Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Bilbao Metro (Spanish: Metro de Bilbao, Basque: Bilboko metroa), trademarked as Metro Bilbao, is a rapid transit (metro) system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Its lines have a "Y" shape, with two lines that transit both banks of the Nervión river and then combine to form one line that ends in the south of Bilbao. The network of Metro Bilbao is connected with EuskoTran (tram services), Cercanías (commuter rail services), EuskoTren (commuter rail services), FEVE (commuter rail services, regional and long-distance trains) as well as the Renfe service (long-distance trains) and Bilbao's bus station Termibus. It uses a meter gauge.In total, the Metro has 43.31 km (as of 2011) of rail tracks, with 41 stations (25 of them underground and 16 outside) and 76 accesses (not counting elevators) and 9 substations.It was the fourth Metro line to be built in Spain, after those in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. Currently, it is the third largest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried (87,100,000 in 2013) behind the Madrid Metro and the one in Barcelona. It is followed by the metro services of Valencia, Seville and Palma.On February 21, 2007, the Basque Government announced a project for the creation of a third Line, which in the future will be expanded to Bilbao Airport. Construction of the new line began in July 2008.On January 25, 2008, the preliminary layout of lines four and five was designed. At the same time, the University of the Basque Country requested the construction of "Line 6" in order to connect Leioa (where the university is located) and Getxo with Asua Valley (where the airport is located) and going through the university campus.. }
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- Metro_Bilbao abstract "The Bilbao Metro (Spanish: Metro de Bilbao, Basque: Bilboko metroa), trademarked as Metro Bilbao, is a rapid transit (metro) system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Its lines have a "Y" shape, with two lines that transit both banks of the Nervión river and then combine to form one line that ends in the south of Bilbao. The network of Metro Bilbao is connected with EuskoTran (tram services), Cercanías (commuter rail services), EuskoTren (commuter rail services), FEVE (commuter rail services, regional and long-distance trains) as well as the Renfe service (long-distance trains) and Bilbao's bus station Termibus. It uses a meter gauge.In total, the Metro has 43.31 km (as of 2011) of rail tracks, with 41 stations (25 of them underground and 16 outside) and 76 accesses (not counting elevators) and 9 substations.It was the fourth Metro line to be built in Spain, after those in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. Currently, it is the third largest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried (87,100,000 in 2013) behind the Madrid Metro and the one in Barcelona. It is followed by the metro services of Valencia, Seville and Palma.On February 21, 2007, the Basque Government announced a project for the creation of a third Line, which in the future will be expanded to Bilbao Airport. Construction of the new line began in July 2008.On January 25, 2008, the preliminary layout of lines four and five was designed. At the same time, the University of the Basque Country requested the construction of "Line 6" in order to connect Leioa (where the university is located) and Getxo with Asua Valley (where the airport is located) and going through the university campus.".