La Estrella (''English:'' "The Star"), also known as Ancón,
is a station on line A of the
Medellín Metro
The Medellín Metro (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Metro de Medellín'') is a rapid transit system that crosses the Metropolitan Area of Medellín from North to South and from Centre to West. It first opened for service on 30 November 1995. As one ...
going south.
It is located in the
La Estrella municipality of Colombia. It was inaugurated on September 17, 2012 as part of the extension of the line from
Itagüí
Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
Demographics
The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...
in a ceremony attended by the current president of Colombia,
Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, ...
; Governor of Antioquia,
Sergio Fajardo
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama (; born 19 June 1956) is a Colombian politician and mathematician. Fajardo served as the Governor of Antioquia from 2012 to 2016. He first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected Mayor of Medellin, the second-l ...
; and Medellin Mayor
Aníbal Gaviria.
This station was designed as part of the larger project "Centrality South" for the metropolitan area to meet the needs of the inhabitants of southern
Valle de Aburrá
Valle may refer to:
* Valle (surname)
Geography
*"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina
*University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colombia ...
. Currently, it is the only semi-underground station.
References
External links
Official site of Medellín Metro
Medellín Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2012
2012 establishments in Colombia
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