Leioa (Metro Bilbao)

Leioa is a station of line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighbourhood of Udondo, in the municipality of Leioa. It was opened on 11 November, 1995, replacing a much older one-platform station named Udondo, part of the Bilbao-Las Arenas railway. It is located next to a park and ride facility.

Leioa
Station's exterior
Location2 Sabino Arana St.
48940 Leioa
Spain
Coordinates43°19′05″N 2°59′31″W
Owned byConsortium of Biscayan Transport (CTB) and Metro Bilbao S.A.
Line(s)Metro Bilbao:
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeAt grade station
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 2  
History
Opened11 November 1995

Station layout

It is an at-grade, open-air station with two side platforms.

Access
  • 1, Iturriondo street (Leioa exit)
  • Station's interior
  • Park-and-ride

Services

Metro services

The station is served by Line 1 to Etxebarri, Ibarbengoa and Plentzia. There are trains to Etxebarri and Ibarbengoa every five to ten minutes, and services to Plentzia every twenty minutes.[1]

Preceding station   Metro Bilbao   Following station
toward Plentzia or Bidezabal
Line 1
toward Etxebarri

Bus services

The station is served by the following regional Bizkaibus lines:

  • A2161 Vizcaya Bridge - UPV/EHU
  • A3472 Getxo - Gurutzeta/Cruces (from Areeta/Las Arenas)

Additionally, the following local bus services serve the station:

  • Leioabus A2171 Txorierri - Vizcaya Bridge

Future

In the decade of the 2000s, plans were conceived to create a new tram line, operated by Euskotren Tranbia, connecting the station of Leioa with the University of the Basque Country campus, easing the access to the university campus from other areas of the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area by allowing commuters to use a combination of metro and tram services to reach the campus. The first phase of the project involved the construction of the track between Leioa metro station and the university campus, while a future second phase would connect the same Leioa metro station with the also planned Barakaldo tramway line via a bridge over the Bilbao estuary, which once completed would have been the longest moveable bridge in the world.[2]

The first works began in 2010 with the construction of the tram depot and the setting up of the first meters of railway track, both located next to the metro station.[3] The lasting effects of the Great Recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis caused construction to come to a stop in 2012, after a budget for the project could not be allocated.[4] The project has been on hiatus since, as the Basque Government has not provided any further funding for the project; in 2018 it was stated that there were not any short-term plans to resume construction.[5] Also in 2018, the Basque Government ordered a study to analyse possible alternatives to the tramway.[6]

See also

References
  1. Official Schedules at Metro Bilbao website
  2. Igea, Octavio (9 September 2010). "The estuary will have the world's longest moveable bridge". ElCorreo.com. El Correo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. "The works of the tramway line to connect Leioa and UPV begin". ElMundo.es. El Mundo. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. "Tramway on dead track". CadenaSer.com. Cadena Ser Euskadi. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. "Leioa's tramway without funding". Leihoa.info. Leihoa.info. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. "Study of alternatives to Leioa's tramway". ElCorreo.com. El Correo. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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