Cardenal de la Torre metro station

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Estación Cardenal de la Torre
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates 0°15′25.6″S78°31′59.6″W / 0.257111°S 78.533222°W / -0.257111; -78.533222
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station METROQ.svg Quito Metro Following station
Solanda
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 El Recreo
toward El Labrador

Cardenal de la Torre is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as part of the inaugural section of the system between Quitumbe and El Labrador. The revenue service started on 2 May 2023 and stopped on 11 May 2023. [1] It resumed on 1 December 2023. [2] The station is located between El Recreo and Solanda. [1]

This is an underground station. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cardenal Carlos de la Torre and Calle Vicente Reyes.

The tunnel was extended to the station on 21 September 2017. [3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station. [4]

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References

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  2. "Así fue el primer día de operación comercial del Metro de Quito" [This was the first day of commercial operations of Quito Metro] (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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  4. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.