The director for the Office for the Reorganization of Transport (OPRET), Manuel Antonio Saleta García, announced that Line 2B of the Santo Domingo Metro will be inaugurated by President Danilo Medina on Wednesday, 8 August 2018. Peak hour capacity will now be increased with the installation of recently arrived cars.
The new line features elevators for persons with disabilities and a podotactyl floor for the visually impaired. Members of Cesmet (the Metro Security Corps) will be available to assist passengers with disabilities.
The new line will serve an estimated 850,000 people. It has capacity to carry 150,000 passengers a day covering 3.6 kilometers in 7 to 8 minutes. In addition the new line has created 120 new jobs. It provides a fast transit solution for those living in the eastern side of Santo Domingo. An estimated two million people live in eastern Santo Domingo and regularly commute to western Santo Domingo (National District).
Opret director García Saleta took journalists from leading media outlets on a tour of the new line. The new stations are named: Ercilia Pepín, Rosa Duarte, Trina de Moya and Concepción Bona.
Journalist Marino Zapete on his YouTube Channel observed that President Danilo Medina had already inaugurated the 2B Line on 5 May 2016, two weeks before the 2016 presidential election.
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7 August 2018
