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Panama Metro
Alstom Metropolis on the Line 1 (2014).
Alstom Metropolis on the Line 1 (2014).
Overview
Native nameMetro de Panamá
LocalePanama City, Panama
Transit typeMetro
Number of lines1
Number of stations12 (2 more to open in Q1 2015,[1]
1 more planned)[2]
Daily ridership155,000 (June 2014)[3]
WebsiteEl Metro de Panamá
Operation
Began operationApril 5, 2014
Operator(s)El Metro de Panamá
CharacterPartially underground, partially elevated
Number of vehicles19 Alstom Metropolis
Train length3-car trainsets
Technical
System length13.7 km (8.5 mi) (current)[4]
15.8 km (9.8 mi) (final)[1]

The Panama Metro (Template:Lang-es) is a metropolitan metro system in Panama City, Panama,[5] which currently links Los Andes County with the city center. It was inaugurated on April 5, 2014.[6]

It was built to relieve the traffic congestion between the city and San Miguelito District and offer commuters a viable alternative to road transport, as the Metrobus transport system is suffering multiple issues.

The Panama Metro is part of a major “National Master Plan” to improve transportation in Panama City as well as the west side of the country, which includes the construction of two more lines and a light rail. It currently consists of one 13.7-kilometer (8.5 mi) line,[4] serving 12 stations, with 2 more stations set to open in the first quarter of 2015,[1] and a fifteenth station planned.[2]

Project

Line 1 Development

The Government of Panama invited tenders for a contract to build the metro system.[7] The governments of Brazil[8] and Taiwan[9] offered to invest on the project. After an exhaustive inspection of all proposals for the construction of the railway system, the Línea Uno consortium, which includes the Spanish Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), won the contract.[10]

In October 2009, the consortium POYRY/Cal y Mayor y Asociados won the contract for the counseling of the project development,[11] meanwhile on January 2010, Systra was awarded a contract to create detailed infrastructure designs.

The first phase of the project consisted of planning, cost estimation and technical feasibility; meanwhile the second phase consisted of several soil studies, topography, and demand refinings. Both phases were started and executed simultaneously at late 2009. In December 2010, the government finally awarded the tender for the construction of the subway. The third and fourth phase of the project took place between 2011 and 2012, and was consisted of the construction of all the viaducts and stations and the public utilities relocations.

By September 2013, construction of Line 1 was 92% complete, allowing a test run with some of the rolling stock.[12]

Line 2 Development

On May 16, 2014, three different consortiums offered several proposals for planning, cost estimation and technical feasibility for the construction of a second line (ie. "Line 2") of the Metro system.[13] After making a detailed inquiry of all the proposals for the construction of Line 2, the Metro de Panama secretary announced on July 12, 2014, that the PML2 consortium – which includes the Spanish "Ayesa Ingeniería y Arquitectura", "Barcelona Metro", and the "Louis Berger Group" company from the United States – won the contract. [14][15]

Cost

The project of Line 1 had a cost of $1.452 billion. The Panama Metro authority, in charge of the planning, construction, and execution of the project, has a budget of $200 million for the year 2012.[citation needed] In December 2011, the Secretaría del Metro de Panamá clarified that the updated cost of the project is US$1.880 billion, including public utilities relocations and engineering and project management costs.[16]

The project of Line 2 will have a cost of $2.200 billion. [17]

Operations

Line 1

The Panama Metro's Line 1 was planned to run over a mostly north-south route, from Los Andes to the Albrook bus station (where the system's maintenance shop is located), and extends over 13.7 kilometers (8.5 mi) of route, including 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) underground and 6.3 kilometers (3.9 mi) in viaduct.[7] It has twelve passenger stations: 5 elevated, 6 underground, and 1 at-grade. The stations have a platform length of approximately 110 meters (360 ft).[4]

On 5 April 2014,[6] Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli inaugurated Line 1 in record time and the first public passenger trip on the new system was carried out the same day. The next day, the Metro subway system entered into active passenger revenue service, and transported more than a million passengers in the first week of operation.

The complete journey of Line 1 lasts about 23 minutes.

It begins its current route at the elevated Los Andes station, north of the city, continuing on viaduct to Pan de Azucar station and then to San Miguelito district station. Afterwards, it continues on viaduct through Pueblo Nuevo (close to the Estrella Azul factory) to reach 12 de Octubre (the final elevated station), where it enters into a trench, towards the underground section of Line 1. It continues its journey through the underground stations of Fernandez de Cordoba, Vía Argentina, Iglesia del Carmen, followed by Santo Tomás, Lotería and 5 de Mayo. Finally it reaches the terminus station, Albrook Bus Terminal, at the airport, which is the system's only at-grade station.

