Otxarkoaga (Bilbao metro)

Otxarkoaga
Otxarkoaga
	View from the mezzanine
General information
Location	4, Lozoño St.; 48004 Bilbao; Spain
Coordinates	43°15′29″N 2°54′03″W / 43.25806°N 2.90083°WCoordinates: 43°15′29″N 2°54′03″W / 43.25806°N 2.90083°W
Owned by	Euskal Trenbide Sarea
Line(s)	Line 3 ; Line E1; Line E3; Line E4
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 1
History
Opened	8 April 2017

Otxarkoaga is a station on line 3 of the Bilbao metro. The station is also served by Euskotren Trena commuter and regional rail services. The station is located in the neighborhood of Otxarkoaga, part of the Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga district of Bilbao. It opened on 8 April 2017.

Station layout

Txurdinaga follows the same cavern-like station layout shared by most underground stations of the system, designed by Norman Foster, with the main hall located suspended directly above the tracks.^[2]

Access

1 Kepa Enbeitia Plaza (Plaza Kepa Enbeitia exit)
23 Lozoño St. (Lozoño exit)
14 Langaran St. (Langaran exit)
8, Pau Casals Av.

Services

Unlike the two other lines of the Bilbao metro system (which are operated by Metro Bilbao S.A.), line 3 is operated by Euskotren, which runs it as part of the Euskotren Trena network. Trains from the Bilbao-San Sebastián, Txorierri and Urdaibai lines of the network run through line 3.^[3]^[4] The station is also served by several local Bilbobus lines.

Preceding station		Following station
Txurdinaga towards Matiko	Line 3	Kukullaga Terminus
Txurdinaga towards Matiko	Line E1	Kukullaga towards Amara
Txurdinaga towards Lezama	Line E3	Kukullaga Terminus
Txurdinaga towards Matiko	Line E4	Kukullaga towards Bermeo

Gallery

Fosterito, the station entrance
Station platform

References

^ "La Línea 3 del metro supera los seis millones de viajes en su primer aniversario". El Correo (in Spanish). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Súbete a la línea 3 del Metro". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Iturralde, Mikel (24 September 2017). "Bilbao va sobre ruedas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Desde hoy, los trenes de Bermeo de Euskotren llegan al centro de Bilbao". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

Media related to Otxarkoaga (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "La Línea 3 del metro supera los seis millones de viajes en su primer aniversario". El Correo (in Spanish). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[2] "Súbete a la línea 3 del Metro". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[3] Iturralde, Mikel (24 September 2017). "Bilbao va sobre ruedas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[VL-4] "Desde hoy, los trenes de Bermeo de Euskotren llegan al centro de Bilbao". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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v t e Euskotren Trena stations
Txorierri	Matiko Ola Sondika Larrondo Elotxelerri Derio Lekunbiz Zamudio Kurtzea Lezama
Lutxana-Sondika	Lutxana Zangroiz Sondika
Line 3	Matiko Uribarri Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo Zurbaranbarri Txurdinaga Otxarkoaga Kukullaga
Bilbao-San Sebastián	Kukullaga Etxebarri Ariz Zuhatzu Usansolo Bedia Lemoa Amorebieta Euba Durango Traña Berriz Zaldibar Ermua Errotabarri San Lorentzo Unibertsitatea Amaña Ardantza Eibar Azitain Elgoibar Toletxegain Altzola Mendaro Deba Arroa Zumaia Zarautz San Pelaio Aia-Orio Usurbil Errekalde Añorga Lugaritz Amara
Urdaibai	Amorebieta Geralekua Zugastieta Muxika Lurgorri Gernika Institutoa Forua San Kristobal Axpe Itsasbegi Mundaka Bermeo
San Sebastián Metro	Lasarte-Oria Errekalde Añorga Lugaritz Amara Anoeta Loiola Intxaurrondo Herrera Altza Pasaia Galtzaraborda Errenteria Fanderia Oiartzun Gaintxurizketa Bentak Belaskoenea Irun Colon Irun Ficoba Hendaia
The stations are ordered geographically, regardless of the train services that run on them.