Cardenal Caro metro station

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Santiago Metro logo.png Cardenal Caro
Santiago Metro station
Estacion Cardenal Caro.jpg
General information
LocationIndependencia Avenue/Cardenal Caro Street
Coordinates 33°23′07″S70°40′46″W / 33.38528°S 70.67944°W / -33.38528; -70.67944
Line(s) Santiago de Chile L3.svg Line 3
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Transantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened22 January 2019 [1] [2]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station
Los Libertadores Line 3 Vivaceta

Cardenal Caro is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Los Libertadores and Vivaceta stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Cardenal Caro Street. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. [3]

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Etymology

The station is located a few meters from Cardenal José María Caro Avenue. The Avenue remembers José María Caro, VIII Archbishop of Santiago de Chile and the first Chilean prelate to be created Cardinal by the Holy See.

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