Jipijapa 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 El Labrador and Iñaquito.[1]
Estación Jipijapa | |||||||||||
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| Quito Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 0°09′51.4″S 78°29′0.6″W / 0.164278°S 78.483500°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 2022 | ||||||||||
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This is an underground station. The number of daily passengers is an estimated 53,000. The station is handicap accessible and offers escalators.[3] The station is painted in blue.[4]
The station is located at the intersection of Avenida Amazonas, Avenida Juan de Ascaray, and Avenida Tomas de Berlanga, next to Plaza de Toros.[4][5]
The construction was completed on March 31, 2021, after which the process of transfer of the station to the city was started, and the process was completed on 2 May 2021.[3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[6]
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 "La ciudad recibe las estaciones Jipijapa e Iñaquito del Metro de Quito". Quito Metro. 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b "La estación Jipijapa del Metro de Quito, casi lista". Uktimas Noticias (in Spanish). 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Conozca las 15 paradas del Metro de Quito". Metro (in Spanish).
- ^ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.