Bilbao rail network

Metro Bilbao, Euskotren (Euskotren Trena and Euskotren Tranbia) and Renfe (Renfe Cercanías and Renfe Feve)
Metro Bilbao, Euskotren (Euskotren Trena and Euskotren Tranbia) and Renfe (Renfe Cercanías and Renfe Feve)
Technical
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (Metro Bilbao, Euskotren, Renfe Feve); 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) (Renfe Cercanías)
System map

The Spanish city of Bilbao contains a dense urban rail network served by multiple operators, track gauges and types. It is one of a very small number of cities (also including Helsinki and Tallinn) that have both narrow and broad gauge railways without any standard gauge railways.

It currently consists of thirteen lines, counting those of metro and tram as well as suburban rail; complemented by a wide-covering bus network, as well as other means of transportation including funiculars. The services are offered by different companies, whose activity is coordinated by the Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia (Transport Consortium of Bizkaia), which integrates their respective operators and facilitates and encourages their use.

The three major operators of the rail transport network are

Bizkaibus

.

Services

Metro

Bilbao's first metro line opened in 1995, has been expanded continually over the years and attracted a ridership of 90 million passengers in 2018.

Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo station

.

Commuter rail

Euskotren Trena

Euskotren is the designation given to the metre-gauge network owned by the

narrow gauge rail tracks which have been owned by the Basque Government since their transferral from the Spanish government; the rail tracks and stations were part of the Feve network until its transferral. In 2018 the system carried 22,484,083 passengers.^[3]