Plaza de Maipú metro station

Plaza de Maipú
Santiago Metro station
Location	Pajaritos Avenue / 5 de Abril Avenue
Coordinates	33°30′36.07″S 70°45′25.11″W / 33.5100194°S 70.7569750°WCoordinates: 33°30′36.07″S 70°45′25.11″W / 33.5100194°S 70.7569750°W
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Transantiago buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	February 3, 2011[1]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station Terminus Line 5 Santiago Bueras toward Vicente Valdés

Plaza de Maipú is an underground metro station on the Line 5 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is located under the Plaza de Armas of Maipú. It is the deepest station in the Santiago Metro system^[2] at 28 metres (92 ft) deep.^[3]

The platform level of the station is built in a mined tunnel with an oval cross section. At their eastern ends, two also tunneled transepts open into a large, deep cut-and-cover box. The ticket hall is on the first level down of this volume. Multi-level escalators, elevators and stairways lead to the surface.

References

1. "Metro inaugurará extensión de Línea 5 a Maipú el próximo jueves". La Tercera (in Spanish). January 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
2. "Línea 5 a Maipú le llevará estaciones de otro planeta...". La Cuarta (in Spanish). January 28, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
3. "A 28 metros de profundidad estará la estación Plaza de Maipú". Terra Chile (in Spanish). March 22, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2012.