BizkaiBus is the name for

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services serving the

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Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

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. It is named after the

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name of the province, ''Bizkaia''. The buses can be identified by their distinctive green (until 2009 yellow)

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. The bus network is integrated in the Barik card system.

Characteristics

BizkaiBus is the result of the combination of several companies that offered bus travel services in the province of

, TCSA, CAV, PESA, Encartaciones, Euskotren, Adnor and Autobuses de Lujua. The service is funded by the authority of Biscay or Diputacion Foral and operates as many as 100 bus lines. Some of the lines are seasonal, and only operate during certain months, for example a number of summer season lines to beach areas. Various bus companies have steadily joined the Bizkaibus consortium over the years. The bus lines of

EuskoTren Euskotren, formally known as Basque Railways ( eu, Eusko Trenbideak, es, Ferrocarriles Vascos), is a public railway company controlled by the Basque Government and officially established in 1982 to operate several narrow gauge railways inside ...

joined in the year 2002, Adnor joined in 2005, and Autobuses de Lujua in 2006. Of the original companies offering bus public transport in

Vigiola remains the only non-affiliated bus operator. In 2006 the line between

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and Castro Urdiales was excluded from Bizkaibus, as the line was solely funded by the Biscay local authority and the town of Castro Urdiales lies in the province of

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

Lines departing from Bilbao

There are around 100 lines operated by Bizkaibus. The numbering system depends on the zone of

. The routes in Uribe Kosta begin with 21, University routes begin with 23, the routes on the left bank of

Greater Bilbao Greater Bilbao ( Basque: ''Bilboaldea'', Spanish: ''Gran Bilbao'') is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated one. The capital city of ...

begin with 31, those of the right bank of

are prefixed 34, the River Nervion area routes are designated with the number 36, the Encartaciones region 33, the routes operated by the company CAV the number 35, and PESA the number 39.

External links

Official site
{{Bilbao Transport Biscay Transport in Bilbao