page_title: Metro Bilbao
section_title: Tickets and fares
hierarchical_section_title: Metro Bilbao / Operation / Tickets and fares
caption_attribution_description: English: Metro Bilbao, ticket machine 23 nov 2006.
context_page_description: Metro Bilbao is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Lines 1 and 2 have a "Y" shape, as they transit both banks of the Nervión river and then combine to form one line that ends in the south of Bilbao. Line 3 has a "V" shape connecting the municipality of Etxebarri with the Bilbao neighbourhood of Matiko; the corner of the "V" is Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo station, where all three current lines meet. The network of Metro Bilbao is connected with Euskotren Tranbia, Bilboko Aldiriak, Euskotren Trena, Feve, the Renfe service and Bilbao's bus station Termibus. It uses a meter gauge.
  As of 2017, the Metro operates on 49.16 kilometers of route, with 48 stations with 80 accesses. It is the third largest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried behind the Madrid and Barcelona metro systems.
  On 21 February 2007 the Basque Government announced the project for the construction of the third metro line, which in the future will be expanded to Bilbao Airport. Construction of the third line began in July 2008 and was inaugurated 8 April 2017. On 25 January 2008 the preliminary layout of lines four and five was published.
context_section_description: The ticket system is closed, which means that validation of the ticket is required when entering the station and again when exiting.
  There are different types of tickets, each of which has a different fare (updated as 2009):
caption: Underground vending machine, where tickets can be acquired.
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