Estación Jipijapa | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 0°09′51.4″S78°29′0.6″W / 0.164278°S 78.483500°W | ||||||||||
| System | Quito Metro station | ||||||||||
| Line | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 December 2022 | ||||||||||
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Jipijapa 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 Labrador and Iñaquito. [1]
This is an underground station. The number of daily passengers is an estimated 53,000. The station is handicap accessible and offers escalators. [3] The station is painted in blue. [4]
The station is located at the intersection of Avenida Amazonas, Avenida Juan de Ascaray, and Avenida Tomas de Berlanga, next to Plaza de Toros. [4] [5]
The construction was completed on March 31, 2021, after which the process of transfer of the station to the city was started, and the process was completed on 2 May 2021. [3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station. [6]