ESPAÑA - SPAIN
BARCELONA
BILBAO
MADRID
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ROUTES
TRAM ROUTE
Operator: EuskoTran
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Atxuri - Arriaga - Abando - Museo Guggenheim - San Mamés - Basurto |
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 |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: 6 km.
- Metro: 34 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 (out of Bilbao tracks were until 1995 part of the narrow-gauge mainline tracks operated lastly by EuskoTren, steam 1887-1929, electric 1928-1995) .
GAUGE
- Urban tramway (both traditional and modern): 1000 mm.
- Metro: 1000 mm.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Plefka, E. "Narrow gauge through northern Spain (Part 3)", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, May 1989 (52:617), p.156-164.
- Taplin, M. "Bilbao: First line just the beginning", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2003 (66:784), p.136-137.
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