Akademy/2013/Public transport
This page explains how to arrive in Bilbao and how to move throughout it.
- ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT: The airport of Bilbao-Loiu is 15Km far from the city centre and it is connected via a bus line. The service A3247 of the company Bizkaibus leaves the airport every 20 minutes from 6:20a.m. to 12:00 midnight (hh:20-hh:40-hh:00). The tickets are for sale in the bus at 1.4€. It has four stops in Bilbao and the last one is in Termibus, the central bus station, beside the Faculty of Engineering.
Another way of moving to Bilbao is taking a taxi, what costs around 30€. There always are in arrival terminal, however, here are the telephone numbers:
- RADIO TAXI Bilbao: (+0034) 944 448 888
- RADIO TAXI Nervion: (+0034) 944 269 026
- AIRPORT: (+0034) 944 530 991
- LAGUN TAXI (for handicapped people): (+0034) 907 478 064
- TELE TAXI: (+0034) 944 102 121
- WIFI-TAXI: (+0034) 693 777 774 . Providing wifi and other amenities for 28€.
It is important to keep in mind that the airport's opening hours go from 5:30a.m. to 12:00 midnight.
For further information:
http://apli.bizkaia.net/apps/danok/tq/index.html?Idioma=EU: Website of Bizkaibus, with thorough information about itineraries, timetables and fares.
http://www.taxicaller.com/country/es/bilbao_taxi.php?lang=en: Website with information about taxis that offers the opportunity to hail one from it.
- ARRIVING BY TRAIN: There are three different train stations in Bilbao, each one belonging to a different company. Nevertheless, the most important is Abando-Indalecio Prieto which has connections to all major cities of Spain, including Barcelona and Madrid. It is located in the very Centre of Bilbao, next to the main street (Gran Via), besides, it is connected with the subway, called in Spanish “metro” and 50 metres far from the tram station, both named “Abando”. Moreover, most of the city buses Bilbobus stop outside Abando-Indalecio Prieto.
The other train stations are run by FEVE which is adjacent to Abando and connects with Santander; and by Euskotren, whose station “Atxuri” is the end point of the tram.
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN BILBAO: Bilbao is quite a small city where all the important sites are rather close so the visitors could go all over them in less than an hour walk. However, it also has a good public transport network, consisting of the underground, Bilbobus buses and the tram.
- UNDERGROUND-METRO: It is formed by two lines that have a common route in the city centre. In regard to the venues of Akademy, the most important stations are San Mames corresponding to the University and Termibus bus station and Moyua, the nearest stop to Bizkaia Aretoa. Once in the station pay attention because there are two exits. In San Mames choose “c/Luis Briñas” and in Moyua “Ercilla-Guggenheim”. The following link shows in the map how to get to Bizkaia Aretoa from Moyua [1].
The Metro is a good way for going sightseeing as well, since it leads to the coast. In that sense there are Day tickets that may be interesting in case of doing many journeys in a day or a card called Barik. This costs 5€ and then must be replenished in order to use it. The good point of this option is that it can be shared by many passengers and can be used in the underground as well as in the tram, the bus or the train. All of them are sold in the machines located in every station. Until recently used to be Creditrans, a card with 5€, 10€ or 15€ to spend in any public transport.
It is relevant that on weekdays last services are about 11p.m.
All information about lines, timetable and tickets is available in their webpage [2]