Barakaldo is a station on line 2 of the

Bilbao metro The Bilbao metro ( es, Metro de Bilbao, eu, Bilboko metroa) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Lines 1 and 2 have a "Y" shape, as they transit both banks of the river Ibaizabal and then combi ...

. It is located in central

Barakaldo Barakaldo ( es, Baracaldo; eu, Barakaldo ) is a municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country. Located on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is part of Greater Bilbao, has a population at 100,881. Barakaldo ha ...

, in close proximity to the city hall, the municipal courthouse and the '' Escuela Oficial de Idiomas''. It opened on 13 April 2002.

Station layout

Barakaldo station follows the typical cavern-shaped layout of most underground Metro Bilbao stations designed by

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, with the main hall located directly above the rail tracks.

Access

18 Los Fueros St. (''Fueros'' exit) * Aiga escalator down inv

1 Euskadi Av. (Corthouse) (''Avda. Euskadi'' exit) * Aiga escalator down inv

21 Elkano St. (''Elkano'' exit) * Aiga elevator inv

2 De la Libertad Av.

Services

The station is served by line 2 from

Basauri Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also i ...

to Kabiezes. The station is also served by

Bizkaibus BizkaiBus is the name for bus services serving the province of Biscay, Spain. It is named after the Basque name of the province, ''Bizkaia''. The buses can be identified by their distinctive green (until 2009 yellow) livery. The bus network is i ...

regional bus services and

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, the municipal bus service.

References

External links

* {{Metro Bilbao line, line2=yes Bilbao metro stations located underground Line 2 (Bilbao metro) stations Railway stations opened in 2002 2002 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Barakaldo