Otxarkoaga (Bilbao metro)

Otxarkoaga
View from the mezzanine
General information
Location	4, Lozoño St. 48004 Bilbao Spain
Coordinates	43°15′29″N2°54′03″W / 43.25806°N 2.90083°W / 43.25806; -2.90083
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
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 1
History
Opened	8 April 2017 [1]

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 directly above the tracks. ^[2]

Access

• 1 Kepa Embeitia 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	Euskotren Trena			Following station
Txurdinaga towards Matiko		Line 3		Kukullaga Terminus
		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

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.
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.

External links

• Media related to Otxarkoaga (Bilbao metro) at Wikimedia Commons