12 de Octubre metro station

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Estación 12 de Octubre
Panama Metro station
12 de Octubre, Panama metro.jpg
Platforms
General information
LocationVía 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
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Metro de Panama Logo.svg Panama Metro Following station
El Ingenio
toward Albrook
Line 1 Pueblo Nuevo
toward Villa Zaita

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]

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References

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