5 de Mayo metro station

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Estación Cinco de Mayo
Panama Metro station
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5 de Mayo station
General information
LocationAvenida Justo Arosemena
Calidonia, Panamá District
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates 8°57′43.4″N79°32′24.3″W / 8.962056°N 79.540083°W / 8.962056; -79.540083 Coordinates: 8°57′43.4″N79°32′24.3″W / 8.962056°N 79.540083°W / 8.962056; -79.540083
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Metro de Panama Logo.svg Panama Metro Following station
Albrook
Terminus
Line 1 Lotería
toward San Isidro

5 de Mayo is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. [1] It was one of the metro network's first 11 stations, opened on 5 April 2014 and commencing operations the following day. [1]

The station is the closest to Panama City's Old Town. It is also located closest to the Metropolitan cathedral, Cinta Costera and Oceanographic museum. [2] In its first year of operations, 5 de Mayo was the second most used station on the network, carrying 16% of the system's users at peak times. [3]

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References

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