Cercanías Bilbao

Cercanías Bilbao (Basque: Bilboko Aldiriak) is a commuter rail network in Bilbao, serving the city and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías, as part of Renfe, the national railway company. It consists of three lines, named C 1, C 2 and C 3. All three of them start at Bilbao Abando station, which is the central station of the city.

Cercanías Bilbao follows the same patterns as other Cercanías networks in the country, as Cercanías Madrid or Cercanías Barcelona. The network consists of three lines, all of them starting at Bilbao Abando and linking the center of Bilbao with other municipalities within the metropolitan area. There are three lines, named C 1, C 2 and C 3; the first two follow the Estuary of Bilbao, and the C 3 reaches municipalities outside the metropolitan area. The network has connections with Metro Bilbao (rapid transit), FEVE (commuter rail), Renfe (regional trains), the tram and Bilbao's bus station, Termibus.

The rolling stock consists of UT 446 electrical multiple units built by CAF, each one formed by three cars.

These are the recent projects that have been developed or will be started in the network.

The new Santurtzi station was built close to the old one by Bilbao Ria 2000 and inaugurated on July 10, 2003. The space that the old station occupied is used now as a parking lot, but will be renewed to extend the nearby park.

This station was opened on December 16, 2008 and links the newly developed neighbourhoods with central Bilbao. This is Spain's deepest underground station, the access to the platforms is provided by high capacity elevators.

Works have started in the new Iparralde station, in the town of Amurrio.

This station will be renewed, 200 m of tracks will be covered, improving the newly developed neighbourhoods of Barakaldo.

This station will be covered, a mall will be created on top of it and lifts will provide access from central Portugalete.

There is a proposal to build this underground station, intermediate between Portugalete and Peñota stations, that would provide a direct link to Vizcaya Bridge.