Line_2_(Bilbao_metro) Knowpia

Line 2 (Basauri-Kabiezes)
Line 2 (Basauri-Kabiezes)
	Urbinaga station in 2005
Overview
Owner	Biscay Transport Consortium
Locale	Basauri, Etxebarri, Bilbao, Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete, Santurtzi (Basque Country, Spain)
Termini	Basauri; Kabiezes;
Stations	25
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bilbao metro
Operator(s)	Metro Bilbao
Rolling stock	Metro Bilbao 500, 550, 600 series
History
Opened	13 April 2002
Technical
Line length	22.98 km (14.28 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map
	Legend
	Line 1
	to Plentzia
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Line 2 of the Bilbao metro is a rapid transit line in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. It runs from Basauri to Kabiezes. Its route covers the municipalities of Basauri and Etxebarri, the city of Bilbao and the left bank of the Nervión river. The line has 25 stations.

History edit

The first phase of the line opened on 13 April 2002, with five stations; Gurutzeta/Cruces, Ansio, Barakaldo, Bagatza and Urbinaga. Line 2 joins line 1 at San Ignazio, and from that station both lines continue along the same route to Etxebarri (when line 2 opened the southern terminus for both lines was Bolueta).^[1]

On 8 January 2005, two stations were added: Sestao to the north and Etxebarri to the south (Etxebarri also serves as the southern terminus for line 1).^[2]

On 20 January 2007, the line was extended with two new stations: Portugalete and Abatxolo, both in the municipality of Portugalete.^[3]

On 4 July 2009, two more stations were opened: Peñota and Santurtzi, in Portugalete and Santurtzi respectively.^[4] The Mamariga shuttle, a funicular railway which serves as an access to Santurtzi station, opened in late 2010.^[5]

In 2011, the line was extended southwards with two new stations, Ariz opening on 28 February^[6] and Basauri on 11 November.^[7] Both stations are in the municipality of Basauri.

On 28 June 2014, Kabiezes station opened, in the municipality of Santurtzi. Its opening marked the completion of the line as originally planned.^[8]

Station list edit

Station	Transfers^[a]	Location		Opening date^[b]
Kabiezes		Santurtzi		28 June 2014^[8]
Santurtzi	Mamariga shuttle	Santurtzi		4 July 2009^[4]
Peñota		Portugalete		4 July 2009^[4]
Portugalete				20 January 2007^[3]
Abatxolo				20 January 2007^[3]
Sestao		Sestao		8 January 2005^[2]
Urbinaga		Sestao		13 April 2002^[1]
Bagatza		Barakaldo
Barakaldo
Ansio
Gurutzeta/Cruces
San Ignazio	Line 1 (Bilbao metro)	Deusto	Bilbao	11 November 1995
Sarriko
Deustu
Santimami/San Mamés	Bilbao Intermodal Cercanías Bilbao tram	Basurto-Zorroza
Indautxu		Abando
Moyua
Abando	Cercanías Bilbao tram Feve (Bilbao-Concordia)
Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo	Line 3 (Bilbao metro) Euskotren Trena (E1, E3, E4 lines) Bilbao tram	Ibaiondo
Santutxu		Begoña		5 July 1997
Basarrate
Bolueta
Etxebarri	Line 1 (Bilbao metro)	Etxebarri		8 January 2005^[2]
Ariz		Basauri		28 February 2011^[6]
Basauri		Basauri		11 November 2011^[7]

Notes edit

^ All stations on the San Ignazio-Etxebarri section are also served by line 1.
^ The stations on the San Ignazio-Bolueta section were opened between 1995 and 1997 as part of line 1.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Hitos". bizkaiko garraio partzuergoa - consorcio de transportes de bizkaia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Metro Bilbao inaugura dos nuevas estaciones, Sestao y Etxebarri". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 27 February 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Las estaciones de metro de Abatxolo y Portugalete suman 300.000 viajeros en su primer mes". El Correo (in Spanish). Bilbao. Vasco Press. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Morán, Unai (13 June 2009). "Santurtzi recibirá el metro el 4 de julio". El Correo (in Spanish). Barakaldo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ Llamas, Sergio (4 September 2010). "La lanzadera del metro irrumpe por sorpresa en Mamariga". El Correo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Pérez, Leire (25 January 2011). "La reurbanización de Ariz llegará a la vez que el metro". El Correo (in Spanish). Basauri. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Metro Bilbao inaugura hoy la segunda estación de Basauri". EITB (in Spanish). 11 November 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Osorio, Silvia (28 June 2014). "Kabiezes se sube al metro" [Kabiezes hops on the metro]. El Correo (in Spanish). Bilbao. Retrieved 2 July 2020.