San Francisco metro station (Quito)

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Estación San Francisco
Quito Metro station
MDQ Estacion San Francisco 02-12-2023.jpg
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates 0°13′14.2″S78°30′51.6″W / 0.220611°S 78.514333°W / -0.220611; -78.514333
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station METROQ.svg Quito Metro Following station
La Magdalena
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 La Alameda
toward El Labrador
Entrance to the station from Plaza de San Francisco Quito Entrance to San Francisco Station.jpg
Entrance to the station from Plaza de San Francisco

San Francisco 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 La Alameda and La Magdalena. [1]

This is an underground station. It has five lifts, ten escalators, and the projected ridership is 69,000 passengers per day. [3]

The station is located in the historic center of Quito, in the eastern corner of Plaza de San Francisco, at the intersection of Calle Sebastián de Benalcázar and Calle Sucre. One of the entrances has been built within a historic building. [4]

On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station. [5]

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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. ""Luz de América" llega a la Estación La Alameda". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 7 September 2020.
  4. "Una casa patrimonial será el ingreso a la Estación San Francisco". Metro de Quito (in Spanish). 5 June 2019.
  5. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.