Access to Terminal 2 would be in 14 months

He branch of Line 2 metro to Tocumen Airport It was officially opened this Wednesday, however, users will have to wait until access to Terminal 2 of the air terminal is expedited.

With an intermediate station for young people and adults studying and courses at Higher Specialized Technical Institute (Itse) and Inadehthe 2 kilometer air route culminates before arriving at the new airport terminal.

Héctor Ortega, manager of the Panama Metroreported that an addition is in the works for the contractor, which is the CL2 Ramal consortium, consisting of the companies CNO (formerly Odebrecht) and FCC Construcción, for the construction of the access ramp.

While this is taking shape, in the first phase users using the metro, they will be transported to the airport by internal buses provided by the airportfree, which takes 8 to 10 minutes to complete.

In the second phase, the metro will have a direct connection to Terminal 2, with a ramp, which it should be ready within 12 to 14 monthsOrtega estimated.

“The additional contract is currently being approved by the controller. Once the continuation order is issued, the (ramp) should be completed in 8 months“, he assured.

On behalf of the airport, its manager Raffoul Arab Pinzónhe reported that in three or four months some covered walkways will be ready that will connect the terminals with each other and these with the subway station.’

137,854

is the average number of users of Metro Line 2, on weekdays.

2

kilometers and two stations on one level, it has a new branch.

New operational branch from Wednesday afternoon, for the general public, It had a cost of $102.5 million plus $3.4 million approved in Appendix 3 concluded according to the contract.

South corridor station

The train going to the airport will depart from the Corredor Sur i station it will do this in 10 minute intervals, during regular working hours of the subway, which is from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., from Monday to Friday; Saturdays from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sundays and holidays from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“We will monitor passenger demand”said the metro manager, considering the possibility that the schedule of this branch may change, given that the flights last 24 hours.

The predicted demand is that branch use 10,000 passengers per daycounting administrative, teaching and student staff of Itse and Inadeh, surrounding communities and airport workers.

The peculiarity of the cells on this branch is that they will have only one level and not like other subway stations, which have a middle floor, where there are charging machines, ATMs and operational offices.

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Baggage and price

The second object is that there will be no baggage handling restrictions for passengers using trains and go to the airport terminal, since the subway regulations have been changed to allow this condition.

On the other side, The ticket price remains the same as on the rest of Line 2, 50 centsso if a person is going from Albrook to the airport, they only have to pay 85 cents, adding the 35 cents it costs to travel on line 1.

With this branch, one of the two complements Line 2, in operation since April 2019.

With an alternative route to the airport, it is considered within its original design, possible extension to the Felipillo sector.