San Miguelito metro station

Estación San Miguelito
San Miguelito station Line 1 platform
General information
Location	Victoriano Lorenzo, San Miguelito Panama Province Panama
Coordinates	9°01′49″N79°30′23″W / 9.03028°N 79.50639°W / 9.03028; -79.50639
Platforms	2 side platforms (Line 1) 1 island platform (Line 2)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station Pueblo Nuevo toward Albrook Line 1 Pan de Azúcar toward Villa Zaita Terminus Line 2 Paraíso toward Nuevo Tocumen
Location

San Miguelito station is a Panama Metro station. It is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 2. It was one of the first 11 stations when the metro began operations on 6 April 2014. ^[1] It is the third of six elevated stations when travelling towards the terminus of San Isidro. ^[1]

The station is located in San Miguelito District. As of 2015, it was the fourth most used station on the network at peak times, carrying 13% of the network's passengers. ^[2]

The station is located near La Gran Estación, one of Panama City's main bus terminals.

In October 2016, construction of the station's line 2 platforms began. ^[3] The Line 2 station was opened on 25 April 2019 as the western terminus of the initial section of Line 2 between San Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen. ^[4]

References

1. "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 16 January 2017.
2. 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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
3. "Inician los trabajos de la estación de San Miguelito de la Línea 2" [Work on San Miguelito line 1 2 station begins]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
4. Schwandl, Robert. "Panamá". urbanrail.