El Labrador metro station

{{short description|Quito metro station}}

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El Labrador is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as the northern terminus of the inaugural section of the system between Quitumbe and El Labrador. The revenue service started on 2 May 2023 and stopped on 11 May 2023.{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title=Quito |url=https://www.urbanrail.net/am/quito/quito.htm |publisher=urbanrail}} It resumed on 1 December 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/quito/metro-inauguracion-tickets-estaciones-recorrido/|title=Así fue el primer día de operación comercial del Metro de Quito|publisher=Primicias |language=es |trans-title=This was the first day of commercial operations of Quito Metro |access-date=2023-12-01}} The adjacent station is Jipijapa.

It is an underground station, located 9 m below the surface.{{cite news |title=Metro de Quito, una estación a nueve metros de profundidad |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/ecuador/metro-quito-estacion-nueve-metros.html |work=El Comercio |issue=21 December 2022 |language=es}}

The station is located on Calle Isaac Albéniz, next to the eponymous transport terminal. The entrance to the metro station is integrated with the entrances to the bus and trolleybus stations of the terminal.{{cite news |title=Con éxito se habilitó el nuevo ingreso a la Estación ‘El Labrador’ del Trolebús |url=http://www.quitoinforma.gob.ec/2022/10/05/con-exito-se-habilito-el-nuevo-ingreso-a-la-estacion-el-labrador-del-trolebus/ |work=quito.gob.ec |date=5 October 2022 |language=es}} This is one of five such integrated stations of the first stretch of Quito Metro.{{cite news |title=Line 1 trains on Quito Metro arrive at El Labrador station |url=https://www.acciona.com/updates/news/line-1-trains-quito-metro-arrive-labrador-station/?_adin=02021864894 |work=Acciona |date=5 November 2020}} It has access for disabled passengers.{{cite web |title=Estación El Labrador Motro de Quito |url=https://metrodequito.org/estacion-labrador-metro-de-quito/ |publisher=Metro de Quito |language=es}}

The first train arrived at the station on 30 October 2020, during the trial phase. On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived.{{cite news |title=Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito |url=https://metrodequito.gob.ec/2023/01/23/inicio-induccion-dinamica/ |publisher=Metro de Quito |date=23 January 2023 |language=es}}