San Ignazio (Metro Bilbao)


San Ignazio is a station of line 1 and line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the San Ignazio-Elorrieta neighbourhood, part of the Deustu district. The station is in close proximity to the San Ignazio Sports Center and the Elorrieta football field. It was opened on 11 November, 1995.

Station layout

San Ignazio is the only one of the Metro Bilbao underground stations to have three tracks and an island platform. The station is bigger due to it being the last of the shared section between lines 1 and 2 northbound, with each line splitting into a different tunnel after the station. Also, unlike the other underground stations within the city, it does not have the typical cavern-shaped layout. It was designed by Norman Foster.

Access

Metro services

The station is served by Line 1 to Etxebarri, Ibarbengoa and Plentzia and Line 2 to Basauri and Santurtzi. There are trains to San Inazio every two minutes, as both lines run in the same direction, trains from line 2 to Santurtzi and Ibarbengoa every five minutes and to Plentzia every twenty minutes. There are extended services on weekends. Passengers looking to interchange from line 1 to line 2 or vice versa may do it in this station.

Bus services

The station is served by the following local Bilbobus lines:
The following Bizkaibus lines serve this station: