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Encyclopedia > Santiago Metro
Metro de Santiago
Locale Santiago
Transit type Rapid transit
Began operation September 15, 1975
System length 73.1 km
No. of lines 5
No. of stations 82 (16 under construction)
Operator Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
The Santiago Metro symbol located at Escuela Militar station
The Santiago Metro symbol located at Escuela Militar station

Metro de Santiago is the metro system serving the capital city of Santiago, Chile. It is a network of five lines connecting a total of 82 stations, some of which are still under construction. The system carries around 2,500,000 passengers per day. The snowcapped Andes above downtown Santiago Santiago (frequently called   in Spanish) is Chiles capital and, when viewed as a conurbation, its largest city. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway—usually in an urban area—with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... km redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1000 × 1000 pixel, file size: 10 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Imagen creada por Antoine y autoriza a Auztrel para que lo publique. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... The snowcapped Andes above downtown Santiago Santiago (frequently called   in Spanish) is Chiles capital and, when viewed as a conurbation, its largest city. ...

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History

Origin and first project

Popular, modern, secure and efficient, it serves a city of 6 million inhabitants. Since its opening in 1975, el Metro has changed the city; it is one of Chile's most important construction projects. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...


The rapid growth of the population in the city (in 1920, 507,296 habitants; in 1940, 1,073,699 habitants) was the principal factor in the birth of the idea. The first plan was in 1944, but only in 1968 did work begin. The original plan was for 5 lines: Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

  • Line 1, between Las Rejas and Los Leones by the Alameda and Providencia Avenue.
  • Line 2, between Conchalí and San Miguel by Vivaceta, Panamerican Highway and Gran Avenida.
  • Line 3, between Mapocho and Ñuñoa, by Ahumada and the avenues Matta and Irarrázaval.
  • Line 4, between Estacion Central (Alameda) and San Bernardo, following the Railway to the South
  • Line 5, between Los Cerrillos and Ñuñoa, using the Beltway Railway.

Extension

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Map

On September 15, 1975, the Metro de Santiago was opened between the stations San Pablo and La Moneda on Line 1. Line 2 was opened in 1978 between Los Héroes and Lo Ovalle, and Line 1 was extended to Escuela Militar in 1980. Line 2 was extended to the north and found the remains of the Cal y Canto Bridge (built in 1782 and destroyed in 1880). The extension between Los Heroes and Cal y Canto (former Mapocho Station) was inaugurated in 1987. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The city had changed since 1968 and the plan had to be changed too. La Florida had become the most populous zone of the city, and the Metro needed to go there. Line 5 was built south from Baquedano along Vicuña Mackenna Avenue and was opened in 1997. The Line 5 was extended in 2000 to the west and entered the historical Centre of the City (Plaza de Armas Station), and in 2004 the extensions of Line 2 to the north and south and Line 5 to the west were opened. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 2002 the construction of Line 4 and Line 4A began to connect Puente Alto and the southeast of the City to the Red de Metro. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


Near the end of 2005, President Ricardo Lagos said that the government will start to plan the construction of another extension of line 5. It would reach to Maipú, one of the municipalities that is farther away from the center of Santiago. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The snowcapped Andes above downtown Santiago Santiago (frequently called   in Spanish) is Chiles capital and, when viewed as a conurbation, its largest city. ...


Presently the metro consists of five lines which total 84 kilometres and a total of 82 stations and seven transfer stations: Los Héroes, Baquedano, Santa Ana, Tobalaba, Vicente Valdés, Vicuña Mackenna and La Cisterna. 16 new stations are planned to be opened in the next few years. The Metro de Santiago is the Underground System of Public Transport in Santiago, Chile // List of Stations of the Metro de Santiago In bold, combination stations with other lines. ...

Line Length Stations Opening date Type
San Pablo - La Moneda 8.2 km 12 15 Sep 1975 Underground
La Moneda- Salvador 3.2 km 5 31 Mar 1977 Underground
Los Héroes - Franklin 4.9 km 4 31 Mar 1978 Ground level
Franklin - Lo Ovalle 4.8 km 6 21 Dec 1978 Underground
Salvador - Escuela Militar 4.5 km 6 22 Aug 1980 Underground
Los Héroes - Puente Cal y Canto 1.7 km 2 15 Sep 1987 Ground level
Baquedano - Bellavista de La Florida 10.3 km 11 5 Apr 1997 Underground/Viaduct
Baquedano - Santa Ana 2.7 km 2 4 Mar 2000 Underground
Santa Ana - Quinta Normal 1.9 km 2 31 Mar 2004 Underground
Puente Cal y Canto - Cerro Blanco 1.6 km 2 8 Sep 2004 Underground
Lo Ovalle - La Cisterna 2.1 km 2 22 Dec 2004 Underground
Cerro Blanco - Einstein 1.9 km 2 25 Nov 2005 Underground
Bellavista de La Florida- Vicente Valdés 0.6 km 1 30 Nov 2005 Underground
Vicente Valdés - Plaza de Puente Alto 10.9 km 9 30 Nov 2005 Underground/Viaduct
Tobalaba - Grecia 7.7 km 7 30 Nov 2005 Underground
Grecia - Vicente Valdés 6.1 km 5 2 Mar 2006 Ground level
Vicuña Mackenna - La Cisterna 7.7 km 6 16 Aug 2006 Ground level
Einstein- Vespucio Norte 2.4 km 3 December 2006 Underground
Escuela Militar- Los Domínicos 4 km 3 2009 Underground
Quinta Normal- Plaza de Maipú 13.5 km 14 2009 Underground

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Stations

In bold are junction stations. In italics are stations currently under construction.


