Portugalete (Bilbao metro)
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Portugalete | |||||||||||
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 View of the station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | San Roque Plaza 48920 Portugalete[1] Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°19′04″N 3°01′14″W / 43.31778°N 3.02056°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | |||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 January 2007 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,501,249[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
19 Carlos VII Av. (Carlos VII exit)- 22 Maestro Zubeldia St. (Maestro Zubeldia exit, closed during night time services)
Ferdinand Arnodin St.
Services[edit]
The station is served by line 2 from Basauri to Kabiezes. The station is also served by Bizkaibus regional bus services.
References[edit]
- ^ "Estaciones - Portugalete". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Portugalete (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons
