Iglesia del Carmen is a Panama Metro station on Line 1.[1] It was one of the metro network's first 11 stations, opened on 5 April 2014 and commencing operations the following day.[1]
Estación Iglesia del Carmen | |||||||||||
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| Panama Metro station | |||||||||||
 Iglesia del Carmen metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Vía España Bella Vista, Panamá District Panama City Panama | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°58′56″N 79°31′38″W / 8.98222°N 79.52722°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 April 2014 | ||||||||||
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The station is named after the nearby neo-gothic church. It serves the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, providing access to the city's financial and banking district and the nightlife and restaurant zone of Calle 50.[2]
In its first year of operations, it was the fifth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 18% of the system's users at peak times.[3]
Iglesia del Carmen is seen as a key interchange station in the plans to expand the metro, as it will connect line 1 with the future line 2 and line 5.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hoy será la apertura oficial de la Línea Uno del Metro de Panamá" [Today will see the official opening of Line 1 of Panama metro]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Panama City. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Chávez, Mario (18 July 2014). "Así es la primera línea de metro de Panamá" [This is Line 1 of Panama metro]. Forbes Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ 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 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Las nueve líneas de metro que unirán a Panamá en 2040" [The nine metro lines that will link Panama in 2040]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.