Urbinaga (Metro Bilbao)
Urbinaga is a station of line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighbourhood of Simondrogas, in the municipality of Sestao,[2] next to the Sestao water treatment plant and in proximity to the Lasesarre football stadium. It was opened on 13 April, 2002.
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| Location | Maestro José St. 48910 Sestao Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°18′20″N 2°59′33″W |
| Owned by | Consortium of Biscayan Transport (CTB) and Metro Bilbao S.A. |
| Line(s) | Metro Bilbao:  |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Elevated station |
| Platform levels | 1 |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Fare zone | Zone 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 13 April 2002 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2018) | 96,779[1] |
Station layout
Urbinaga station is an elevated station located entirely on a curved viaduct, due to the necessity of adapting to the difficult orography of the area. The station's hall and main entrance is located on the ground floor, with two tracks and platforms on the elevated portion of the station.
Access
Services
Metro services
The station is served by Line 2 to Basauri and Kabiezes with services around seven to ten minutes.[3]
| Preceding station | Metro Bilbao | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Kabiezes | Line 2 | toward Basauri |
Bus services
The station is also served by the following Bizkaibus regional services:
- A3129 Lutxana - Gurutzeta/Cruces - Santurtzi
Future services
The location of the station, next to a large water treatment plant and on a relatively sparsely populated area, was chosen due to its strategic position within the Metro Bilbao network, being the only point apart from the Bilbao-Abando railway station where the Metro Bilbao tracks cross in very close proximity to those of Cercanías Bilbao, a commuter rail service serving the left bank of the Bilbao estuary: the tracks from Cercanías C-1 and C-2 lines are located directly below the station.
The project of construction an intermodal station between Metro Bilbao and Cercanías Bilbao at Urbinaga was first announced in 2009, with an agreement for its construction signed between Adif and the Consortium of Biscayan Transport in 2011.[4] The project was to be executed in phases, with the first one expected to begin in autumn of 2011 involving the setting of new railway tracks for Cercanías and the construction of a new station for the service, linking it to that of Metro Bilbao. However, the project was delayed and it was not until 2017 when the Ministry of Environment published the environmental impact report, giving green light to the construction of the project.[5] As of June 2020, construction has not yet started.
See also
References
- "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Metro Bilbao SA. 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Destinations at Metro Bilbao website
- Schedules and frequencies at Metro Bilbao website
- Ascorbebeitia, Gorka (21 May 2011). "Transported deberá pagar el doble de lo previsto por la intermodal de Urbinags" [Transport will have to pay twice as expected for the Urbinaga intermodal]. El Correo (in Spanish). Bilbao. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "El intercambiador de Urbinaga, listo para que comience su construcción" [Urbinaga intermodal station ready to begin construction]. Deia (in Spanish). Bilbao. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.