Jipijapa metro station

Estación Jipijapa
Quito Metro station
General information
Location	Ecuador
Coordinates	0°09′51.4″S 78°29′0.6″W
Line(s)	Line 1
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Quito Metro Following station Iñaquito toward Quitumbe Line 1 El Labrador Terminus

Jipijapa 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 El Labrador and Iñaquito.[1]

This is an underground station. The number of daily passengers is an estimated 53,000. The station is handicap accessible and offers escalators.[3] The station is painted in blue.[4]

The station is located at the intersection of Avenida Amazonas, Avenida Juan de Ascaray, and Avenida Tomas de Berlanga, next to Plaza de Toros.[4][5]

The construction was completed on March 31, 2021, after which the process of transfer of the station to the city was started, and the process was completed on 2 May 2021.[3] On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.[6]

References

1. 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. "La ciudad recibe las estaciones Jipijapa e Iñaquito del Metro de Quito". Quito Metro. 3 May 2021.
4. "La estación Jipijapa del Metro de Quito, casi lista". Uktimas Noticias (in Spanish). 7 March 2019.
5. "Conozca las 15 paradas del Metro de Quito". Metro (in Spanish).
6. "Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito" (in Spanish). Metro de Quito. 23 January 2023.