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, Basque Country,

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. It runs from

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to Plentzia. Its route covers the municipality of

, the city of

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, the right bank of the

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river and Uribe Kosta. The line has 29 stations.

History

On November 11 1995, Lehendakari

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opened the first 23 stations of the metro system between

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and Plentzia. The next year, on June 24 1996, Gobela opened as an

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between Areeta and

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, in the municipality of

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. On July 5 1997, three new stations were opened:

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, Basarrate and Bolueta; all in Bilbao. Line 2 of the metro opened in 2002, sharing tracks with the first line between Bolueta and

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. Both lines were extended by one station on 8 January 2005, with the opening of

. The Maidagan level crossing in

, one of the two that remained in the metro, was removed in 2012 by building a tunnel for the metro in the area. The other remaining level crossing was located next to

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station. It closed in 2015, and was rebuilt underground. The new Urduliz station opened in 2017. On 15 June 2020, Ibarbengoa station (between Bidezabal and

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) opened to the public. The station was actually built in 2012 (at the same time as the Maidagan level crossing was put underground), but the opening was delayed until its

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facilities were built.

Station list

Notes

References

External links

Metro Bilbao
* {{Metro Bilbao 01 Transport in Bilbao Railway lines opened in 1995 1995 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Metre gauge railways in Spain 1500 V DC railway electrification