NewsWhore
07-03-2012, 03:50 PM
Santo Domingo residents could soon be riding the second line of the metro. As reported in El Dia, Leonel Carrasco, spokesman for the Opret office in charge of the construction, said that seven new cars had recently arrived of a total of 45 that will run on the line.
The second line was originally intended to span a length of 22km, from Los Alcarrizos to the northwest to San Luis in the southeast, but only 14kms are scheduled to enter into operation this year.
Carrasco says that construction of the 14km stretch is 90% complete, but there is no official opening date yet. He said that work is still under way on the 19 and 20 stations. The second line is completely underground and there is a transfer station at the Maximo Gomez intersection with the first line.
The second line will be in operation from Avenida Luperon in western Santo Domingo to Av. Padre Castellanos to the east. Carrasco says that it would double the number of users of the first line.
As reported in El Dia, the Metro sells 100,000 fares a day on the first line. The second line was tested in August, using cars from the first line, on the occasion of the Santo Domingo Book Fair celebration. El Dia says that the second line could enter into operation "after August."
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The second line was originally intended to span a length of 22km, from Los Alcarrizos to the northwest to San Luis in the southeast, but only 14kms are scheduled to enter into operation this year.
Carrasco says that construction of the 14km stretch is 90% complete, but there is no official opening date yet. He said that work is still under way on the 19 and 20 stations. The second line is completely underground and there is a transfer station at the Maximo Gomez intersection with the first line.
The second line will be in operation from Avenida Luperon in western Santo Domingo to Av. Padre Castellanos to the east. Carrasco says that it would double the number of users of the first line.
As reported in El Dia, the Metro sells 100,000 fares a day on the first line. The second line was tested in August, using cars from the first line, on the occasion of the Santo Domingo Book Fair celebration. El Dia says that the second line could enter into operation "after August."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)