The current northern terminus station of the metro is Los Andes.[4] However, it is a temporary terminus station, since the government has approved a future extension of Line 1 to a final elevated station in San Isidro.[18] San Isidro is currently under construction and was originally scheduled to open in August 2014, but is now scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2015.[1] When opened, the extension to San Isidro will add 2.1 kilometers (1.3 mi) of route to the system, extending the metro's total route length to 15.8 kilometers (9.8 mi).[1]

The El Ingenio subway station, located between the underground Fernández de Córdoba station and the first elevated station, 12 de Octubre, is also currently under construction. It was originally scheduled to open in August 2014,[4] but is now scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2015 as well.[1]

There are also plans to develop an underground station in Curundú, between the underground 5 de Mayo station and the at-grade Albrook station, due to the fact that the future city government will be built at that location. It is expected to be constructed some time after the Metro has been opened.[4]

Rolling stock

People travelling in one of the trainsets.

Alstom has delivered 19 three-car Metropolis trainsets for the Panamá Metro.[19] The trains were built at Alstom’s Santa Perpètua de Mogoda factory in Spain and underwent preliminary testing on the FGC network in Barcelona.

The first 3 trains were shipped from Spain and arrived May 25, 2013. The standard gauge units have air-conditioning, CCTV and passenger information, and can accommodate 600 passengers per trainset.[20] The trains initially consist of three cars, but all stations are being built to accommodate six car trains in anticipation of expected future ridership demands.

Unlike other rapid transportation systems, the Panama Metro does not have a third rail and trainsets instead collect their power from an overhead line system.

Future operations

Line 2

On the eve of the presidential elections that took place on May 4, 2014, president Ricardo Martinelli announced that by the end of his term he would have tendered Line 2 project. The Line 2 is planned to run over a mostly east-south route, from 24 de Diciembre district to Punta Pacifica. Due to its length, this line will be about twice the cost the construction and completion of Line 1, and due to the economic burden it would place in the national budget, it was decided that it would be constructed in two phases.

On April 2014, it was officially announced that Line 2 was divided into two phases. The first phase is going to be from 24 de Diciembre district to San Miguelito district, intercepting with the first line. The first phase extends over 23 kilometers (14 mi) of route, and it will include up to 16 elevated stations and a branch line to Tocumen International Airport. The second phase will then complete this line from San Miguelito to Punta Pacifica located in the south part of Panama City. [21]

It is expected that the first phase of construction of Line 2 would take around 4 years. [22]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Hoy Abre Sus Puertas La Estación Loteria Del Metro" (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Línea 1 Conoce los accesos a sus estaciones" (pdf) (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. Retrieved April 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Unos 170 mil pasajeros viajan al día en el Metro de Panamá". La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Conoce la Línea 1 del Metro de Panamá" (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Línea Uno consortium to build Panamá Metro". Railway Gazette International. October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Panamá City metro opens". Railway Gazette International. April 7, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Panamá metro project launched". Railway Gazette International. January 18, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  8. ^ "Brazil offers credit to build the Panama Metro". August 19, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  9. ^ "Taiwan willing to advise Martinelli in subway construction in Panama". June 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  10. ^ "Spain's FCC group wins massive Panama metro contract". October 30, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  11. ^ "Panama Metro design will be carried by Mexican-Swiss consortium". Panamagazine. October 19, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  12. ^ Briginshaw, David (September 27, 2013). "Panama's first metro line nears completion". International Railway Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  13. ^ "Tres firmas aspiran a gerenciar la Línea dos del Metro de Panamá". La Prensa. May 16, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  14. ^ "Adjudican gerencia de la Línea 2 del Metro a consorcio hispano-estadounidense". La Prensa. July 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  15. ^ "Gerencia de Linea 2, a cargo de PML2". Panamá América. July 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  16. ^ "Costo del Proyecto del Metro se Mantiene" (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. December 5, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Costo del Metro costará 2 mil millones" (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  18. ^ "Red Maestra del Metro de Panamá" (jpg) (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. Retrieved April 27, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "First Panamá metro trains delivered". Railway Gazette. May 17, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  20. ^ "La acción a punto de empezar: trenes y funcionamiento". La Prensa. April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  21. ^ "Adjudican gerencia de la Línea 2 del Metro a consorcio hispano-estadounidense". La Prensa. July 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  22. ^ "Construcción de la Línea 2 del Metro, podría tomar 4 años". Telemetro. July 3, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.

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