12 de Octubre metro station

Estación 12 de Octubre
Platforms
General information
Location	Vía Simón Bolívar and Avenida 12 de Octubre Panamá District Panama City Panama
Coordinates	9°01′00″N79°31′03″W / 9.01667°N 79.51750°W / 9.01667; -79.51750
System	Panama Metro station
Platforms	2
History
Opened	5 April 2014;11 years ago (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station El Ingenio toward Albrook Line 1 Pueblo Nuevo toward Villa Zaita
Location

12 de Octubre is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. Construction of the station began on 17 March 2012 ^{[1] [2]} and it was one of the first 11 stations when the metro began operations on 6 April 2014. ^[3] It is the first of six elevated stations when travelling towards the San Isidro terminus. ^[2]

Located in the district of the same name, the station is the closest to Panamá Viejo, the original site of Panama city. ^[4] In its first year of operations, 12 de Octubre was the eighth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 8% of the system's users at peak times. ^[5]

References

1. "Cambios viales en Pueblo Nuevo, Transístmica y 12 de Octubre" [Changes to the roads in Pueblo Nuevo, Transístmica and 12 de Octubre]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
2. "Inicia construcción de la Estación 12 de Octubre" [Construction of 12 de Octubre station begins] (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. 2012. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
3. "Hoy será la apertura oficial de la Línea Uno del Metro de Panamá" [Today will see the official opening of Line 1 of Panama metro]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Panama City. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. Chávez, Mario (18 July 2014). "Así es la primera línea de metro de Panamá" [This is Line 1 of Panama metro]. Forbes Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
5. 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 19 November 2016.