El Recreo metro station

El Recreo is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as part of the inaugural section of the system between Quitumbe and El Labrador. The revenue service started on 2 May 2023 and stopped on 11 May 2023.[1] It resumed on 1 December 2023.[2] The station is located between La Magdalena and Cardenal de la Torre.[1]

Estación El Recreo
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°15′15.9″S 78°31′20.4″W / 0.254417°S 78.522333°W / -0.254417; -78.522333
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
Cardenal de la Torre
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 La Magdalena

This is an underground station. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Pedro Vicente Maldonado and Avenida Moraspungo.[3] The station is part of a large transfer complex which also includes the trolleybus station.[4]

On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "Quito". urbanrail.
  2. ^ "Así fue el primer día de operación comercial del Metro de Quito" [This was the first day of commercial operations of Quito Metro] (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ "Inician trabajos en la zona Metro de Quito Estación El Recreo". Quito Informa (in Spanish). 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ "La Estación multimodal El Recreo está casi lista". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 23 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.