Bilbao Abando

Introduction

The Bilbao-Awando station is the railway station of the Bilbao Awando district in Spain. It was opened in 1870 and the existing station was completed in 1948. The hall has a large stained-glass window. The station is currently the most important railway station in the Bilbao area; in 2010, more than 6 million passengers used their long-distance and commuter services.

The Old Town around the Cathedral is a 10 to 15-minute walk away - turn right at the station and follow the famous "Naffora Kelela" street and the tramway on the bridge.

Platform

Bilbao-Abando's platform is located above the street but has free access to the exit and underground stations.

When you get off the bus, take the exit and walk through the main hall to the stunning stained glass installation. Behind this square is the escalator, which leads to the exit and the subway, below the two floors.

On the first floor, you will arrive at some of the shops and restaurants of the station as well as some of the restrooms. Alvia trains from Madrid usually arrive via platform 8, which is the location of other restrooms.

When you reach the height of the street in the main station building, you can choose three street exits, the main exit will be on the left, on the other side of the independent escalator bank, directly to the subway station.

If you are travelling to FEVE Station in Bilbao to Concordia, please use the less obvious exit on the right. The tourist information office is located next to the station, turn right from the main exit and you can find it in Plaza Bribila.

Cartagena

Bilbao (, also US: , Spanish: [bilˈβao]; Basque: Bilbo [bilβo]) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of 345,141 as of 2015. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain; with a population of 875,552 the comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Greater Basque region. Bilbao is situated in the north-central part of Spain, some 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic social development is located, where the estuary of Bilbao is formed. Its main urban core is surrounded by two small mountain ranges with an average elevation of 400 metres (1,300 ft). Its climate is shaped by the Bay of Biscay low-pressure systems and mild air, moderating summer temperatures by Iberian standards, with low sunshine and high rainfall. The annual temperature range is low for its latitude. After its foundation in the early 14th century by Diego López V de Haro, head of the powerful Haro family, Bilbao was a commercial hub of the Basque Country that enjoyed significant importance in Green Spain. This was due to its port activity based on the export of iron extracted from the Biscayan quarries. Throughout the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, Bilbao experienced heavy industrialisation, making it the centre of the second-most industrialised region of Spain, behind Barcelona. At the same time an extraordinary population explosion prompted the annexation of several adjacent municipalities. Nowadays, Bilbao is a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social, economic, and aesthetic revitalisation process, started by the iconic Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, and continued by infrastructure investments, such as the airport terminal, the rapid transit system, the tram line, the Azkuna Zentroa, and the currently under development Abandoibarra and Zorrozaurre renewal projects.Bilbao is also home to football club Athletic Club de Bilbao, a significant symbol for Basque nationalism due to its promotion of only Basque players and one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football history. On 19 May 2010, the city of Bilbao was recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, awarded by the city state of Singapore, in collaboration with the Swedish Nobel Academy. Considered the Nobel Prize for urbanism, it was handed out on 29 June 2010. On 7 January 2013, its mayor, Iñaki Azkuna, received the 2012 World Mayor Prize awarded every two years by the British foundation The City Mayors Foundation, in recognition of the urban transformation experienced by the Biscayan capital since the 1990s. On 8 November 2017, Bilbao was chosen the Best European City 2018 at The Urbanism Awards 2018, awarded by the international organisation The Academy of Urbanism.