Santimami/San Mamés station

Santimami/San Mamés[1] is a transfer station in Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain). It is located in the neighbourhood of Basurto, part of the Basurto-Zorroza district of Bilbao. The station connects the rapid transit network of Metro Bilbao with the commuter rail services of Cercanías Bilbao as well as Bilbao's Tram. The station is a very important interchange hub due to connecting four of the major suburban lines that traverse the Bilbao metropolitan area and Bilbao Intermodal, the city's main bus station. The station is also located in close proximity to San Mamés Stadium, home of the Athletic Club Bilbao.

Santimami/San Mamés
Station's entrance
Location31 Juan Antonio Zunzunegui
48013 Bilbao
Spain
Coordinates43°15′42″N 2°56′57″W
Owned byConsortium of Biscayan Transport (CTB), Euskal Trenbide Sarea (ETS) and Adif
Line(s)Metro Bilbao:
Cercanías Bilbao:
Euskotren Tranbia: Bilbao's Tram
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBilbao Intermodal
Construction
Structure typeUnderground station
Platform levels2
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone  Zone 1  
History
Opened11 November 1995

History

The station, originally named simply San Mamés, opened as part of Metro Bilbao's line 1 on 11 November 1995. The station was constructed below Sabino Arana Av., the main access to the city from the A-8 motorway, and between the Termibus bus station and the San Mamés Stadium. Thus the station had a very high traffic of passengers commuting daily from other parts of the metropolitan area to the bus station, and to the stadium on match days.

In 2000, the San Mamés station of the commuter rail network Cercanías Bilbao (operated by Cercanías) was opened on a nearby location, as part of the new underground section of lines C-1 and C-2. Despite both stations being in close proximity, they were not physically connected. In addition to that, a third San Mamés station was opened in 2002 as part of Bilbao's Tram; unlike the other two the station was located overground and closer to the bus station.

The interchange station was built in 2004 allowing for an easy connection between Metro Bilbao and Cercanías Bilbao, which now have a common access and hall, which also connects them directly to the bus station entrance and the tram stop, which was relocated closer to the new station. In 2017 work began for the construction of a new underground bus station, which involved temporarily shutting down the direct connection between the interchange station and the bus terminal.[2] The connection was reopened on November 2019, after the opening of the new Bilbao Intermodal bus station.[3]

Station layout

Santimami/San Mamés is in truth two separate underground stations connected by a common hall. The metro station follows the typical cavern-shaped layout of most underground Metro Bilbao stations designed by Norman Foster, with the main hall located directly above the rail tracks, whereas the Cercanías Bilbao station follows a rectangular design with high ceilings.

Access
  • 17 Sabino Arana Av. (Sabino Arana exit, Metro Bilbao only)
  • 23 Luis Briñas St. (Briñas - Termibús - Renfe exit)
  • 13 Luis Briñas St. (Briñas exit, Metro Bilbao only)
  • Ingeniero Torres Quevedo Plaza (Torres Quevedo exit, Cercanías Bilbao only)
  • Jose Antonio Zunzunegui Av. (Bilbao's Tram stop)

Services

Cercanías Bilbao

Cercanías Bilbao is a commuter rail network operated by Cercanías, part of the Spanish national railway operator Renfe. Cercanías offers rapid-transit services between central Bilbao and other municipalities across the its metropolitan area, with services similar to that of a metro network but with fewer stops.

  Cercanías  
Olabeaga
toward Santurtzi		   Line C1   Autonomía
toward Abando
Olabeaga
toward Muskiz		   Line C2   Autonomía
toward Abando

Metro Bilbao
Metro station.

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.[4] 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.

Preceding station   Metro Bilbao   Following station
toward Plentzia or Bidezabal
Line 1
toward Etxebarri
toward Kabiezes
Line 2
toward Basauri

Tram

San Mamés is one of the tram stops part of the single line Bilbao's Tram, which connects the districts of Basurto-Zorroza and Ibaiondo. It is operated by Euskotren Tranbia and it opened in December, 2002.

  Euskotren Tranbia  
Basurto
toward La Casilla		   Bilbao's Tram   Sabino Arana
toward Atxuri

Bus

The close proximity to the Bilbao Intermodal bus station allows for direct connection with bus services from Bizkaibus and other regional and long-distance bus services.

References
  1. García, Josu (16 December 2017). "San Mamés will become Santimami/San Mamés". El Correo. Bilbao. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. Reviriego, José Mari (18 May 2017). "Garellano, the new 'ground zero' of Bilbao". El Correo. Bilbao. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "Bilbao inaugura la estación Intermodal "pieza clave que faltaba en la conectividad de la ciudad" [Bilbao opens the Intermodal station, "the key piece that was missing in the city's connectivity"]. Europa Press. Bilbao. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. Official Schedules at Metro Bilbao website
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