Iglesia del Carmen metro station

Iglesia del Carmen 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]

Estación Iglesia del Carmen
Panama Metro station
Iglesia del Carmen metro station
General information
Location	Vía España Bella Vista, Panamá District Panama City Panama
Coordinates	8°58′56″N 79°31′38″W
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2
History
Opened	5 April 2014 (2014-04-05)
Services
Preceding station Panama Metro Following station Santo Tomás toward Albrook Line 1 Vía Argentina toward Villa Zaita

The station is named after the nearby neo-gothic church. It serves the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, providing access to the city's financial and banking district and the nightlife and restaurant zone of Calle 50.^[2]

In its first year of operations, it was the fifth most used station of the twelve on the network at that time, carrying 18% of the system's users at peak times.^[3]

Iglesia del Carmen is seen as a key interchange station in the plans to expand the metro, as it will connect line 1 with the future line 2 and line 5.^[4]

References

1. "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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
2. 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 26 March 2017.
3. 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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
4. "Las nueve líneas de metro que unirán a Panamá en 2040" [The nine metro lines that will link Panama in 2040]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama City. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.