Metro Bilbao
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Abando station has the usual design for cavern stations
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| Overview | |||
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| Native name |
Metro de Bilbao Bilboko metroa |
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| Locale | Greater Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 2 | ||
| Number of stations | 40 (24 subway, 16 surface) |
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| Daily ridership | 175,342 (avg. weekday, 2009) | ||
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| Began operation | November 11, 1995 | ||
| Operator(s) | Biscay Transport Consortium (CTB) | ||
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| System length | 43.28 km (26.9 mi) | ||
| No. of tracks | 2 (mostly) 1 (Urduliz–Plentzia) |
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| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1500 V overhead lines | ||
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Metro Bilbao (Spanish: Metro de Bilbao, Basque: Bilboko metroa) is a rapid transit (metro) system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Its lines have a "Y" shape, with two lines that transit both banks of the Nervión river and then combine to form one line that ends in the south of Bilbao. The network of Metro Bilbao is connected with Euskotren Tranbia (tram services), Bilboko Aldiriak (commuter rail services), Euskotren Trena (commuter rail services), Feve (commuter rail services, regional and long-distance trains), the Renfe service (long-distance trains) and Bilbao's bus station Termibus. It uses a meter gauge.
As of 2013[update], the Metro operates on 43.28 kilometers (26.89 mi) of route, with 42 stations (26 of them underground, and 16 on the surface) with 80 accesses (not counting elevators). It is the third largest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried (87,133,034 in 2013) behind the Madrid and Barcelona metro systems.
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