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San Miguelito metro station

Coordinates: 9°01′49″N 79°30′23″W / 9.03028°N 79.50639°W / 9.03028; -79.50639
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Estación San Miguelito
San Miguelito station Line 1 platform
General information
LocationVictoriano Lorenzo, San Miguelito
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates9°01′49″N 79°30′23″W / 9.03028°N 79.50639°W / 9.03028; -79.50639
Platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station
Pueblo Nuevo
toward Albrook
Line 1 Pan de Azúcar
Terminus Line 2 Paraíso

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

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  1. ^ a b "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. 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.