Plaza Quilicura metro station

Plaza Quilicura
General information
Location	Manuel Antonio Matta/Bernardo O'Higgins Avenues
Coordinates	33°21′57″S70°43′44″W / 33.36583°S 70.72889°W / -33.36583; -70.72889
System	Santiago rapid transit
Line	Line 3
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Red buses
Construction
Accessible	yes
History
Opened	25 September 2023 [1]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station Terminus Line 3 Lo Cruzat towards Fernando Castillo Velasco
Location

Plaza Quilicura is an underground metro station and the northern terminal of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is located underground and is preceded by Lo Cruzat station on Line 3. The station sits at the intersection of Manuel Antonio Matta Avenue and Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue.

The station was opened on 25 September 2023 as part of the inaugural section of the Line 3 extension from Plaza Quilicura to Los Libertadores.

Etymology

Its name comes from its located near the Plaza de Armas of Quilicura.

On December 10, 2021, a vote was held in which residents of the commune participated to choose, from three available options, the pictogram that would identify the station. Two of the options featured a work of indigenous pottery, referencing the archaeological finds uncovered during the station’s construction, that correspond to the Aconcagua and Inca cultures; the recovered objects were delivered to the National Museum of Natural History. The third option, which won, represents a view of the commune's Plaza de Armas.

References

1. "Metro de Santiago filtran fecha de inauguración de extensión de Línea 3". Rockandpop.cl (in Spanish). September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.

External links

• Metro de Santiago website (in Spanish)