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Sestao (Bilbao Metro)
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. 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 fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sestao
Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. Neighbourhoods Sestao is administratively divided into 13 neighbourhoods or wards: * Kasko ( eu, Gaisko) * Kueto ( eu, Goitio) * Galindo ( eu, Gariondo) * Albiz * Urbinaga * Rebonza ( eu, Urrebontza) * Azeta * Simondrogas ( eu, Zumarrondoaga) * Txabarri ( eu, Etxabarri) * Markonzaga * Aizpuru * Los Baños ( eu, Mañueta) * Las Llanas ( eu, Oyana) Demography Rehabilitation of Sestao Sestao, an industrial area in disuse placed in the province of the Basque Country (Spain), is located in the estuary of Bilbao. It appeared due to diverse economic, social and political forces, but it was the economic strength of the iron industry that prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
