Río Piedras is a rapid transit station in
the San Juan Metropolitan Area,
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. It is located between
Cupey 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, automated rapid transit system serving the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, main metropolitan area of Puerto Rico ...
system, in the downtown area of
Río Piedras
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Flo ...
(
Río Piedras Pueblo), in the city of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
. 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
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Flo ...
)
* José de Diego pedestrian street
*
Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras (Río Piedras marketplace building)
*
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the largest campus in the University of Puer ...
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.
References
{{Tren Urbano
Tren Urbano stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004
2004 establishments in Puerto Rico