All Santiago articles
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Metro Report International
Santiago metro extension enhances local amenities
CHILE: President Gabriel Boric has inaugurated a 5·2 km extension of Santiago metro Line 2. The four-station section at the south end of the route takes Line 2 from La Cisterna to Hospital El Pino, and it has been built at a cost of US$409·2m. Opened ...
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Metro Report International
Santiago’s planned metro Line 9 gets longer
Like Line 3, Line 9 is to be fully automated and will be fully accessible from street to train CHILE: President Gabriel Boric presented updated plans for the proposed metro Line 9 in Santiago on August 9. Line 9 will be the city’s ...
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News
Consortium selected to renovate Santiago suburban lines
CHILE: National railway EFE has selected a 50:50 consortium of Systra and domestic engineering company Zañartu to modernise the Santiago – Melipilla and Santiago – Batuco lines to enable the launch of dedicated suburban services.
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Organisations
Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA (Metro de Santiago)
First line opened 1975. Network of 7 lines with 126 stations. See Santiago network map. Initial phases of Santiago’s metro used rubber-tyre guideways. The first section to open was Line 1 from San Pablo to La Moneda on September 15 1975 (8·2 km, 12 stations), with Line 2 and further ...
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News
Santiago Line 5 grows
PRESIDENT Michelle Bachelet of Chile joined Transport Minister Sergio Espejo and Santiago Metro President Blas Tomic on January 25 to mark the start of work on a 14·2 km extension of Line 5 from Quinta Normal to Plaza de Maipú. Running for 10·2 km in tunnel and 4 km on ...