12 de Octubre metro station

12 de Octubre is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. Construction of the station began on 17 March 2012[1][2] and it was one of the first 11 stations when the metro began operations on 6 April 2014.[3] It is the first of six elevated stations when travelling towards the San Isidro terminus.[2]

Estación 12 de Octubre
Panama Metro station
Platforms
General information
LocationVía Simón Bolívar and Avenida 12 de Octubre
Panamá District
Panama City
Panama
Coordinates9°01′00″N 79°31′03″W
Platforms2
History
Opened5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station
El Ingenio
toward Albrook
 Line 1 Pueblo Nuevo
toward San Isidro

Located in the district of the same name, the station is the closest to Panamá Viejo, the original site of Panama city.[4] In its first year of operations, 12 de Octubre was the eighth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 8% of the system's users at peak times.[5]

References
  1. "Cambios viales en Pueblo Nuevo, Transístmica y 12 de Octubre" [Changes to the roads in Pueblo Nuevo, Transístmica and 12 de Octubre]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. "Inicia construcción de la Estación 12 de Octubre" [Construction of 12 de Octubre station begins] (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. 2012. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  3. "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 19 November 2016.
  4. Chávez, Mario (18 July 2014). "Así es la primera línea de metro de Panamá" [This is Line 1 of Panama metro]. Forbes Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. 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 19 November 2016.
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