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, as the station is located directly below it. It opened on 5 July 1997.

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

 * Aiga escalator down inv.svg 3 Pintor Losada St. - Campa de Basarrate (Basarrate exit)
 * Aiga elevator inv.svg MUTCD D9-6.svg 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.