La Alameda metro station (Quito)

Estación La Alameda
Quito Metro station
Southern entrance
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°12′54.7″S 78°30′4.3″W / 0.215194°S 78.501194°W / -0.215194; -78.501194
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
San Francisco
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 El Ejido

La Alameda 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 discontinued on 11 May 2023.[1] It resumed on 1 December 2023.[2] The station is located between El Ejido and San Francisco.[1]

This is an underground station.[3] The station is located below Avenida 12 de Octubre, next to La Alameda Park.

The tunnel was extended to the station on 27 August 2018.[3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[4]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b ""Luz de América" llega a la Estación La Alameda". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.