Metro Bilbao
rapid transit system in Bilbao, Spain
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Summary
Metro Bilbao is a rapid transit[1]. It draws 1,367 Wikipedia views per month (rapid transit category, ranking #164 of 236).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Biscay[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Architect: Norman Foster[5]
- Owned by: Euskal Trenbide Sarea[6]
- Operator: Metro Bilbao S.A.[7], Euskotren[8]
- Part of: Biscay Transport Consortium[9]
- Commons category: Bilbao Metro[10]
- Has part(s): Line 1[11], Line 2[12], Line 3[13], Line 4[14], Line 5[15], Mamariga shuttle[16]
- Inception: January 1, 1995[17]
- Official website: http://www.metrobilbao.eus[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bilbao metro[19]
- Type of electrification: 1500 V DC railway electrification[20]
- Commons gallery: Bilbao Metro[21]
- Described at URL: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/es/bilbao/bilbao.htm[22]
- Track gauge: 1000 mm track gauge[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Metro Bilbao[24], Template:Metro Bilbao navbox[25]
- Official name: Bilboko metroa[26], Metro de Bilbao[27]
- Date of official opening: November 11, 1995[28]
- Has list: list of Bilbao metro stations[29]
- Patronage: 3,086,252[30], 31,660,119[31], 41,493,501[32], 49,102,360[33], 50,886,407[34], 54,173,349[35], 55,894,768[36], 66,705,570[37], 72,609,409[38], 73,088,978[39], 77,801,841[40], 79,780,094[41], 85,864,456[42], 86,333,743[43]
- Railway traffic side: left[44]
- State of use: in use[45]
- Social media followers: 3701[46], 3293[47]
Why It Matters
Metro Bilbao has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]