Quitumbe metro station

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Estación Quitumbe
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates 0°17′43.7″S78°33′18.2″W / 0.295472°S 78.555056°W / -0.295472; -78.555056
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station METROQ.svg Quito Metro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Morán Valverde
toward El Labrador

Quitumbe is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as the southern terminal 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 adjacent station is Morán Valverde. [1]

This is an underground station. It is located below Avenida Condor Ñan, next to a large ground transportation terminal.

On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schwandl, Robert. "Quito". urbanrail.
  2. "Así fue el primer día de operación comercial del Metro de Quito" [This was the first day of commercial operations of Quito Metro] (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.