El Silencio station

Caracas metro station in Venezuela
10°30′20.0″N 66°55′08.0″W / 10.505556°N 66.918889°W / 10.505556; -66.918889Operated byC.A. Metro de CaracasLine(s)Line 2Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections
  • Metro interchange Line 1
ConstructionStructure typeundergroundHistoryOpened6 November 1988 (1988-11-06)[1]Services
Preceding station Caracas Metro Following station
Terminus Line 2 Capuchinos
toward Las Adjuntas

El Silencio is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 6 November 1988 as part of the extension of Line 2 from La Paz to El Silencio.[1] The station serves as the northern terminus of the line and it is a transfer station, connected with Line 1 via Capitolio. The following station is Capuchinos.[2]

It is named after the El Silencio neighborhood, built by Carlos Raúl Villanueva.

In February 2019, the station burned in a large fire of unknown origin.[3]


Track layout
Legend
 terminus
to
 Capitolio
 
toward
 Las Adjuntas / Zoológico
1
2

References

  1. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "Caracas". www.urbanrail.net.
  2. ^ "Mapa de rutas" [Map of routes] (in Spanish). C.A. Metro de Caracas. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02.
  3. ^ "Incendio afectó la estación del Metro El Silencio" [Fire affected El Silencio Metro station]. El Carabobeño (in Spanish). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-18.