El Silencio | |
Style: | Caracas Metro |
Type: | Caracas Metro rapid transit station |
Borough: | Catedral parish, Municipio Libertador, Capital District |
Country: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 10.5056°N -66.9189°W |
Operator: | C.A. Metro de Caracas |
Line: | Line 2 |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Connections: |
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Structure: | underground |
El Silencio is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 6 November 1988 as part of the extension of Line 2 from La Paz to El Silencio.[1] The station serves as the northern terminus of the line and it is a transfer station, connected with Line 1 via Capitolio. The following station is Capuchinos.[2]
It is named after the El Silencio neighborhood, built by Carlos Raúl Villanueva.
In February 2019, the station burned in a large fire of unknown origin.[3]