Pueblo Nuevo metro station

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Estación Pueblo Nuevo
Panama Metro station
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Station platforms
General information
LocationVía Simón Bolívar
Pueblo Nuevo, Panamá District
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates 9°01′24″N79°30′46″W / 9.02333°N 79.51278°W / 9.02333; -79.51278
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Metro de Panama Logo.svg Panama Metro Following station
12 de Octubre
toward Albrook
Line 1 San Miguelito
toward San Isidro

Pueblo Nuevo is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. It was one of the first 11 stations when the metro began operations on 6 April 2014. [1] It is the second of six elevated stations when travelling towards the San Isidro terminus. [1]

The station is located in the district of the same name, in one of the city's more important industrial zones. [2] It is the least-used station on the network, carrying only 1% of the network's passengers at peak times. [3] In June 2016, the station was used by 1,679 people per day on average, in contrast to the preceding and following stations, 12 de Octubre and San Miguelito, which were used by over 34,000 people daily. [2] Architect Álvaro Uribe justified the station's creation on the basis that it would encourage future development in the area. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Panamá tiene el primer metro de la región" [Panama has the first metro of the region]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Panama City. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cedeño, Isaías (1 June 2015). "Pueblo Nuevo, la estación del Metro que menos se utiliza" [Pueblo Nuevo, the least used metro station]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Panama City . Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. Alvarado, Nicanor (5 April 2015). "Línea Uno del metro: un año y 693 millones de dólares después" [Metro line 1: a year and 693 million dollars later]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City . Retrieved 19 November 2016.