Sestao (Bilbao metro)

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.

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. Work on the tunnel is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2024, with a planned investment of 450 million euros.

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