El Labrador metro station

El Labrador is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as the northern terminus 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 adjacent station is Jipijapa.[1]

Estación El Labrador
Quito Metro station
Exterior of the station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°09′13.0″S 78°29′10.4″W / 0.153611°S 78.486222°W / -0.153611; -78.486222
Line(s)Line 1
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
Jipijapa
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 Terminus

It is an underground station, located 9 m below the surface.[3]

The station is located on Calle Isaac Albéniz, next to the eponymous transport terminal. The entrance to the metro station is integrated with the entrances to the bus and trolleybus stations of the terminal.[4] This is one of five such integrated stations of the first stretch of Quito Metro.[5] It has access for disabled passengers.[6]

The first train arrived at the station on 30 October 2020, during the trial phase.[5] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived.[7]

References

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  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. ^ "Metro de Quito, una estación a nueve metros de profundidad". El Comercio (in Spanish). No. 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Con éxito se habilitó el nuevo ingreso a la Estación 'El Labrador' del Trolebús". quito.gob.ec (in Spanish). 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Line 1 trains on Quito Metro arrive at El Labrador station". Acciona. 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Estación El Labrador Motro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito.
  7. ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.