El Silencio station

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El Silencio
Caracas Metro rapid transit station
EstacionElSilencio2004-7-1.jpg
Station in 2004
General information
LocationCatedral parish, Municipio
Libertador
, Capital District
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Coordinates 10°30′20.0″N66°55′08.0″W / 10.505556°N 66.918889°W / 10.505556; -66.918889
Operated byC.A. Metro de Caracas
Line(s)Line 2
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • BSicon SUBWAY.svg Line 1
Construction
Structure typeunderground
History
Opened6 November 1988 (1988-11-06) [1]
Services
Preceding station Metro de Caracas (Venezuela) logo.svg Caracas Metro Following station
Terminus Line 2 Capuchinos
toward Las Adjuntas

El Silencio is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 6 November 1988 as part of the extension of Line 2 from La Paz to El Silencio. [1] The station serves as the northern terminus of the line and it is a transfer station, connected with Line 1 via Capitolio. The following station is Capuchinos. [2]

It is named after the El Silencio neighborhood, built by Carlos Raúl Villanueva.

In February 2019, the station burned in a large fire of unknown origin. [3]


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References

  1. 1 2 Schwandl, Robert. "Caracas". www.urbanrail.net.
  2. "Mapa de rutas" [Map of routes] (in Spanish). C.A. Metro de Caracas. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02.
  3. "Incendio afectó la estación del Metro El Silencio" [Fire affected El Silencio Metro station]. El Carabobeño (in Spanish). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-18.