Ciudad Universitaria station (Caracas)

Track layout
1 toward Plaza Venezuela toward La Rinconada 2

A train with the distinct rainbow of Caracas public transport passes the station

The station has two tracks, which operate the extended line 3 of the Caracas Metro,[2] and four exits. Two exits face the campus of UCV, one faces a nearby plaza (Plaza Las Tres Gracias), and one faces a main public avenue (Los Ilustres).

There have been several incidents and cause for closure at the station. For example, a deterioration of technology. In 2016, the station was closed whilst operational facilities were restored.[3]

The station was briefly closed on different occasions during student protests in 2017.[4][5][6] During a series of local protests in Plaza Las Tres Gracias and Plaza Venezuela, the station and surrounding roads were closed in January 2018.[7] In February 2018 it was evacuated, which Venezuelan media reported as a preventative action.[8]

Overcrowding on the metro has also caused incidents at the station, including in August 2018 when a child became trapped in the closing doors of a train, which wasn't stopped until after entering a tunnel that the girl's body was smashed against the wall to. The occupants of the train were taken off, with the line closed to allow them to walk to the UCV station.[9][10]

In the morning of 25 July 2019, the station was closed for two hours. It was revealed that the station and another one closed that morning, Palo Verde, experienced electrical failures and were closed to allow engineers to fix the problem.[11]