The station is located in the municipality of Basauri, part of the Bilbao metropolitan area.

The Cercanías Bilbao commuter railway network (operated by Renfe) also has a Basauri station on its C3 line, but they are not at the same location – there is a distance of about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) between them, with the Cercanías station serving the industrial area to the south of the town, including the large Sidenor [es] steel facility.

[citation needed] Basauri station follows the typical cavern-shaped layout of most underground Metro Bilbao stations designed by Norman Foster, with the main hall located directly above the rail tracks.

The station is served by line 2 to Kabiezes with headways from five to ten minutes.

[citation needed] Bus stops near the station are served by Bizkaibus regional services.