Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Padre Hurtado/Observatorio Avenues | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°33′38″S70°40′13″W / 33.56056°S 70.67028°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Red buses | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 27 November 2023 [1] | ||||||||||
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Observatorio is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile.
The station opened on 27 November 2023 as part of the southern Line 2 extension alongside Hospital El Pino. [2]
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