subject: Metro Likely to Change the Face of Panama City [print this page] Metro Likely to Change the Face of Panama City
The system run on conventional steel rails and the trains will be powered on high voltage electric grid derived from the public electric system. Cars are expected to be 2.7 meters wide by 18 meters long with flexible couplings. The finished Metro will have the capacity to carry 40,000 passengers an hour between 4:30 am and midnight seven days a week, and is expected be sufficient for public transportation needs on this route through 2035. As metro hubs traditionally become mini commercial and apartment centers the attached map provided by the metro authority is of interest.
