Portugalete (Bilbao metro)

Rapid transit station in Portugalete, Basque Country, Spain

Portugalete is a station on line 2 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in central Portugalete. Opening on 20 January 2007, it acted as the northern terminus of the line until the line was extended to Santurtzi.^[3][4]

There is a station on the Cercanías Bilbao commuter railway network with the same name, but the two stations are not connected.

Station layout

Portugalete 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

• 19 Carlos VII Av. (Carlos VII exit)
• 22 Maestro Zubeldia St. (Maestro Zubeldia exit, closed during night time services)
• Ferdinand Arnodin St.

Services

The station is served by line 2 from Basauri to Kabiezes. The station is also served by Bizkaibus regional bus services.

References

1. "Estaciones - Portugalete". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
2. "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
3. "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.
4. Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

External links

• Media related to Portugalete (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons