The Bizkaia Transport Consortium (CTB) has begun work to refurbish the metro station in Plentzia. The work will entail a thorough refurbishment of the building and the construction of a new side entrance to replace the existing entrance. The project is expected to last 3 months and has a budget of € 213,300.

CTB, the Bizkaia Transport Consortium, in cooperation with Metro Bilbao, is taking part again this year in the children’s Christmas funfair with a stand that seeks to entertain youngsters while promoting the use of public transport and the Barik card. There are four areas, each for a different age group: a model car racing area with various circuits, a balance bike area for younger children, a games library and a photo area.

The new multi-mode tickets are simpler, and the same tickets will be valid for three of Bizkaia’s main transport systems: Metro Bilbao, Eusko Tren and the Bilbao tramway system.

As from Wednesday 23 November single tickets can be purchased up to 4 days in advance rather than only on the day of travel as was the case up to now.

The scheme seeks to promote a change in habits regarding water, energy, mobility, purchasing and waste management to encourage sustainability at schools and in homes.

The project is to include the construction of the substation building, the electroca substation itself, the power supply line from the Iberdrola transformer centre and the power supply line to Line 2

CTB's “Barik NFC” app has now exceeded 60,000 top-ups, at an average of 400 per day. 30,100 users have downloaded the free app, which enables Barik cards to be topped up from mobile phones running on Android operating systems".

The Bizkaia Transport Consortium will put out to tender the modification to supply these initial energy-saving equipment that will cut current consumption by 60%, starting with 30 new motors to be fitted to 17 elevators.

The tender envisages a budget of EUR 172,000 and an implementation period of 6 months, and will lead to savings of between EUR 8,000 and 10,000 per year, with a 10-month return on investment.

85% of the 3,500 interventions registered were to do with Barik card procedures.

In September, the Bizkaia Transport Consortium (CTB) recorded double the number of queries through its Customer Service Office (OAC) in San Mamés. 85% of the 3,500 interventions registered were mainly to do with Barik card procedures, information requests and claims. In September, Monday was the day of the week with the greatest number of procedures with an average of 195. The average number of actions per day in June was 94, 87 in July and 85 in August.

The two main tasks to be performed are the partial replacement of the tracks and the upgrading of the platform for track 2 at Plentzia station. The budget estimate is €557,893 and the work is expected to take three months.

In its meeting today the General Board of the CTB also approved the tender for the contracting of private insurance for CTB and Metro Bilbao SA, to the tune of €1,950,000 per annum.

Also approved was the awarding of the work for updating and upgrading the Metro Bilbao rail transport offer generator package (GOT), with a budget of €374,016 and a completion date of 12 months.

The last point approved at today’s CTB General Board meeting was the decreasing of interest rates on a number of commercial loans, which will save €5 million per annum from now to 2026.