Basarrate (Bilbao metro)

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]

Basarrate
Station interior
General information
LocationCampa de Basarrate
48004 Bilbao[1]
Spain
Coordinates43°15′04″N 2°54′39″W
Owned by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 1  
History
Opened5 July 1997
Passengers
20211,610,660[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station
Santutxu
towards Plentzia
 Line 1 Bolueta
towards Etxebarri
Santutxu
towards Kabiezes
 Line 2 Bolueta
towards Basauri

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