Vía Argentina metro station
(Redirected from Vía Argentina (Panama Metro))
Estación Vía Argentina | |||||||||||
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| Panama Metro station | |||||||||||
 Vía Argentina metro station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Vía España and Vía Argentina Bella Vista, Panamá District Panama City Panama | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°59′24″N 79°31′19″W / 8.99000°N 79.52194°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 April 2014 | ||||||||||
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.