International Railroad Discussion > Panama City (Panama, not Florida) metro

It's 9.8 miles long and opened on 4/6/14. It uses overhead catenary and is almost entirely elevated. This is the first of two planned lines. The second line will connect downtown to the international airport.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/17 13:21 by utwazoo.

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Thanks for posting. That's quite a building in the background.

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The building is the F&F Bank tower. Yet again, TO won't accept a vertical image.

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Why can't we have architecture like other countries in the U.S.?

Everything has to look like "Stalinist Revival".

What kind of equipment is that?

Nathan

Posted from iPhone

Looks like a type of Alstom Metropolis unit, a family of rapid transit cars found all over the world.

The "overhead catenary" looks more like overhead third rail.

Here ya go.

That really is an amazing building.

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Yes, that IS an amazing-looking building! I kinda like ti.
And -- electric trains in Panama City? wow..... Didn't
know about these. Only knew about the diesel-pulled tourist
train that includes the former SP 3/4 dome.

Yeah, some cities in other countries have some really interesting
buildings. Here?> plain-Jane or "brutalist", all of which definitely
got hit with a very large "ugly stick",.

Good for Panama City for building something different and interesting --
and great that the architects designed something unique and nice-looking.