La Carolina 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 Iñaquito and Pradera.[1]
Estación La Carolina | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 0°11′25.4″S 78°29′7.7″W / 0.190389°S 78.485472°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 2022 | ||||||||||
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This is an underground station.[3] The station is located at the intersection of Avenida Eloy Alfaro and Avenida de La República, in the southern part of La Carolina Park and next to the financial center of Quito. It has four exits.[3]
The tunnel construction reached La Carolina on 21 August 2017.[4] 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 "Conozca las 15 paradas del Metro de Quito". Metro (in Spanish).
- ^ "Tuneladora La Guaragua llegó a la estación de La Carolina". El Comercio (in Spanish). 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.