El Ejido metro station

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Estación El Ejido
Quito Metro station
MDQ Estacion Ejido 01-12-2023.jpg
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates 0°12′36.0″S78°29′49.2″W / 0.210000°S 78.497000°W / -0.210000; -78.497000
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station METROQ.svg Quito Metro Following station
La Alameda
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 Universidad Central
toward El Labrador

El Ejido 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 Universidad Central and La Alameda. [1]

This is an underground station. [3] It is 28 metres (92 ft) deep. [4]

The station is located below Avenida 6 de Diciembre, between two parks, El Ejido and Parque del Arbolito. [4]

The tunnel reached the station on 28 July 2018. [3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station. [5]

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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.
  3. 1 2 "Tuneladora "La Guaragua" llegó a Estación El Ejido". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 30 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Finalizados los trabajos, el Metro restituyó el parque El Arbolito". Quito Metro. 6 June 2019.
  5. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.