Peñota (Metro Bilbao)

Peñota
Station's entrance
Location	5 San Juan Bautista St. 48920 Portugalete Spain
Coordinates	43°19′19″N 3°01′29″W / 43.32194°N 3.02472°W / 43.32194; -3.02472Coordinates: 43°19′19″N 3°01′29″W / 43.32194°N 3.02472°W / 43.32194; -3.02472
Owned by	Consortium of Biscayan Transport (CTB) and Metro Bilbao S.A.
Line(s)	Metro Bilbao:
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground station
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 2
History
Opened	4 July 2009
Passengers
2018	1,328,004[1]

Peñota is a station of line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is named after the neighbourhood of Peñota, in the municipality of Santurtzi, however all the station entrances are within the Portugalete city limits.^[2] It opened on 4 July, 2009.

The Cercanías Bilbao commuter railway network (operated by Renfe) also has a Peñota station on its C1 line, but they are not at the same location – there is a distance of about 950 metres (1,040 yd) between them.

Station layout[]

Peñota 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. Alongside Indautxu, Peñota is one of the few stations in the network to incorporate an underground commercial gallery.

Access[]

• Libertador Simón Bolívar Av. (Simón Bolívar exit, closed during night time services)
• Peñota Av. (San Juan de Dios exit, commercial gallery)
• San Juan Bautista St. (San Juan Bautista exit)

Services[]

Metro services[]

The station is served by Line 2 to Basauri and Kabiezes with services around seven to ten minutes.^[3]

Bus services[]

The station is also served by the following Bizkaibus regional services:

• A3129 Lutxana - Gurutzeta/Cruces - Santurtzi

See also[]

• Line 2
• Metro Bilbao
• Portugalete

References[]