Vía Argentina metro station

Vía Argentina 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 Vía Argentina
Panama Metro station
Vía Argentina metro station
General information
LocationVía España and Vía Argentina
Bella Vista, Panamá District
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates8°59′24″N 79°31′19″W / 8.99000°N 79.52194°W / 8.99000; -79.52194
Line(s)Line 1
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station
Iglesia del Carmen
toward Albrook
Line 1 Fernández de Córdoba

The station serves the neighbourhoods of Obarrio and El Cangrejo, providing access to the city's financial and banking district.[2]

In its first year of operations, it was the sixth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 18% of the system's users at peak times.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 17 November 2016.