ROUTES
TRAM ROUTE
Operator: EuskoTran
| T | Atxuri - Arriaga - Abando - Museo Guggenheim - San Mamés - Hospital - La Casilla |
UNDERGROUND (METRO) ROUTES
Operator: Metro Bilbao
| L1 | Etxebarri - Casco Viejo - Abando - San Mamés - Deusto - San Inazio - Plentzia |
| L2 | Etxebarri - Casco Viejo - Abando - San Mamés - Deusto - San Inazio - Sestao - Portugalete - Santurtzi |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: 5.6 km.
- Metro: 40.5 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (traditional): (horse-drawn) 1876 - 1896; (electric): 1896 - 1964.
- Urban tramways (modern): 18 Dec. 2002 - today.
- Metro lines: 11 Nov. 1995 - today (Outside of Bilbao, tracks were until 1995 part of the narrow-gauge mainline tracks operated lastly by EuskoTren, steam 1887-1929, electric 1928-1995) .
- Artxanda funicular: 7 Oct. 1915 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramway (both traditional and modern): 1000 mm.
- Metro: 1000 mm.
- Artxanda Funicular: 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Plefka, E. "Narrow gauge through northern Spain (Part 3)", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, May 1989 (52:617), p.156-164.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No. 183: Bilbao, Spain" Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2023 (86: 1021), p.22-27.
- Taplin, M. "Bilbao: First line just the beginning", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2003 (66:784), p.136-137.
WIKIS
- Artxanda Funicular
- Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia / Bizkaiko Garraio Partzuergoa / Biscay Transport Consortium (CTB)
- EuskoTran Tranbia
- Metro de Bilbao / Bilboko metroa / Metro Bilbao
WEB SITES
- Artxandako Funikularra / Funicular de Artxanda
- Bilbao (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia / Bizkaiko Garraio Partzuergoa / Biscay Transport Consortium (CTB)
- EuskoTren
- Metro Bilbao
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