Santo Domingo Metro
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| Native name | Metro de Santo Domingo | ||
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 2 | ||
| Number of stations | 30 | ||
| Daily ridership | 173,070 (daily avg., Nov. 2014) |
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| Annual ridership | 61,270,054 | ||
| Website | OPRET | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | December 22, 2008 (non-commercial service) January 30, 2009 (commercial service) |
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| Operator(s) | OPRET | ||
| Character | Mostly underground, with an elevated section (Line 1) |
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| System length | 27.4 km (17.0 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) | ||
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| Location | Santo Domingo |
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| Launched | 2009 |
| Technology | |
| Operator | Thales |
| Manager | OPRET |
| Currency | DOP |
| Stored-value | Viajes |
| Credit expiry | None |
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The Santo Domingo Metro (Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It is the most extensive and second oldest metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations.
The Santo Domingo Metro is part of a major "National Master Plan" to improve transportation in Santo Domingo as well as the rest of the nation. The first line was planned to relieve traffic congestion in the Máximo Gómez and Hermanas Mirabal Avenue. The second line, which opened in April 2013, is meant to relieve the congestion along the Duarte-Kennedy-Centenario Corridor in the city from west to east. The current length of the Metro, with the sections of the two lines open as of August 2013, is 27.35 kilometres (16.99 mi). Before the opening of the second line, 30,856,515 passengers rode the Santo Domingo Metro in 2012. With both lines opened, ridership increased to 61,270,054 passengers in 2014.
Four more lines are planned to be constructed in the near future, for a total of six.
The first line was unofficially inaugurated on February 27, 2008, but commercial service only started on January 30, 2009. On December 22, 2008 non-commercial operation of the metro system began as a way to provide free service to the public during the Christmas holiday season. The metro was closed on January 6, 2009 for final touches, before opening for commercial use on January 30, 2009.
Shortly after the inauguration of Line 1 presidential elections took place in the Dominican Republic. Leonel Fernández stayed in power and promised to continue the expansion of the SDM across the Greater Santo Domingo. By the mid 2009, construction of Line 2 had commenced and it opened on April 1, 2013. An approval for an expansion of the second line was issued January 2014, with construction beginning on April 1, 2014.
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