El Ejido 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 Universidad Central and La Alameda.[1]
Estación El Ejido | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 0°12′36.0″S 78°29′49.2″W / 0.210000°S 78.497000°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 2022 | ||||||||||
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This is an underground station.[3] It is 28 metres (92 ft) deep.[4]
The station is located below Avenida 6 de Diciembre, between two parks, El Ejido and Parque del Arbolito.[4]
The tunnel reached the station on 28 July 2018.[3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "Quito". urbanrail.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Tuneladora "La Guaragua" llegó a Estación El Ejido". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Finalizados los trabajos, el Metro restituyó el parque El Arbolito". Quito Metro. 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.