BizkaiBus

Characteristics

BizkaiBus is the result of the combination of several companies that offered bus travel services in the province of Biscay, TCSA, CAV, PESA, Encartaciones, Euskotren, Adnor and Autobuses de Lujua. The service is funded by the authority of Biscay or Diputacion Foral and operates as much as 100 bus lines. Some of the lines are seasonal, and only work during certain months, during the summer to connect beach areas for example.

The companies have steadily joined Bizkaibus as years have passed. The bus lines of EuskoTren joined in the year 2002, Adnor joined in 2005, and Autobuses de Lujua in 2006. From the companies offering bus public transport in Biscay only Vigiola is left to join Bizkaibus.

In 2006 the line between Bilbao and Castro Urdiales was excluded from Bizkaibus, as the authority of Biscay was funding it entirely, even though Castro Urdiales was part of the province of Cantabria.

Ridership

The service was used by over 30 million passengers during 2007, almost six per cent less than a year before. The expansion of Metro Bilbao through the left bank of the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area has hurt Bizkaibus since the year 2002, when the first stations of the underground were inaugurated in Barakaldo. Subsequent extensions to Sestao in 2005 and Portugalete in 2007 have affected the ridership.

The busiest lines during 2006 were the following:

Lines departing from Bilbao

There are around 100 lines operated by Bizkaibus. The numbering of lines depends on the zone of Biscay. The lines in Uribe Kosta begin with 21, University line numbers begin with 23, the lines at the left side of Greater Bilbao begin with 31, the right side of Greater Bilbao 34, Nervion with the number 36, Encartaciones the number 33, the lines operated by the company CAV the number 35, and PESA the number 39.

List of lines grouped by terminal