Basauri (Metro Bilbao)

Basauri
Station location
Location Marcelino González, 31
48970 Basauri
Spain
Coordinates 43°14′12″N 2°53′40″W / 43.23667°N 2.89444°W / 43.23667; -2.89444Coordinates: 43°14′12″N 2°53′40″W / 43.23667°N 2.89444°W / 43.23667; -2.89444
Owned by Metro Bilbao S.A.
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Underground station
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone   Zone 2  
History
Opened 11 November 2011

Basauri is the southern terminus of Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. The station is located in the municipality of Basauri, being one of the two stations located in the municipality, part of the Bilbao metropolitan area. It opened in 2011.

History

Basauri station was opened on November 11, 2011,[1] It was the newest station on line 2 until the opening of Kabiezes in 2014. It was one of the two stations planned for the municipality of Basauri, the other one being Ariz, opened on February 28, 2011.

Station layout

Basauri 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

  • Basozelai St., next to the City Hall (Basozelai exit, closed during the night time services)
  • 2 Bidasoa St. (Bidasoa exit)
  • 23 Gipuzkoa St. (Gipuzkoa exit)

Services

Metro services

Preceding station   Metro Bilbao   Following station
toward Kabiezes
Line 2Terminus

Bus services

The station is located in close proximity to a bus stop served by Bizkaibus lines:

  • Basozelai, served by lines running to central Bilbao and Zaratamo (A3622), and to Etxebarri and Galdakao, including the Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital (A3642).

References

  1. ↑ "Metro Bilbao opens its second station in Basauri". EITB. Bilbao. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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