Subway of Santiago of Chile

The Métro of Santiago of Chile is an urban transport system which serves the majority of the suburbs of the Chilean city of Santiago of Chile. It has 52 stations and more than 45 kilometers distributed in three lines. When the two new lines are finished, there will be more than 83 kilometers and 80 stations.

History and development

The Métro of Santiago of Chile was created in 1944 but it is in 1968 that the current layout was drawn under the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva and it is in 1975 under the government of the dictator Augusto Pinochet that it was brought into service. The international contest for its construction was gained by the company free - chilenne BCEOM SOFRETU CADE .

The Ligne 1 served at the beginning the stops between San Pablo and Moneda while circulating under the main street of the city, the Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O' Higgins. In 1977 it was prolonged to El Salvador and in 1980 until Escuela Militar.

Line 2 circulated at its beginnings (March 1978) between Los Héroes and Franklin. In December of the same year, the line was prolonged until Lo Ovalle, and in 1987 until Cal there Canto. In September 2004, the line is prolonged until Cerro Blanco. In December 2006, it touches finally in Américo Vespucio Norte.

The November 15th 2005, the President of the Republic, Ricardo Lagos, with the chairman of Subway S.A, Fernando Bustamante, announced the extension of the Line 1 in the East towards the Domínicos, as well as the construction of a new line going from Maipú, Pudahuel with Lo Prado with crossing at the station Normal Quinta of the Line 5 .

See too

List of the stations of the subway of Santiago

External bond

Subway of Santiago

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