Sestao (Bilbao Metro)
Rapid transit station in Sestao, Basque Country, Spain
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Sestao is a station on Line 2 of the Bilbao Metro. It is located in central Sestao, near 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]
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Sestao | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kasko Plaza 48910 Sestao[1] Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°18′34″N 3°00′26″W | ||||||||||
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| Line |  Line 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 January 2005 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 1,799,857[2] | ||||||||||
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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]
