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in Line 2
of Panama’s
Metro
FCC
begins to
work
Juan Carlos Varela, president of the Re-
public of Panama, accompanied by the
Ministry of Canal Affairs and the director
of Panama’s metro, Roberto Roy, plus the
team of technicians from the consortium
that will be building Line 2, the construction
companies Odebrecht and FCC, have star-
ted working on the Line 2 of the Panama
Metro project.
Also present at the event were José María
Torroja, director de FCC Construcción in
Latin America; Eugenio del Barrio, Deve-
lopment manager at FCC Construcción in
the same region; Manuel Antonio Olivares,
chairman of FCC Construcción in Central
America, and Santiago Erans, deputy-ma-
nager of Line 2 of the Metro system.
In the first stage of the project, to be com-
pleted in 44 months, the line will stretch
over a distance of 21 kilometres above
ground and will have 16 stations and five-
wagon trains featuring the most advanced
technology that will reduce energy con-
sumption and ensure the effectiveness of
operations.
It will also have the capacity for the trans-
port of an average 16,000 passengers per
hour and will be adapted for people with
diminished mobility.
The Line 2 consortium will generate more
than 4,000 direct and indirect jobs. The
manager of Panama’s metro, Roberto Roy,
indicated that Line 2 is designed to be able
to transport 40,000 passengers at peak
hours and will also boost commercial acti-
vities and tourism in the region by providing
new transport facilities between the hub of
Americas and the modern city.
Line 2 of the metro will be part of Panama’s
Metro main network thanks to a direct
connection from the San Miguelito station
f line 1, and will be extended via the abo-
ve-ground viaduct to the East sector, up
to Nuevo Tocumen, where the Patio and
Workshops of Line 2 of the Panama Metro
will be situated. It will take an estimated 35
minutes to travel the distance between San
Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen.
FCC’s Intranet One,
arrives in Colombia
One, the intranet of the FCC Group, and
FCCONE, the intranet of FCC Construc-
ción, have arrived in Colombia. More than
70 users at FCC Construcción Colombia
are now able to access this multidirectional
communication channel that offers current
news on the FCC Group and on its infras-
tructure division which integrates the key
processes and systems of the Company,
optimises costs, unifies the support, and
standardises the experience of the user and
of the help function.
This marks yet another step in the interna-
tionalisation process of One the objective of
which is to implement this new tool in all the
countries where we operate.