Peñota (Bilbao metro)

Peñota is a station on line 2 of the Bilbao metro. It is named after the neighborhood of Peñota, in the municipality of Santurtzi, however all the station entrances are within the Portugalete city limits.^{[citation needed]} It opened on 4 July 2009.^[3]

Peñota
Entrance to the station
General information
Location	5 San Juan Bautista St, Portugalete[1] Spain
Coordinates	43°19′19″N 3°01′29″W
Owned by	Biscay Transport Consortium [es] Euskal Trenbide Sarea
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 2
History
Opened	4 July 2009
Passengers
2021	981,039[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station Santurtzi towards Kabiezes Line 2 Portugalete towards Basauri

There is a station on the Cercanías Bilbao commuter railway network with the same name, but the two stations are not connected.

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

The station is served by line 2 from Kabiezes to Basauri with headways from five to ten minutes.^{[citation needed]} Bus stops near the station are served by Bizkaibus regional services.

References

1. "Estaciones - Peñota". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
2. "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
3. Morán, Unai (17 June 2009). "Santurtzi recibirá el metro el 4 de julio". El Correo (in Spanish). Barakaldo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

External links

• Media related to Peñota (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons