The location of the station, next to a large water treatment plant and on a relatively sparsely populated area, was chosen due to its strategic position within the Metro Bilbao network, being the only point apart from the Bilbao-Abando railway station where the Metro Bilbao tracks cross in very close proximity to those of Cercanías Bilbao, a commuter rail service serving the left bank of the Bilbao estuary: the tracks from Cercanías C-1 and C-2 lines are located directly below the station.

The project of construction an intermodal station between Metro Bilbao and Cercanías Bilbao at Urbinaga was first announced in 2009, with an agreement for its construction signed between Adif and the Consortium of Biscayan Transport in 2011.
The project was to be executed in phases, with the first one expected to begin in autumn of 2011 involving the setting of new railway tracks for Cercanías and the construction of a new station for the service, linking it to that of Metro Bilbao.
However, the project was delayed and it was not until 2017 when the Ministry of Environment published the environmental impact report, giving green light to the construction of the project.
As of June 2020, construction has not yet started.
The location of the station, next to a large water treatment plant and on a relatively sparsely populated area, was chosen due to its strategic position within the Metro Bilbao network, being the only point apart from the Bilbao-Abando railway station where the Metro Bilbao tracks cross in very close proximity to those of Cercanías Bilbao, a commuter rail service serving the left bank of the Bilbao estuary: the tracks from Cercanías C-1 and C-2 lines are located directly below the station.
The project of construction an intermodal station between Metro Bilbao and Cercanías Bilbao at Urbinaga was first announced in 2009, with an agreement for its construction signed between Adif and the Consortium of Biscayan Transport in 2011. The project was to be executed in phases, with the first one expected to begin in autumn of 2011 involving the setting of new railway tracks for Cercanías and the construction of a new station for the service, linking it to that of Metro Bilbao. However, the project was delayed and it was not until 2017 when the Ministry of Environment published the environmental impact report, giving green light to the construction of the project. As of June 2020, construction has not yet started.
Urbinaga (Metro Bilbao)