San Pablo metro station

San Pablo
Santiago Metro station
San Pablo station on the Line 5.
Location	San Pablo Avenue / Neptuno Avenue
Coordinates	33°26′43.11″S 70°43′23.30″W / 33.4453083°S 70.7231389°WCoordinates: 33°26′43.11″S 70°43′23.30″W / 33.4453083°S 70.7231389°W
Line(s)	Line 1 Line 5
Platforms	2 side platforms at each line
Tracks	2 per line
Connections	Transantiago buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 11, 1975 (Line 1) January 12, 2010 (Line 5)[1]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station Terminus Line 1 Neptuno toward Los Dominicos Pudahuel toward Plaza de Maipú Line 5 Lo Prado toward Vicente Valdés

San Pablo is a transfer station serving the Line 1 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. The older station is part of the Line 1 and has a street-level mezzanine. The roof over that station is saw-tooth shaped with open gables and is made of reinforced concrete. The most recently built station is on the Line 5. A significant portion of this station occupies a deep shaft used in the excavation of the tunnel of the Line 5. A small mezzanine leads to the shaft, which is connected to the corridor that goes toward the older station. Both stations have two side platforms and two tracks.

Etymology

The station is near the San Pablo avenue, which was the main road to Valparaíso prior to the opening of CH-68 freeway, giving its name. During the building the station was thought to be named in memoriam of folk singer-songwriter Violeta Parra.

References

1. "Historia de Metro" [Metro History]. Metro de Santiago. 2009.