, de 20 de marzo, de cuarta modificación del Decreto de creación de la sociedad pública Eusko Trenbideak - Ferrocarriles Vascos, S.A. y de aprobación de sus estatutos" (PDF). BOPV (in Spanish). No. 66. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country. Article 10.32" (PDF). BOE (in Spanish). Madrid. 18 December 1979. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ Euskal Trenbide Sarea - Memoria 2019 (PDF). euskadi.eus (Report) (in Spanish). p. 138. Retrieved 15 May 2021.