Sestao (Bilbao metro)

Sestao
Entrance to the station
General information
LocationKasko Plaza
48910 Sestao[1]
Spain
Coordinates43°18′34″N 3°00′26″W / 43.30944°N 3.00722°W / 43.30944; -3.00722
Owned by
Line(s) Line 2
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 2  
History
Opened8 January 2005
Passengers
20211,799,857[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station
Abatxolo
towards Kabiezes
 Line 2 Urbinaga
towards Basauri

Sestao is a station on line 2 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in central Sestao, in close proximity to the city hall and the Santa María church. It opened on 8 January 2005 and it acted as northern terminus for line 2 until the opening of the Portugalete extension in 2007.[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

Sestao 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

  • Kasko Plaza, city hall (Kasko exit)
  • 14, Gran Vía de José Antonio Agirre y Lekube (La Salle exit, closed during night time services)
  • Camino Txikito Rd. / Doctor Fleming St. (Camino Txikito Bidea exit, closed during night time services)
  • 2, Gran Vía de José Antonio Agirre y Lekube (Kasko exit)

Services

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

Future

In 2022, it was announced that a tunnel will connect both banks of the Ibaizabal-Nervión estuary in 2028, incorporating a shuttle train that will connect the Sestao and Areeta (Line 1) stations in four minutes.[5] Work on the tunnel is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2024, with a planned investment of 450 million euros.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Estaciones - Sestao". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Metro Bilbao inaugura dos nuevas estaciones, Sestao y Etxebarri". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 27 February 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "La lanzadera de metro que unirá Getxo y Sestao funcionará cada 4 minutos y no tendrá maquinista". El Correo (in Spanish). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Europa prestará hasta 200 millones de euros para construir el gran túnel bajo la Ría". Naiz (in Spanish). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.