La Magdalena metro station

La Magdalena 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 San Francisco and El Recreo.[1]

Estación La Magdalena
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°14′16.5″S 78°31′31.3″W / 0.237917°S 78.525361°W / -0.237917; -78.525361
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
El Recreo
toward Quitumbe
Line 1 San Francisco

This is an underground station.[3] It is located at the intersection of Avenida Rodrigo de Chávez and Avenida Jacinto Collahuazo.[4]

On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[5]

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. ^ "Construction of underground structures: Quito's first metro line". Acciona.
  4. ^ "La avenida 5 de Junio se cerrará en entre la Gatazo y Rodrigo de Chávez". Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). 3 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.