Panama Metro  Line 2 is up and running after an opening ceremony headed by  President  Juan Carlos Varela on Thursday,  April 25.

Travel on The transfer of Line 2 will be free until May 12.

The line has 16 stations on over a length of 21 kilometers of elevated track from San Miguelito to Nuevo Tocumen. It will have 21 trains of five wagons and will operate at the same time as Line 1 from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm, Monday through Friday; and on   Saturday and Sunday until 10:00 pm.

In its first stage, Line 2  will serve 500,000 users located in the most concentrated areas such as San Miguelito, Paraíso, the Vía Cincuentenario junction, the Villa Lucre urbanizations, Brisas del Golf, Los Pueblos shopping centers and Metromall; Urbanization San Antonio, El Parador in the village of Pedregal, Urbanization Don Bosco, the Technological University of Panama (UTP), Las Mañanitas, Hospital del Este, Altos de Tocumen, the shopping center La Doña and the community of Nuevo Tocumen.

According to studies by  Metro  Panamá, by  2035, the population of the Eastern sector of Panama City will exceed 750,000 with a daily generation of public transport trips between the periphery and the center of over  400,000.