Basauri (Metro Bilbao)

Basauri
Station location
Location	Marcelino González, 31 48970 Basauri Spain
Coordinates	43°14′12″N 2°53′40″W / 43.23667°N 2.89444°W / 43.23667; -2.89444Coordinates: 43°14′12″N 2°53′40″W / 43.23667°N 2.89444°W / 43.23667; -2.89444
Owned by	Metro Bilbao S.A.
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground station
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 2
History
Opened	11 November 2011

Basauri is the southern terminus of Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. The station is located in the municipality of Basauri, being one of the two stations located in the municipality, part of the Bilbao metropolitan area. It opened in 2011.

The Cercanías Bilbao commuter railway network (operated by Renfe) also has a Basauri station on its C3 line, but they are not at the same location – there is a distance of about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) between them, with the Cercanías station serving the industrial area to the south of the town, including the large  [es] steel facility.

History[]

Basauri station was opened on 11 November 2011,^[1] It was the newest station on line 2 until the opening of Kabiezes in 2014. It was one of the two stations planned for the municipality of Basauri, the other one being Ariz, opened on 28 February 2011.

Station layout[]

Basauri 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[]

• Basozelai St., next to the City Hall (Basozelai exit, closed during the night time services)
• 2 Bidasoa St. (Bidasoa exit)
• 23 Gipuzkoa St. (Gipuzkoa exit)

Services[]

Metro services[]

Bus services[]

The station is located in close proximity to a bus stop served by Bizkaibus lines:

• Basozelai, served by lines running to central Bilbao and Zaratamo (A3622), and to Etxebarri and Galdakao, including the Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital (A3642).

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