Matiko is the northern terminus of line 3 of the Bilbao metro. The station is also served by Euskotren Trena commuter and regional rail services. The station is located in the neighborhood of Matiko-Ciudad Jardín, part of the Uribarri district of Bilbao. In its current form, the station opened on 8 April 2017. History The original station, named Matico, opened on 30 June 1887 as part of the narrow-gauge Bilbao-Las Arenas railway, which connected the city of Bilbao with Getxo. Matico was also the terminus station of the Matico-Azbarren railway, a narrow-gauge mostly underground suburban railway that connected the peripheral municipality of Basauri with central Bilbao at Matico. The station was an open-air station located in a trench in the Matiko neighbourhood; to the south the railtracks entered two different tunnels, one headed to Bilbao-San Agustín station, terminus of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway, and another towards Azbarren, as part of the Matico-Azbarren railway, whereas to the north a single railtrack continued to the University of Deusto station. In 1904 it was integrated into the Bilbao-Plencia railway, and a third tunnel was opened towards Bilbao-Aduana station, which replaced Bilbao-San Agustín as the terminus station of the line. During the early 20th century, three different railway lines called or passed through Matico station; the passenger Bilbao-Plencia and Matico-Azbarren railways and freight trains headed to Bilbao-San Agustín station. Matico station became a relevant hub for the city's narrow gauge railways, due to being the location of where the single railtrack coming from Getxo and Plentzia branched into three different tunnels. In 1947 the city's narrow gauge railways merged to form the Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos de Bilbao S.A. (Railways and Suburban Transport of Bilbao), shortened FTS and the first precedent of today's Metro Bilbao. The branch towards Bilbao-San Agustín was closed down in 1973 In 1977 the FTS network was transferred to the public company FEVE and in 1982 to the recently created Euskotren. The station, then renamed Matiko following the modern Basque orthography, was then part of a series of renovation projects commissioned by the Basque Government which included the creation of the Metro Bilbao's line 1 using sections of the Bilbao-Plencia and Matico-Azbarren railways, which caused Matiko to become disconnected from both lines, as the station was not part of the new metro network. The tunnel and railtrack connecting the station with Azbarren were closed down. After the opening of Metro