Río Piedras is a rapid transit station in
the San Juan Metropolitan Area,
Puerto Rico. It is located between
Cupey
Cupey is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico located in the mountainous area of the municipality. It is the largest barrio or district in the San Juan and the third most populous with 36,058 inhabitants according ...
and
Universidad stations on the only 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 downtown area of
Río Piedras (
Río Piedras Pueblo), in the city of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
. The station is named after Río Piedras where it is located, itself named after the
Piedras River which crosses the area. The trial service ran in 2004, however, the regular service only started on 6 June 2005.
Nearby
*
Río Piedras Pueblo (downtown
Río Piedras)
* José de Diego pedestrian street
*
Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true square, geometric square, used for community gathe ...
(Río Piedras marketplace building)
*
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus
Gallery
File:Estación Río Piedras (vestíbulo).jpg, Northern entrance of the station
File:Río Piedras Estación Tren Urbano en la calle.jpg, Río Piedras entrance to the station
File:01-Future Tube for Tren Urbano Expansion.jpg, View from the platform. The unused eastward tunnel is intended for a possible future extension of the Tren Urbano system to Carolina
Carolina may refer to:
Geography
* The Carolinas, the U.S. states of North and South Carolina
** North Carolina, a U.S. state
** South Carolina, a U.S. state
* Province of Carolina, a British province until 1712
* Carolina, Alabama, a town in ...
.
References
{{Tren Urbano
Tren Urbano stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004
2004 establishments in Puerto Rico