Bilbao-Abando railway station

Bilbao-Abando
Abando-Indalecio Prieto

RENFE

Upper level, platforms area.

Location

Calle Hurtado de Amézaga 1
Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain)

Coordinates

43°15′36″N 2°55′37″W / 43.259925°N 2.926869°W

Owned by

Adif (since 2007), RENFE (1943-2007)

Line(s)

Cercanías: C1, C2, C3; Metro: 1/2; Tram: A

Platforms

Over-grade

Tracks

8 (covered)

Connections

EuskoTran (tramway)
Metro Bilbao (subway)
FEVE (Bilbao-Concordia)

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Platform levels

Parking

yes

Bicycle facilities

yes

Other information

Station code

ABD

History

Opened

1870

Rebuilt

1940s

Electrified

yes

Services

Cercanías Bilbao, Talgo, Alvia, Estrella, Diurno

Estación de Abando Indalecio Prieto, also known as Bilbao-Abando and locally named as Estación del Norte ("North Station") is a railway terminal station located on Abando, the sixth district of Bilbao. It is the main and most important train station of Bilbao. It is located in the center of the city, in the neighborhood of Abando (on the district of the same name), near the Circular Square (formerly known as Spain Square) and the Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro. Its name, which until 2006 was simply "Bilbao-Abando", comes from a former minister of Public Works and Transportation, who during the Second Spanish Republic worked for the improvement of railway services in Spain. The stations hosts several services, like a shopping mall and several restaurants. It is also connected with the Bilbao-Concordia station, a FEVE railway station located next to Bilbao-Abando. The station has a direct access to Metro Bilbao.

It links several railway services and urban transportation means, like Cercanías, Renfe, FEVE, Metro Bilbao, EuskoTran, Bilbobus and Bizkaibus. In the future, the high-speed trains that conform the "Basque Y" will also reach this station.

Services and connections

The stations serves national railway lines of RENFE, regional rail services of FEVE, commuter rail systems of both FEVE and Cercanías Bilbao, and rapid transit systems of Metro Bilbao and Bilbao's Tramway.

Renfe operates different national lines from this station to other cities, or from other cities to this one, as it is a terminus station.
FEVE operates both regional rail and commuter rail services. It operates in the Bilbao-Concordia station, which is adjacent to Bilbao-Abando. Both stations are connected. Bilbao-Concordia serves as terminus station for both regional and commuter services and main hub for the second ones. The station can be accessed from Bailén street or the right exit of Bilbao-Abando.
This station is the main hub and center for the Cercanías Bilbao service, a commuter rail service of Renfe. Three lines operate on this station, Cercanías 1 Bilbao-Abando/Santurtzi (line C1), Cercanías 2 Bilbao-Abando/Muskiz (line C2) and Cercanías 3 Bilbao-Abando/Orduña (line C3). The rail tracks for Cercanías are situated on the upper level of the station, on tracks numbered 1 to 5. Its fare zone is "Zone 0".
There are two accesses for the Cercanías Bilbao tracks in the station.
- Upper level of the station, right side
- Main hall of the station (two elevators connecting).

From Bilbao-Abando

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora	Following station
Miranda de Ebro toward Madrid Chamartín	Alvia	Terminus
Miranda de Ebro toward Barcelona Sants	Alvia	Terminus
Llodio toward Vigo-Guixar	Intercity	Terminus
Miranda de Ebro toward Málaga María Zambrano	Estrella "Picasso"	Terminus
Terminus	Media Distancia	Llodio toward Miranda de Ebro
Preceding station	Cercanías Bilbao	Following station
Zabalburu toward Santurtzi	C-1	Terminus
Zabalburu toward Muskiz	C-2
Miribilla toward Orduña	C-3

From Bilbao-Concordia

Preceding station	Renfe Feve	Following station
Ametzola toward La Calzada	B-1	Terminus
Ametzola toward Santander	R-3
Ametzola toward La Robla	R-4
Ametzola toward León	T-1

Metro Bilbao

The metro station is an underground station with an entrance from the train station. Currently, it serves for Line 1 and Line 2 of the network. It was opened on November 11, 1995 and it is one of the busiest stations of the network.

Preceding station		Metro Bilbao		Following station
Moyua toward Plentzia or Bidezabal		Line 1		Casco Viejo toward Etxebarri
Moyua toward Santurtzi		Line 2		Casco Viejo toward Basauri

Tram

"Abando Station", of Line A of Bilbao's Tram, operated by EuskoTran, is located between Bilbao-Abando and Bilbao-Concordia, in Navarra Street.

	EuskoTran
Pío Baroja toward Basurto		Line A		Arriaga toward Bilbao-Atxuri

Bus

In the station's exterior there are located three BizkaiBus stops with connection to the Left Bank and the comarcas of Busturialdea and Durangaldea. Bilbobus has five stops in the station's exterior, linking it with all the neighborhoods and districts of the city.