Irarrázaval metro station

Irarrázaval
Santiago Metro station
Irarrázaval metro station
Location	General Bustamante Avenue / Irarrázaval Avenue
Coordinates	33°27′8.66″S 70°37′44.36″W / 33.4524056°S 70.6289889°WCoordinates: 33°27′8.66″S 70°37′44.36″W / 33.4524056°S 70.6289889°W
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Transantiago buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	April 5, 1997 [1][2]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station Santa Isabel toward Plaza de Maipú Line 5 Ñuble toward Vicente Valdés Matta toward Huechuraba Line 3 under construction Monseñor Eyzaguirre toward Hospital Militar

Irarrázaval is a metro station on Line 5 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is so named due to its location beneath Avenida Irarrázaval, a main road of the commune of Ñuñoa, which in turn was named after the Chilean lawyer and politician Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín.

The station is located underground, between stations Santa Isabel to the north and Ñuble to the south. Vicuña Mackenna Avenue is one block to the west of the station.

Access to Irarrázaval metro station is via Avenida General Bustamante as it intersects with Avenida Irarrázaval, and via the interior of Bustamante Park facing Avenida Irarrázaval. The station also has disability access.^[3]

Future transfer station

Irarrázaval metro station will be a transfer station for the constructing Line 3, which will run between to-be-built stations Huechuraba to the northeast and Larraín to the east of Santiago, including existing stations Universidad de Chile and Plaza Egaña. Construction on Line 3 began in September 2012.^[4]

Surrounds

To the south of the station at the intersection with Grecia Avenue is the site of the former Suárez Mujica Palace, a Neoclassic Greco-Roman construction which was destroyed by fire in 2005. Prior to the disaster this was known as "the haunted house".^[5]

References

1. "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
2. Metro cumple 44 años en medio del proceso de expansión más grande de su historia. Metrosantiago.cl. October 24, 2012.
3. Irarrázaval. Metrosantiago.cl. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
4. Metro comenzó construcción de nueva Línea 3 en comuna Conchalí. La Tercera. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
5. [diario.latercera.com/2012/04/03/01/contenido/santiago/32-105396-9-abriran-centro-comercial-en-terreno-de-ex-casa-embrujada-de-nunoa.shtml Abrirán centro comercial en terreno de ex casa embrujada de Ñuñoa]. La Tercera. Retrieved 14 April 2013.