Abando is a station on lines 1 and 2 of the Bilbao metro. The station is located in the neighborhood of Abando, in the district with the same name. The station is located close to Bilbao-Abando railway station, to which it is directly connected. It opened on 11 November 1995.[3] It is one of the busiest stations in the network.
Abando | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1 Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro 48001 Bilbao[1] Spain | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°15′46″N 2°56′02″W / 43.26278°N 2.93389°W | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 11 November 1995 | |||||||||||||||
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2021 | 4,292,719[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Station layout edit
Moyua 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.
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Services edit
The station is served by line 1 from Etxebarri to Ibarbengoa and Plentzia, and by line 2 from Basauri to Kabiezes. The station is also served by local Bilbobus and regional Bizkaibus bus services.
The station is directly connected to Bilbao-Abando railway station, the main railway terminal in Bilbao. The Bilbao tram has a stop with the same name outside the station. It is also close to the narrow-gauge Bilbao-Concordia station.
References edit
- ^ "Estaciones - Abando". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
External links edit
- Media related to Abando (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons