Iglesia del Carmen metro station

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Estación Iglesia del Carmen
Panama Metro station
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Iglesia del Carmen metro station
General information
LocationVía España
Bella Vista, Panamá District
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates 8°58′56″N79°31′38″W / 8.98222°N 79.52722°W / 8.98222; -79.52722
Line(s)Line 1
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Metro de Panama Logo.svg Panama Metro Following station
Santo Tomás
toward Albrook
Line 1 Vía Argentina
toward Villa Zaita

Iglesia del Carmen 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 named after the nearby neo-gothic church. It serves the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, providing access to the city's financial and banking district and the nightlife and restaurant zone of Calle 50. [2]

In its first year of operations, it was the fifth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 18% of the system's users at peak times. [3]

Iglesia del Carmen is seen as a key interchange station in the plans to expand the metro, as it will connect line 1 with the future line 2 and line 5. [4]

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References

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