Basarrate (Bilbao metro)

Rapid transit station in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Biscay Transport Consortium [es]
Euskal Trenbide Sarea

Line(s)

Line 1
Line 2

Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeUndergroundPlatform levels1ParkingNoAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone Zone 1 HistoryOpened5 July 1997Passengers20211,610,660^[2] Services

Preceding station	Metro Bilbao			Following station
Santutxu towards Plentzia		Line 1		Bolueta towards Etxebarri
Santutxu towards Kabiezes		Line 2		Bolueta towards Basauri

Basarrate is a station on lines 1 and 2 of the Bilbao metro. The station is located in the neighborhood of Santutxu, in the district of Begoña, in Bilbao. The name of the station comes from the Campa de Basarrate (Spanish for 'Basarrate field'), as the station is located directly below it. It opened on 5 July 1997.^[3]

Station layout

Basarrate station follows the typical cavern-shaped layout of most underground Metro Bilbao stations designed by Norman Foster, with the main hall located directly above the rail tracks.

Access

3 Pintor Losada St. - Campa de Basarrate (Basarrate exit)
Iturriaga St. and Marqués de Laurencín St. (Ascensor Iturriaga exit)

Services

The station is served by line 1 from Etxebarri to Ibarbengoa and Plentzia, and by line 2 from Basauri to Kabiezes. The station is located in close proximity to a Bilbobus stop served by the San Ignacio-Txurdinaga (13) and Santutxu-Biribila Plaza (40) lines.

References

^ "Estaciones - Basarrate". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.