Sestao (Bilbao metro)

Sestao is a station on line 2 of the Bilbao metro. It is located in central Sestao, in close proximity to the city hall and the Santa María church. It opened on 8 January 2005 and it acted as northern terminus for line 2 until the opening of the Portugalete extension in 2007.^[3][4]

Sestao
Entrance to the station
General information
Location	Kasko Plaza 48910 Sestao[1] Spain
Coordinates	43°18′34″N 3°00′26″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	8 January 2005
Passengers
2021	1,799,857[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Bilbao Following station Abatxolo towards Kabiezes Line 2 Urbinaga 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

Sestao 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

• Kasko Plaza, city hall (Kasko exit)
• 14, Gran Vía de José Antonio Agirre y Lekube (La Salle exit, closed during night time services)
• Camino Txikito Rd. / Doctor Fleming St. (Camino Txikito Bidea exit, closed during night time services)
• 2, Gran Vía de José Antonio Agirre y Lekube (Kasko exit)

Services

The station is served by line 2 from Basauri to Kabiezes. The station is also served by Bizkaibus regional bus services.

Future

In 2022, it was announced that a tunnel will connect both banks of the Ibaizabal-Nervión estuary in 2028, incorporating a shuttle train that will connect the Sestao and Areeta (Line 1) stations in four minutes.^[5] Work on the tunnel is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2024, with a planned investment of 450 million euros.^[6]

References

1. "Estaciones - Sestao". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
2. "Metro en cifras". Metro Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
3. Guerrero, Belén (December 2011). "Metro Bilbao, una red en expansión" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). pp. 4–15. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
4. "Metro Bilbao inaugura dos nuevas estaciones, Sestao y Etxebarri". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 27 February 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
5. "La lanzadera de metro que unirá Getxo y Sestao funcionará cada 4 minutos y no tendrá maquinista". El Correo (in Spanish). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
6. "Europa prestará hasta 200 millones de euros para construir el gran túnel bajo la Ría". Naiz (in Spanish). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

External links

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