Las Mercedes metro station

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Las Mercedes
Santiago Metro logo.svg
Santiago Metro station
Estacion Las Mercedes.jpg
Inside the station
General information
Location Concha y Toro Avenue / Independencia Street
Coordinates 33°36′5.67″S70°34′38.82″W / 33.6015750°S 70.5774500°W / -33.6015750; -70.5774500
Line(s) Santiago de Chile L4.svg Line 4
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Transantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 30, 2005 [1]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station
Protectora de la Infancia
towards Tobalaba
Line 4 Plaza de Puente Alto
Terminus

Las Mercedes [2] is an underground metro station located on Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It lies opposite Concha y Toro Avenue between Independencia Street and Domingo Tocornal Avenue. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicente Valdés and Plaza de Puente Alto. [3]

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The area around the station, which in the past held fields and empty land, has become a commercial hub with business and real estate development. The station has exits connecting directly with two shopping centres, one on either side of Concha y Toro Avenue, and the Independencia Square and Espacio Urbano shopping malls. Between both malls lie two movie theaters, several department stores, three supermarkets, along with banks, drugstores and fast-food chains.

Etymology

The commune of Puente Alto petitioned to the Metro board to naming the station Las Mercedes in honor of the Nuestra Señora de la Merced Church, also known as “Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes”, located at Puente Alto downtown.

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References

  1. "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. Las Mercedes metro station www.metrosantiago.cl retrieved May 20, 2013
  3. Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.