El Recreo metro station

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Estación El Recreo
Quito Metro station
MDQ Estacion El Recreo 01-12-2023.jpg
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates 0°15′15.9″S78°31′20.4″W / 0.254417°S 78.522333°W / -0.254417; -78.522333
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station METROQ.svg Quito Metro Following station
Cardenal de la Torre
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 La Magdalena
toward El Labrador

El Recreo 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 La Magdalena and Cardenal de la Torre. [1]

This is an underground station. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Pedro Vicente Maldonado and Avenida Moraspungo. [3] The station is part of a large transfer complex which also includes the trolleybus station. [4]

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. "Inician trabajos en la zona Metro de Quito Estación El Recreo". Quito Informa (in Spanish). 27 July 2022.
  4. "La Estación multimodal El Recreo está casi lista". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 23 April 2019.
  5. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.