Akademy/2013/Public transport

This page explains how to arrive in Bilbao and how to move through 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 Terminus, 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

It is important to keep in mind that the airport's opening hours go from 5:30 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.