Line 1
West to east

Line 2
North to south

Line 4
North to south

Line 4A
West to east

Line 5
West to southeast
  • San Pablo
  • Neptuno
  • Pajaritos
  • Las Rejas
  • Ecuador
  • San Alberto Hurtado
  • Universidad de Santiago
  • Estación Central
  • Unión Latinoamericana
  • República
  • Los Héroes
  • La Moneda
  • Universidad de Chile
  • Santa Lucía
  • Universidad Católica
  • Baquedano
  • Salvador
  • Manuel Montt
  • Pedro de Valdivia
  • Los Leones
  • Tobalaba
  • El Golf
  • Alcántara
  • Escuela Militar
  • Manquehue
  • Tomás Moro
  • Plaza Los Domínicos
  • Vespucio Norte
  • Zapadores
  • Dorsal
  • Einstein
  • Cementerios
  • Cerro Blanco
  • Patronato
  • Puente Cal y Canto
  • Santa Ana
  • Los Héroes
  • Toesca
  • Parque O'Higgins
  • Rondizzoni
  • Franklin
  • El Llano
  • San Miguel
  • Lo Vial
  • Departamental
  • Ciudad del Niño
  • Lo Ovalle
  • El Parrón
  • La Cisterna
  • Tobalaba
  • Cristóbal Colón
  • Francisco Bilbao
  • Príncipe de Gales
  • Simón Bolívar
  • Plaza Egaña
  • Los Orientales
  • Grecia
  • Los Presidentes
  • Quilín
  • Las Torres
  • Macul
  • Vicuña Mackenna
  • Vicente Valdés
  • Rojas Magallanes
  • Trinidad
  • Los Quillayes
  • Elisa Correa
  • Hospital Sótero del Río
  • Protectora de la Infancia
  • Las Mercedes
  • Plaza de Puente Alto
  • La Cisterna
  • San Ramón
  • Santa Rosa
  • La Granja
  • Santa Julia
  • Vicuña Mackenna
  • Plaza de Maipú
  • Rafael Riesco
  • Mall Maipú
  • Teniente Cruz
  • Laguna Sur
  • General Bonilla
  • Municipalidad de Pudahuel
  • Avenida Las Torres
  • Municipalidad de Lo Prado
  • Las Rejas Norte
  • General Velásquez
  • Quinta Normal
  • Cumming
  • Santa Ana
  • Plaza de Armas
  • Bellas Artes
  • Baquedano
  • Parque Bustamante
  • Santa Isabel
  • Irarrázaval
  • Ñuble
  • Rodrigo de Araya
  • Carlos Valdovinos
  • Camino Agrícola
  • San Joaquín
  • Pedrero
  • Mirador
  • Bellavista de La Florida
  • Vicente Valdés

Art in the Metro

Universidad de Chile station is decorated with works of art
Universidad de Chile station is decorated with works of art

The Metro does not only function as a transport system: it also has a cultural, artistic and social function. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


Art is an important element in the stations. The station Universidad de Chile has a giant mural created by Mario Toral and represents the history of the country. Other pieces of art are in Baquedano (featuring modern art and a concert space), Bellas Artes (multimedia art), Santa Lucía (Portuguese azulejos, a gift made by the Lisbon Metro), La Moneda (with realistic painting representing typical landscape), and various other stations. The azulejos are a typical form of Portuguese or Spanish painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tilework. ... The Lisbon Metro is the metro (subway) system that provides Lisbon, Portugal with mass-transit services. ...


Pricing and working hours

The Metro de Santiago sells tickets from 6:00 to 22:30 Monday through Saturday and 8:00 to 22:30 on Sundays. The fare depends on the time of the use of the Metro. The cost of a ticket in the unitario (rush hour, 7:15-8:59:59 and 18:00-19:29:59) is $460 (US$ 0.85) or $440 with the Multivia card and in the unitario rebajado (6:30-7:14:59, 9:00-17:59:59, 19:30-22:30 and Sat–Sun) is $370 (US $0.69) or $350 if using the Multivia. Senior citizens (65 and older) and school and university students pay $120 (US $0.22). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ISO 4217 Code CLP User(s) Chile Inflation 2. ... Multivia is the name of the contactless card designed for paying the travel fares in the new mass transport system Transantiago in Santiago, Chile . ... Multivia is the name of the contactless card designed for paying the travel fares in the new mass transport system Transantiago in Santiago, Chile . ...


See also

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External links

  • (Spanish) Metro S.A.
  • (English) UrbanRail.net/Santiago
  • Tarjeta Bip!
  • Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago

  Results from FactBites:
 
Santiago Metro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (637 words)
Metro de Santiago is the metro system serving Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile.
It would reach to Maipú, one of the municipalities that are farther away from the center of Santiago.
At this moment, the metro consists of four lines which total 64.4 kilometres and a total of 69 stations and five transfer stations: Los Héroes, Baquedano, Santa Ana, Tobalaba and Vicente Valdés; shortly, there will be a total of 31 new stations.
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