Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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Location | Américo Vespucio Avenue / Grecia Avenue | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°28′8.97″S70°34′35.33″W / 33.4691583°S 70.5764806°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 4 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 30, 2005 [1] | ||||||||||
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Grecia is an underground metro station on Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station features a steel-framed skylight. The northernmost portion of the tracks and platforms are laterally curved, which is a distinctive feature of this station.
The station opened on the 30th of November 2005 as southern terminus of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia. It was briefly the southern terminus of the northern section of the Line 4 until the stations along of the median of Vespucio Sur were put in service on 2 March 2006 and the line has been extended to Vicente Valdés. [2]
The Santiago Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines, 143 stations, and 149 kilometres (92.6 mi) of revenue route. The system is managed by the state-owned Metro S.A. and is the first and only rapid transit system in the country.
Tobalaba is a station on the Santiago Metro in Chile, the northern terminus of Line 4 and the closest station to the Costanera Center.
Vicente Valdés is a completely underground transfer station between the Line 4 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. The Line 4 station was opened on 30 November 2005 as the northern terminus of the inaugural section of the line between Vicente Valdés and Plaza de Puente Alto. The line 5 station was opened at the same day as a one station extension from Bellavista de La Florida. On 2 March 2006, Line 4 was extended north to Grecia.
Américo Vespucio Avenue is a 64.8-kilometre (40.3 mi) ring road in Santiago, Chile, named after Renaissance cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. Two adjacent sections of the avenue are occupied by Vespucio Norte Express and Vespucio Sur free-flow tolling highways, which are under concession. Vespucio Avenue meets the two largest roundabouts in Santiago, namely Quilín and Grecia, which have circumferences of 793 m and 535 m respectively.
Vicuña Mackenna is a station on the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile. It is a transfer station between the Line 4 and the Line 4A and is the eastern terminus of the Line 4A. The Line 4 station was opened on 2 March 2006 as part of the connection between Grecia and Vicente Valdés. The Line 4A station was opened on 16 August 2006 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicuña Mackenna and La Cisterna.
Las Torres is a freeway-median metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is built into the median of Vespucio Sur expressway. The station is located immediately north of the cloverleaf interchange of Américo Vespucio Avenue and Las Torres Avenue, which is named so because it features high tension towers along its median. Las Torres Avenue gives its name to the station. The station was opened on 2 March 2006 as part of the connection between Grecia and Vicente Valdés.
Cristóbal Colón is an underground metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. This station is named for Cristóbal Colón Avenue, which in turn was named after Christopher Columbus. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia.
Francisco Bilbao is an underground metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is located under the intersection of Tobalaba Avenue and Francisco Bilbao Avenue. The latter avenue, which is named after Francisco Bilbao, gives its name to the station. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia.
Príncipe de Gales is an underground metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. South of this station, Line 4 runs under Américo Vespucio Avenue, which in this section takes the name of Ossa Avenue. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia.
Simón Bolívar is an underground metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is named for the nearby Simón Bolívar Avenue, which in turn is named after Simón Bolívar. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia.
Plaza Egaña is a transfer station between the Line 3 and Line 4 of the Santiago Metro. It is located under Egaña Square. The Line 4 station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia. The Line 3 station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco.
Quilín is a freeway-median metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It acts as a central support structure for the northern bridge of a roundabout interchange called Quilín. The station was opened on 2 March 2006 as part of the connection between Grecia and Vicente Valdés.
Rondizzoni is a metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is located in the middle of a depressed alignment of Autopista Central and close to the southeast corner of O'Higgins Park. When the station opened, its name was Rondizzoni-Famae. Afterward, the name was truncated to just Rondizzoni.
Bellavista de La Florida is an underground metro station on the Line 5 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 5 April 1997 as the southern terminus of the original extension of the line from Baquedano. It served as the southern terminus of the Line 5 until Vicente Valdés metro station was opened on November 30, 2005. Despite their proximity, there is no direct connection between Bellavista and Vicuña Mackenna metro station.
Franklin is a transfer station between the Line 2 and Line 6 of the Santiago Metro. Their namesake is the Franklin Neighborhood. The Line 2 station was opened on 31 March 1978 as the southern terminus of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Héroes. On 21 December 1978, the line was extended to Lo Ovalle. The Line 6 station was opened on 2 November 2017 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Cerrillos and Los Leones.
Los Orientales is an underground metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia.
Irarrázaval is a transfer station between the Line 3 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. The station is so named due to its location beneath Avenida Irarrázaval, a main road of the commune of Ñuñoa, which in turn was named after the Chilean lawyer and politician Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín. The Line 5 station was opened on 5 April 1997 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Baquedano to Bellavista de La Florida. The Line 3 station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Construction of the 6.5 km tunnel between Irarrázaval and Fernando Castillo Velasco was completed in 2017 on a budget of 145 million euro.
Santiago Metro Line 4 is one of the seven lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 23 stations and 23.9 km (14.9 mi) of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Tobalaba, with Line 3 at Plaza Egaña at northeast, and with Line 4A at Vicuña Mackenna and with Line 5 at Vicente Valdés in southeast. It will also intersect with the futures Line 8 at Macul and Line 9 at Plaza de Puente Alto. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is blue.
Los Presidentes station is a metro station located on Line 4 of the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile. It lies on the junction of Vespucio Sur Freeway and Los Presidentes Avenue. The station has disabled access. It is the northernmost ground-level station on the line, before going underground heading towards the center of the city. The area around the station is predominantly residential to the west and dominated by the Cousiño Macul vineyard to the east.
Lo Ovalle is an underground metro station on Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 21 December 1978 as the southern terminus of the extension of the line from Franklin. On 22 December 2004 the line was extended further south to La Cisterna.