{"id":19,"date":"2008-12-22T05:27:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T05:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grieve-smith.com\/ftn\/?p=19"},"modified":"2009-06-12T17:58:39","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T22:58:39","slug":"spanish-news-santo-domingo-metro-opens-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grieve-smith.com\/ftn\/2008\/12\/spanish-news-santo-domingo-metro-opens-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish News: Santo Domingo Metro Opens Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/8143310@N07\/3111872962\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21\" title=\"Santo Domingo Metro\" src=\"http:\/\/grieve-smith.com\/ftn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/3111872962_94f246e2a4_o-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez station\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grieve-smith.com\/ftn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/3111872962_94f246e2a4_o-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grieve-smith.com\/ftn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/3111872962_94f246e2a4_o.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez station. Photo by Orad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>La Naci\u00f3n Dominicana<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanaciondominicana.com\/ver_noticia.php?id_noticia=4672\" target=\"_blank\">El Metro costar\u00e1 RD$105 millones cada mes, arranca el lunes de forma gratuita, hasta el d\u00eda de reyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 19.\u00a0 According to Diandino Pe\u00f1a, the monthly operating cost of the Santo Domingo Metro will come to roughly $3 million US, or $105 million pesos at the current exchange rate.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pe\u00f1a, the Director of the Transportation Reform Office (OPRET), also announced that on Monday Metro will begin the long-awaited in-service test of\u00a0 Rapid Mass Transit Line 1, with full access to passengers at no charge through Epiphany on January 6.\u00a0 Ten trains will circulate, each with a capacity of\u00a0 650 passengers, and straphangers will have to wait no more than 5-6 minutes for a train.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pe\u00f1a made the announcement alongside Manuel V\u00e1squez, Miguel \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez and Rafael Serrano.\u00a0 Mr. V\u00e1squez, from Spain, was a consultant on the construction of the Santo Domingo Metro on loan from the Madrid Metro.\u00a0 Mr. S\u00e1nchez will serve as Chief of Operations for the Santo Domingo Metro representing the Spanish side, while Mr. Serrano will fill the same function on the Dominican side.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pe\u00f1a explained that once the in-service test with passengers is completed, covering the entire line and all the stations, they will conduct an inspection and evaluation of all of the subsystems and rolling stock in terms of their ability to respond to diverse situations, in the face of a demand that is expected to be higher than originally projected.<\/p>\n<p>Once all the 19 trains are put into service, Mr. Pe\u00f1a said, they will prepare to charge fares by the end of January.\u00a0 He and his colleagues invited all who are interested in the Metro to visit the sixteen stations on Line 1 during the following hours:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>December 22-24, 26-28 and 31; January 2-6<\/td>\n<td>9:00 AM through 7:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>December 25 and January 1<\/td>\n<td>1:00 PM through 7:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>December 29 and 30<\/td>\n<td>7:00 AM through 7:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>On the other side of the operations, Mr. Pe\u00f1a announced that the OPRET will meet with Dominican business owners, including transportation syndicates, to determine who will operate feeder lines to the Metro.\u00a0 He also assured the audience that the operation of the Metro will not affect electricity consumers nearby, because it is fed by two power lines of 69 and 138 megawatts.<\/p>\n<p>As for the operating cost of the Metro, Mr. Pe\u00f1a explained that at the beginning it was expected to be around three million dollars per month, but eventually it would be lower due to better understanding of the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Naci\u00f3n Dominicana: El Metro costar\u00e1 RD$105 millones cada mes, arranca el lunes de forma gratuita, hasta el d\u00eda de reyes. 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