Estación Iñaquito
Quito Metro station
General information
LocationEcuador
Coordinates0°10′36.1″S 78°29′1.7″W / 0.176694°S 78.483806°W / -0.176694; -78.483806
Line(s)Line 1
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station
La Carolina
toward Quitumbe
 Line 1 Jipijapa
toward El Labrador

Iñaquito 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 Jipijapa and La Carolina.[1]

This is an underground station.[3] The estimated daily number of passengers was 39,000. The station has access for disabled passengers, and has escalators.[4]

The station is located at the intersection of Avenida Naciones Unidas and Calle Japón, in the northern part of La Carolina Park.

The construction was completed on 31 March 2021, after which the process of transfer of the station to the city was started, and the process was completed on 2 May 2021.[4] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Schwandl, Robert. "Quito". urbanrail.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Conozca las 15 paradas del Metro de Quito". Metro (in Spanish).
  4. 1 2 "La ciudad recibe las estaciones Jipijapa e Iñaquito del Metro de Quito". Quito Metro. 3 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.
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