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Martínez Nadal Station
Martínez Nadal is a rapid transit station in San Juan agglomeration, Puerto Rico. It is located between Torrimar and Las Lomas stations on the sole line of the Tren Urbano system, in the Monacillo Urbano district of the city of San Juan close to the municipal border with Guaynabo. The station is named after the PR-20 highway located nearby, itself named after politician Rafael Martínez Nadal. The trial service ran in 2004, however, the regular service only started on 6 June 2005. Nearby * Altamira neighborhood * San Patricio Plaza San Patricio Plaza is a three-level enclosed shopping mall located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The mall is located at the intersection of PR-2, PR-23, and PR-20, and has over 120 stores with its anchors being T.J. Maxx, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Capri, ... (further north on PR-20) References {{Tren Urbano Tren Urbano stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks. Advantages and tradeoffs Island platforms are necessary for any station with many th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Department Of Transportation And Public Works
The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; es, Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas)— is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Rico.Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Fiscal Years 2010-2013 Aguadilla Urbanized Area (AUA) (UA > 200,000 in Population) Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. Retrieved on March 11, 2010. The agency's headquarters are located in San Juan. Agencies The following agencies are involved in transportation issues of Puerto Rico. style="margin: 0 auto" ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name in English ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name in Spanish ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Abbreviation in Spanish , - , Commission on Traffic Safety , '' Comisión para la Seguridad en el Tránsito'' , CST , - , Highways and Transportation Authority , '' Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación'' , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Concepts
Alternate Concepts, Inc. (ACI) is a transit management company within the United States. It is currently headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and provides services to four rail authorities. Between 2003 and 2014, ACI also operated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's commuter rail system. Additionally, Alternate Concepts is planned to operate MTA Maryland's Purple Line. History Alternate Concepts was founded in 1989 by three former employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, James F. O’Leary, Richard Brown and Jane Daly. Operations Alternate Concepts currently manages and operates the following rail services: * Current ** CTrail Hartford Line (a joint venture between ACI and TransitAmerica Services) ** RTD Commuter Rail ** Tren Urbano ** Valley Metro Rail * Former ** MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo Metropolitan Area
The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around the city of San Juan.www.whitehouse.gov Office of Management and Budget I The White House - Puerto Rico Metropolitan Statistical Area - Code 41980 - ''Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas as of 2013 Census Bureau''. Retrieved 2015-11-09. A July 1, 2009, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 2,617,089, a 4.31% increase over the 2000 census figure of 2,509,007. San Juan Metro Area (Área Metro) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrimar Station
Torrimar is a rapid transit station in San Juan agglomeration, Puerto Rico. It is located between Jardines and Martínez Nadal stations on the sole line of the Tren Urbano system, in Frailes barrio of Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr .... The station is named after the ''Torrimar'' neighborhood which it serves. The trial service ran in 2004, however, the regular service only started on 6 June 2005. Nearby * Garden Hills neighborhood * Suchville neighborhood * Torrimar neighborhood * Torrimar Sports Complex References {{Tren Urbano Tren Urbano stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Lomas Station
Las Lomas is a rapid transit station in San Juan agglomeration, Puerto Rico. It is located between Martínez Nadal and San Francisco stations on the sole line of the Tren Urbano The ''Tren Urbano'' (English language, English: Urban Train) is a List of automated urban metro subway systems, fully-automated rapid transit system that serves the municipalities of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Gua ... system, in the Monacillo Urbano district of the city of San Juan. The station is named after ''Las Lomas'' neighborhood which it serves. The trial service ran in 2004, however, the regular service only started on 6 June 2005. Nearby * Altamesa neighborhood * Las Lomas neighborhood * Hospital Metropolitano de San Juan References {{Tren Urbano Tren Urbano stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tren Urbano
The ''Tren Urbano'' (English language, English: Urban Train) is a List of automated urban metro subway systems, fully-automated rapid transit system that serves the municipalities of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, and Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayamón, in Puerto Rico. The Tren Urbano consists of 16 stations operating on of track along a single line. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . The Tren Urbano complements other forms of public transportation services in the San Juan metropolitan area such as the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority, Metropolitan Bus Authority, the Cataño Ferry, taxis, and shuttles. The entire mass transportation system is operated by the Integrated Transit Authority (''ATI''), The Tren Urbano system is operated by Alternate Concepts, Inc. (ACI). Tren Urbano is also the Caribbean's first rapid transit system. History In the late 19th century, while the island was under Spanish rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monacillo Urbano, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Monacillo Urbano is one of 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The barrio was originally part of Monacillo. In 2010, it had a population of 22,342 living in a land area of 3.23 square miles (8.68 km2). Monacillo Urbano is surrounded by Gobernador Piñero barrio to the north, El Cinco barrio to the east, Monacillo barrio to the south, and the municipality of Guaynabo to the west.- - Demographics See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ... References Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for ''rich port city''). Puerto Rico's capital is the third oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and Panama City, in Panama, founded in 1521, and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. Today, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spread over 9 barrios and Guaynabo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the suburb). Guaynabo is considered, along with its neighbors – San Juan and the municipalities of Bayamón, Carolina, Cataño, Trujillo Alto, and Toa Baja – to be part of the San Juan metropolitan area. It is also part of the larger San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area, (the largest MSA in Puerto Rico). The municipality has a land area of and a population of 89,780 as of the 2020 census. The municipality is known for being an affluent suburb of San Juan and for its former Irish heritage. The studios of WAPA-TV is located in Guaynabo. History The first European settlement in Puerto Rico, Caparra, was founded in 1508 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 20
Puerto Rico Highway 20 (PR-20) or Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal is a short tollway located entirely in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Route description It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway PR-18, and also in PR-1 and PR-52, it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019. It has few exits; the first being to PR-169, a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of |
