San Francisco metro station (Quito)

San Francisco 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.[1] The station is located between La Alameda and La Magdalena.[1]

Estación San Francisco
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°13′14.2″S 78°30′51.6″W
Line(s)Line 1
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
La Magdalena
toward Quitumbe
 Line 1 La Alameda
toward El Labrador

This is an underground station. It has five lifts, ten escalators, and the projected traffic is 69,000 passengers per day.[2]

The station is located in the historic center of Quito, in the eastern corner of Plaza San Francisco, at the crossing of Calle Sebastián de Benalcázar and Calle Sucre. One of the entrances has been made in a historic building.[3]

On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended, arrived to the station.[4]

References
  1. Schwandl, Robert. "Quito". urbanrail.
  2. ""Luz de América" llega a la Estación La Alameda". Quito Metro (in Spanish). 7 September 2020.
  3. "Una casa patrimonial será el ingreso a la Estación San Francisco". Metro de Quito (in Spanish). 5 June 2019.
  4. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.
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