Line 1 of the

Bilbao metro The Bilbao metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Lines 1 and 2 have a "Y" shape, as they transit both banks of the river Nervión, Ibaizabal and then combine to form one line that ends ...

is a rapid transit line in

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, Basque Country,

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. It runs from

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Plentzia Plentzia () is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The town has 4,459 inhabitants (2023). Plentzia is located 25 km north-east of Bilbao. It is part of the Bilbao met ...

. Its route covers the municipality of

, the city of

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, the right bank of the

Nervión Nervión (; ) is a river that runs through the town of Bilbao, Spain into the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Its lowermost course, downstream of its confluence with the Ibaizabal River, is known as the Estuary of Bilbao. Geography The riv ...

river and Uribe Kosta. The line has 29 stations.

History

On November 11, 1995, Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza opened the first 23 stations of the metro system between

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and

. The next year, on June 24, 1996,

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opened as an

infill station An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ...

between Areeta and

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, in the municipality of

Getxo Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 75,430 inhabitants (2023). Getxo ...

. On July 5, 1997, three new stations were opened:

Santutxu Santutxu is a neighbourhood of the Spanish city of Bilbao. It belongs to the 4th urban district, named Begoña. It is a popular residential neighbourhood which has a significant number of small businesses and has received some waves of immigration ...

, Basarrate and Bolueta; all in Bilbao. Line 2 of the metro opened in 2002, sharing tracks with the first line between Bolueta and San Inazio. Both lines were extended by one station on 8 January 2005, with the opening of

. The Maidagan level crossing in

, one of the two that remained in the metro, was removed in 2012 by building a tunnel for the metro in the area. The other remaining level crossing was located next to Urduliz station. It closed in 2015, and was rebuilt underground. The new Urduliz station opened in 2017. On 15 June 2020, Ibarbengoa station (between Bidezabal and

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) opened to the public. The station was actually built in 2012 (at the same time as the Maidagan level crossing was put underground), but the opening was delayed until its

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facilities were built.

Station list

Notes

References

External links

Metro Bilbao
* {{Metro Bilbao 01 Transport in Bilbao Railway lines opened in 1995 1995 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Metre-gauge railways in Spain 1500 V DC railway electrification