San Miguelito station is a Panama Metro station. It is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 2. It was one of the first 11 stations when the metro began operations on 6 April 2014.[1] It is the third of six elevated stations when travelling towards the terminus of San Isidro.[1]
Estación San Miguelito | ||||||||||||||||
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 San Miguelito station Line 1 platform | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Victoriano Lorenzo, San Miguelito Panama City Panama | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 9°01′49″N 79°30′23″W / 9.03028°N 79.50639°W | |||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 April 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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The station is located in San Miguelito District. As of 2015, it was the fourth most used station on the network at peak times, carrying 13% of the network's passengers.[2]
The station is located near La Gran Estación, one of Panama City's main bus terminals.
In October 2016, construction of the station's line 2 platforms began.[3] The Line 2 station was opened on 25 April 2019 as the western terminus of the initial section of Line 2 between San Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Panamá tiene el primer metro de la región" [Panama has the first metro of the region]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Panama City. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Alvarado, Nicanor (5 April 2015). "Línea Uno del metro: un año y 693 millones de dólares después" [Metro line 1: a year and 693 million dollars later]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Inician los trabajos de la estación de San Miguelito de la Línea 2" [Work on San Miguelito line 1 2 station begins]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Panamá". urbanrail.