San Miguelito metro station

Estación San Miguelito
Platforms of the San Miguelito station of Line 1 (above) and Line 2 (below).
General information
LocationVictoriano Lorenzo, San Miguelito
Panama Province
Panama
Coordinates9°01′49″N 79°30′23″W / 9.03028°N 79.50639°W / 9.03028; -79.50639
Platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type
Elevated
AccessibleYes
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station
Pueblo Nuevo
toward Albrook
Line 1 Pan de Azúcar
Terminus Line 2 Paraíso
Location

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 seven elevated stations when travelling towards the terminus of Villa Zaita.

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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Schwandl, Robert. "Panamá". urbanrail.