- This initiative has taken industrial tourism and turned it into an immersive experience

The three resources selected are 2 anchor points – in other words, 2 of the resources certified by the ERIH (European Route of Industrial Heritage) as of special interest – and the third is the Bizkaia Transporter Bridge, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After the end of the annual Christmas shutdown of its facilities in Azpeitia (Gipuzkoa), Euskotren's Basque Railway Museum will open again on Tuesday 7 January.

Euskotren’s Basque Railway Museum will operate 49 classic trains – 15 steam and 34 diesel - in August. The trains will run between the Azpeitia Museum and Lasao. 

The diesel-driven train service will operate on from Tuesday to Friday, except on bank holidays, with departures from the Museum at 12.00 noon and 5.30 p.m. In turn, the steam trains will run on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. The trains will depart at 12.00 noon and 5.30 p.m. On Sundays, the train will leave the Museum at 12.00 noon.

4 steam trains this week

The Euskotren Basque Railway Museum has added a Seat 600E, donated by Itxaso Corrales, to its vehicle collection at its Azpeitia premises (Gipuzkoa). That vehicle is one of the main icons of the motorisation of Spanish society in the 1960s.

The stream engine season has started at the Euskotren Basque Railway Museum and the locomotives will run every weekend until early November.  

The steam engines will depart from the Museum (Azpeitia) to Lasao at the following times:

• Saturdays: 12.00 noon and 5.30 p.m.
• Sundays: 12.00 noon

Next Monday 1 February marks the 125th anniversary of the first railway vehicle that was propelled by a brand-new type of power at that time – electricity –, instead of being driven by the force of stream or the more rudimentary ones that were pulled by draught animals. Therefore, the Basque Government and the Basque Railway Museum run by Euskotren are organising different activities to showcase this historical milestone, when the Bilbao to Santurtzi Tramway was the first in Spain to use electric traction.

Euskotren, through its Basque Railway Museum in Azpeitia, together with a score of European railway museums, has joined an initiative promoted by the Spanish Railways Foundation to highlight the beneficial role that heritage-related venues will play in caring for people when they can open to the public within the context of this coexistence with Covid-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that participating in artistic and cultural activities promotes physical and mental health.

Next Saturday, 5 October, the Basque Railway Museum, managed by Euskotren, a Basque Government publicly-run company, will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its Azpeitia premises (Gipuzkoa). 

The Euskotren Basque Railway Museum has organised the following activities, including 7 classic train journeys (*), to celebrate its first 25 years: