Santo Domingo Metro
Mass transit system in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Santo Domingo Metro (Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.
The Metro is a major part of the "National Master Plan" to improve transportation in Greater Santo Domingo and the rest of the nation. The first line was planned to relieve traffic congestion on the Máximo Gómez and Hermanas Mirabal Avenue thoroughfares, which connect Santo Domingo. 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).[2][3] Before the second line's opening, 30,856,515 passengers had ridden the Santo Domingo Metro in 2012.[1] With both lines opened, ridership increased to 61,270,054 passengers in 2014.[5]
Four more lines are planned to be constructed in the near future, for a total of six lines.