The curved glassy structures - or "Fosteritos" - that announce the Bilbao Metro network at street level are as unique to Bilbao as the Art Nouveau Metro entrances are to Paris. Their shape is evocative of inclined movement, generated by the profile of the tunnels themselves. They admit natural light by day, and are illuminated at night, forming welcoming beacons in the streetscape


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The "fosterito" (designed by Norman Foster) is one of the simbols of the New Bilbao.

Truly elegant.

I love "fosteritos"!!
:wink2:

Very nice. :okay:

All stations have a "fosterito" to enter inside? :?

Very nice. :okay:

All stations have a "fosterito" to enter inside? :?

No, mainly de stations located in the city center.

las otras estaciones, fuera del centro Xabi, tienes fotos?

las otras estaciones, fuera del centro Xabi, tienes fotos?

Ahora las pongo :)

También sería interesante que buscárais entre vuestras fotografías, ya que ponerme ahora a bucear entre los threads de Euskoscrapers puede llevarme bastante tiempo. ;)

Pon la de Sarriko, Xabi, paque vean como nos las gastamos los de Bilbao. :D

la construccion de los Fosteritos, fue muy cara? Los Fosteritos son lo mismo en cada sitio? Estoy preguntando porque las entradas son muy distinctas, mejor que las entradas del Metro de Madrid. Pensaba que el Metro de Madrid uso entrads mas simples para razones monetarias.

The construction fo the Fosteritos, was it very expensive? Are they the same in every place? I am asking because the entraces are very distinct, much better than the entrances of the Madrid metro. I thought that the Madrid metro used more simple entrances for money reasons.

Abando station:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/at/ehime/picture/spain/wallpaper/bilbaometro.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/AdemA/Paseo%20por%20Bilbao%20Sep04/T31.jpg

http://nodo018.bankhacker.com/pueblos/fotos/00006224.jpg

Secondary entrance of Abando station:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/AdemA/Paseo%20por%20Bilbao%20Sep04/T07.jpg

Etxebarri station:

http://www.elcorreodigital.com/vizcaya/pg050107/prensa/fotos/200501/07/003D5VIZ001_1.jpg

Photo of El Correo newspaper.

Casco Viejo station:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/tripontzi/Bilbo%20Zaharra/61.jpg

Note: The building with a clock is the old San Nicolas railway station. The metro station entrance is behind the upstairs.

Moyua station:

"Fosteritos" at Federico Moyua square:

http://foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idFoto=262620&idAlbum=40174&tamanio=5

http://foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idFoto=262622&idAlbum=40174&tamanio=5

Sarriko station:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/Distrito%201/11.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/Distrito%201/12.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/Distrito%201/17.jpg

San Mames station: subway+railway+bus

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/San%20Mames/sm1.jpg

Observ doors height. ;)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/San%20Mames/sm3.jpg

More photographs: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=131427&page=1&pp=20

Subway entrance at Doctor Areilza street:

http://www.bilbao.net/iconos/fsemana/233gg.jpg

Photo of the Bilbao Town Council.

Barakaldo main station:

http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/bilbao-barakaldo-400.jpg

Maybe someone can upload more photographs. Specially of Urbinaga station. ;)

Pon la de Sarriko, Xabi, paque vean como nos las gastamos los de Bilbao. :D

The Sarriko station sinbolizes the special identity of the citizens of Bilbao: "if it is in Bilbao, it should be the biggest".

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/borji_taz1/Distrito%201/11.jpg

No, mainly de stations located in the city center.
Los fosteritos se encuentran en las estaciones tipo "caverna" ke han sido diseñadas por foster.Mismamente en las estaciones de la L2 (cruces,barakaldo,sestao...)tambien hay. ;)

Los fosteritos se encuentran en las estaciones tipo "caverna" ke han sido diseñadas por foster.Mismamente en las estaciones de la L2 (cruces,barakaldo,sestao...)tambien hay. ;)

Ah bien... no sabía que por norma general la tuvieran todas las estaciones.

Kosko tell us that every underground stations has "fosteritos". Not only city center's station, but metroplitan area underground station too.

There are "Fosteritos" in the following stations:

- Santutxu. (Zabalbide Street)
- Abando. (Abando Square)
- Moyua (Elcano Street & Ercilla Street)
- Indautxu (Areilza Street)
- San Mames (Sabino Arana Street)
- Cruces (Cruces Square)
- Barakaldo (Fueros Street & ???)
- Bagatza
- Sestao (???)

11 "fosteritos" in total, I think. I don´t know if I forget anyone.

