Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 7 million, representing 40% of Chile's total population. Most of the city is situated between 500–650 m (1,640–2,133 ft) above sea level.
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.
Estación Mapocho is a former railway station that, since 1994, has been refitted as a cultural centre that hosts many kinds of events.
Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, popularly known as 'La Alameda', is the main avenue of Santiago, Chile. It runs east-west in the centre of the greater urban area and is 7.77 km (4.83 mi) long, and it has up to 5 lanes in each direction. It was named after Chile's founding father Bernardo O'Higgins. It was originally a branch of the Mapocho River.
Chile Route 68 is a highway in central Chile. It runs 110.21 km (68.48 mi) from Santiago to Valparaíso.
Los Héroes is a rapid transit station of the Santiago Metro system, being an interchange point in between lines 1 and Santiago Metro Line 2. It located at the intersection of Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins and the Norte-Sur branch of the Autopista Central, which is considered the kilometre zero of Chile.
Santa Ana is a transfer station between Line 2 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. It was initially a single-line station on Line 2, opened on 25 July 1986 as part of the extension of the line from Los Héroes to Puente Cal y Canto. Subsequently in 1998, the station began to be adapted to become a transfer station, as a part of the extension of Line 5 from Baquedano metro station to Santa Ana station, in which the New Austrian Tunnelling method was used. The Line 5 station was opened on 3 March 2000. The line was extended to Quinta Normal on 31 March 2004.
Patronato is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The tunnel that connects the station with Puente Cal y Canto metro station passes under the Mapocho River. The station is named after the neighborhood where it is located, which is Patronato.
La Cisterna is a station on the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile. It is an interchange between lines 2 and 4A, and consists of two parts, one built in an open trench and the other partially excavated, joined by pedestrian tunnels. The Line 2 platforms opened on 22 December 2004 as part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) southward extension of Line 2 from Lo Ovalle metro station. The Line 4A platforms opened on 16 August 2006 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicuña Mackenna and La Cisterna. It is named after La Cisterna, the district where the station is located and whose town hall is close to it.
Vespucio Norte is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is the northern terminus of the Line 2 and provides 120 underground parking spaces. The station was opened on 21 December 2006 as part of the extension of the line from Einstein.
Avenida Vicuña Mackenna is one of the main transport arteries of Santiago, Chile, joining Santiago center with more remote urban centers such as the communes of La Florida and Puente Alto.
Santiago Metro Line 2 is one of the seven rapid transit lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 26 stations and 25.9 km (16.1 mi) of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Los Héroes, with the Line 3 at Puente Cal y Canto, with Line 4A at La Cisterna, with Line 5 at Santa Ana, and Line 6 at Franklin. It will also intersect with the future Line 7 and Line 9 at Puente Cal y Canto. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is banana yellow.
Santiago Metro Line 4A is one of the seven lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has six stations and 7.7 km (4.8 mi) of track. The line intersects with Line 2 at La Cisterna, and with Line 4 at Vicuña Mackenna, both being its termini. It will also intersect with the future Line 9 at Santa Rosa station and acts as a link between these two lines. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is light blue.
Line 3 is a rapid transit line of the Santiago Metro. Traveling from La Reina in the east towards the center, and Quilicura in the North, Line 3 was originally intended to open in the late 1980s, but the 1985 Algarrobo Earthquake hampered its construction, and a subsequent urban explosion in Puente Alto and Maipú further put its construction on hold, until in the early 2010s construction started. The first phase of the project includes 18 stations, which were completed and opened to the public on 22 January 2019 at a cost of US$1.79 billion. The second phase, composed of a three-station extension towards the main square of Quilicura, which was inaugurated on September 25, 2023 with a total project cost of US$378 million. Its distinctive color on the network line map is chocolate brown.
Parque de Los Reyes is part of the "Santiago integrated park system" that also included Parque Forestal and Parque Fluvial Padre Renato Poblete.
Line 7 is a new rapid transit line due to open on the Santiago Metro, in 2027. Intended to relieve the busy Line 1, the Line 7 will start in Renca in the northwest, passing through the city center, before ending in the borders of Las Condes and Vitacura in the northeast. Expected to be finished by 2027, it will add 19 new stations and 24.8 km (15.4 mi) of track to the system. Its distinctive color on the network line map is gray. Cost of construction has been set at $2.5 billion USD.
Santiago Metro Line 9 will be a new line that will be part of the Santiago Metro and will have an approximate length of 17 kilometers (11 mi), connecting the communes of Santiago in the center and Puente Alto in the south of the Chilean capital.
Echeverría is a ghost station that was projected on line 4A of the Santiago Metro. It is located between La Cisterna and San Ramón stations, along the central axis of the Vespucio Sur Freeway, between Blas Vial and María Vial streets in the commune of La Cisterna, specifically at the intersection of Américo Vespucio with Ignacio Echeverría streets and Peró.
Bibliometro is a Chilean program of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage created in 1995 through a cultural alliance between the Directorate of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (DIBAM) and the Santiago Metro.
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