Los Cortijos station

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Los Cortijos
Caracas Metro rapid transit station
EstacionLosCortijos2004-7-19.jpg
Station in 2004
General information
Location Sucre, Miranda
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Coordinates 10°29′19.3″N66°49′31.2″W / 10.488694°N 66.825333°W / 10.488694; -66.825333
Operated byC.A. Metro de Caracas
Line(s)Line 1
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
History
Opened10 November 1989 (1989-11-10) [1]
Services
Preceding station Metro de Caracas (Venezuela) logo.svg Caracas Metro Following station
Los Dos Caminos
toward Propatria
Line 1 La California
toward Palo Verde

Los Cortijos is a Caracas Metro station on Line 1. It was opened on 10 November 1989 as part of the extension of Line 1 from Los Dos Caminos to Palo Verde. The station is between Los Dos Caminos and La California. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schwandl, Robert. "Caracas". www.urbanrail.net.