And there are other "glassy structures" in:

- Sarriko
- San Inazio (Lekeitio Street & Elorrieta Square))
- San Mames (Termibus)
- Ansio
- Urbinaga (Great viaduct)

Ah bien... no sabía que por norma general la tuvieran todas las estaciones..
Todas las estaciones tipo caverna,cuidao!!! ;)



P.D:Menos Deusto y Basarrate,ke parece ser ke no han creido conveniente ponerlos en estas estaciones.Aunke a priori si podrian tener fosteritos.:|

http://www.metrobilbao.net/img/promocion/urbinagareforma.jpg http://www.cotrabi.com/imagenes_es/metro_urbinaga.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bil/bil-urbinaga1.jpg

I love them. When i was in Bilbao i didn't ride the metro, but i did go down into the mezzanine of a station. Very classy

Sarriko station is amazing!
:eek:
I remember it very well!!
:eek2:

the trains are quite pretty too

The design of the bilbao metro is cool and functional, but the best thing of the metro is the service: the trains are punctual and the stations are safe and very clean :)

There are "Fosteritos" in the following stations:

- Santutxu. (Zabalbide Street)
- Abando. (Abando Square)
- Moyua (Elcano Street & Ercilla Street)
- Indautxu (Areilza Street)
- San Mames (Sabino Arana Street)
- Cruces (Cruces Square)
- Barakaldo (Fueros Street & ???)
- Bagatza
- Sestao (???)

11 "fosteritos" in total, I think. I don´t know if I forget anyone.

And there are other "glassy structures" in:

- Sarriko
- San Inazio (Lekeitio Street & Elorrieta Square))
- San Mames (Termibus)
- Ansio
- Urbinaga (Great viaduct)

yes in Sestao also
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=365904

The "fosterito" (designed by Norman Foster) is one of the simbols of the New Bilbao.
:lol:
I was wondering why did they choose that name... A truly original one!:okay:

:lol:
I was wondering why did they choose that name... A truly original one!:okay:

It means something like "little fosters".

Fosteritos..............
nice.............
i wish my city could have a foster metro work.............

Sarriko station is amazing!
:eek:
I remember it very well!!
:eek2:

Here you have more pictures by me:

Sarriko Metro Station

http://img255.echo.cx/img255/8592/056cy.jpg

http://img255.echo.cx/img255/8819/044vh.jpg

Abando Metro Station:

http://img252.echo.cx/img252/9913/035ly.jpg

http://img252.echo.cx/img252/3843/063nw.jpg

http://img252.echo.cx/img252/4102/077vz.jpg

Wow,this metro system looks really impressive!!

Abando Metro Station:
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/9913/035ly.jpg



The design of this station looks interesting from this side. Reminds me of a huge bubble in motion :)

Ezkerrik azko for the photos, Adema!
;)
I love MetroBilbao.
:wink2:

Definitely looks really nice and has a modern feel to it.

A very nicely integrated and modern transit system. Other cities should emulate Bilbao when designing their underground stations

Bilbao somewhat emulated Washington (elegant vaults) and Paris (distinctive entrance structures).

Another Bilbao metro gallery: http://urbanrail.fotopic.net/c461028.html

El lavado de cara de Bilbao es impresionante (efecto Guggenheim). Visité la ciudad en el 94 y no he vuelto desde entonces. Tengo muchas ganas de ir para ver como ha cambiado de ser una ciudad gris y un pelín fea a una de las mas interesantes de Europa.

Nice and modern system, beautiful trains, thanks for this pics!

El lavado de cara de Bilbao es impresionante (efecto Guggenheim). Visité la ciudad en el 94 y no he vuelto desde entonces. Tengo muchas ganas de ir para ver como ha cambiado de ser una ciudad gris y un pelín fea a una de las mas interesantes de Europa.
Bilbao city was not ugly, and now is more, more beautiful. :yes:
And its metro is one of the most beautiful in the world!
;)

I live in Bilbao and in the past the city was hideous because of the factories, pollution,... However, nowadays the turism is becoming popular due to the superb change and it is the BEST CITY IN THE WORLD (Bilbao´s people we are always boasting, in a good way ha?). Bye

What can I say, Norman Foster is a genius. Everything he touches becomes a work or art.

Bilbao somewhat emulated Washington (elegant vaults) and Paris (distinctive entrance structures).

Yes... the fosteritos are like the modern version of those Paris entrances (both are great though).

Btw... I like the entrances of the metro in Valencia as well.

I love the fosteritos and the whole archictecture of the metro!

I don't know if it's exclusive to the Bilbao Metro but I love the idea of how the poles to hold on to, inside the carriages, are split into three different parts in the middle. This way they can accommodate 3x as many hands.

Anyone have any pictures of what I'm talking about?

I was in Bilbao last year and was incredibly impressed by the strides that the city has made to improve the urban environment.

- The metro is quick, clean and efficient, not to mention quite stunning!!

- Guggenheim is an amazing structure, which has put Bilbao on the map.

- Many of the bridges crossing the main river are interesting. Nice blend of the old and the new.

- Light train system passing through the city. Again modern, elegant and efficient.

Having said all this, the outskirts of Bilbao are quite ugly and it still has the feel of an industrial city. The old quarter is very pretty and the atmosphere at night is amazing!! Great city and I think it will get even better in the next 10 years.

^^ I agree

I don't know if it's exclusive to the Bilbao Metro but I love the idea of how the poles to hold on to, inside the carriages, are split into three different parts in the middle. This way they can accommodate 3x as many hands.

Anyone have any pictures of what I'm talking about?

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6462/mttraininside4009jt.jpg

Line 3 in shanghai had the same idea.