Bilbao (Madrid Metro)

Madrid Metro station

Preceding station	Madrid Metro			Following station
Iglesia towards Pinar de Chamartín		Line 1		Tribunal towards Valdecarros
San Bernardo towards Argüelles		Line 4		Alonso Martínez towards Pinar de Chamartín

Location
Bilbao Location within Madrid

Bilbao [bilˈβao] is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in Zone A and is near to the Glorieta de Bilbao.^[1]^[2]

History

The station opened in 1919 on Line 1 and is one of the first eight stations on the network between Cuatro Caminos and Sol. The Line 4 station opened in 1944 on the first section on the line between Argüelles and Goya.

Following nearly two years of extensive construction works, the station reopened in July 2020, now equipped with a total of seven elevators and updated wall linings.^[3]

References

^ "Línea 1". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Línea 4". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "La estación de Bilbao estrena siete ascensores" (in Spanish). Madridiario. 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 3 July 2020.