Santiago Metro Line 3

Santiago Metro Line 3
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Overview
Type rubber-tyred metro
System Santiago Metro, Transantiago
Status Under construction
Locale Santiago
Termini Huechuraba metro station
Hospital Militar metro station
Stations 22
Services 1
Daily ridership 897,000 daily, approx. 39.5% of network traffic
Operation
Opened expected in 2017
Owner Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Operator(s) Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Character Underground
Technical
Track length 21.7km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead (Catenary)
Line 3 Map
P L A C E H O L D E R .

Santiago Metro Line 3 is a new line due to open on the Santiago Metro, Santiago, Chile, in 2017. It will connect the commune of Huechuraba in the north of the city with the city centre, where most economic activity is concentrated, and the centre with the communes of Ñuñoa, La Reina and Peñalolén[1] in the east side of Santiago. The first stage is scheduled to be completed by 2017, with the whole line by 2020. It will have 22 new stations on 21.7 km of track.

History

Projected map of Line 3 as planned for 1987.

Line 3 was initially planned for construction after Lines 1 and 2 but the 1985 Algarrobo earthquake near Santiago[2] meant work on the new line had to be postponed so that the resources could be used to rebuild the damage caused by the earthquake. In the 90s, Santiago’s transportation needs changed dramatically with a population explosion in the south of the city, especially the communes of La Florida, Chile and Puente Alto, and the plans for the Line 3 were postponed again in favour of Line 5, Line 4 and Line 4A in the south.

Despite this, there are pockets of Line 3 words hidden around Santiago, such as under Puente Cal y Canto station, where works were carried out for years.[3]

In 2010, another new line was announced, Line 6,[4] which once again saw the construction of Line 3 pushed back. Criticism of this delay led finally to the announcement of a new Line 3 construction project by the Chilean government on October 5, 2010. An initial length of track and 18 stations were announced in July 2011,[5] with an extension of 1.7 km announced in May 2012, connecting to an extra station at the Military Hospital. This will provide access to the hospital itself, to Eulogio Sánchez Airport (better known as Tobalaba Airfield), and to the communes of La Reina and Peñalolén.[6]

Line 3 will connect with all Santiago Metro lines except for Line 4A. It connects with Line 1 at Universidad de Chile station, with Line 2 at Puente Cal y Canto station, with Line 4 at Plaza Egaña station and with Line 5 at Plaza de Armas station and Irarrázaval station. It will also connect with the future Line 6 at Ñuñoa station once both lines are finished. Its distinctive colour on the network line map will be brown.

Innovations

The new metro lines (Line 3 and Line 6) are expected to comply with high security and passenger comfort standards. The new security measures will include cameras inside the trains, an overhead (catenary) electric transmission line, auto-drive, doors located on the platform, air conditioning in the trains and connections with suburban trains.

Communes to be served by Line 3

Line 3 will serve the following Santiago communes from west to east:

Stations

Line 3 stations from east to west will be:

Station Metro transfer Address Communes
Huechuraba Los Libertadores Freeway/San Pedro de Atacama Street Huechuraba
Cardenal Caro station Independencia/José María Caro Avenues Conchalí
Vivaceta station Independencia/Zapadores Avenues Conchalí
Conchalí station Independencia/Dorsal Avenues Conchalí
Plaza Chacabuco station Independencia Avenue/Julio Martínez Street Independencia
Hospitales station Independencia Avenue/Bezanilla Street Independencia
Puente Cal y Canto station Bandera/General Mackenna Streets Santiago
Plaza de Armas station Bandera/Catedral Streets Santiago
Universidad de Chile station San Diego Street/Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue Santiago
Parque Almagro station San Diego Street/Santa Isabel Avenue Santiago
Matta station Matta/Santa Rosa Avenues Santiago
Irarrázava station Grecia/General Bustamante Avenues Ñuñoa
Monseñor Eyzaguirre station Irarrázaval/Manuel Montt Avenues Ñuñoa
Ñuñoa station Irarrázaval/Pedro de Valdivia Avenues Ñuñoa
Chile España station Irarrázaval/Chile España Avenues Ñuñoa
Diagonal Oriente station Ramón Cruz Avenues Ñuñoa
Plaza Egaña station Irarrázaval/Ossa Avenues Ñuñoa, La Reina
Larraín station Larraín/Tobalaba Avenues La Reina
Hospital Militar station[7] Larraín Avenue/Valenzuela Llanos Street La Reina

Line 3 data sheet

See also

References

  1. ↑ Peñalolén commune web site (in Spanish) Municipalidad de Peñalolén, Av. Grecia 8735, Teléfono (56 2) 486 8000
  2. ↑ Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 1985 March 03 22:47:07 UTC Magnitude 7.8 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ Abridged from Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 17, Number 5, Sep-Oct 1985. Retrieved April May 7, 2013
  3. ↑ hidden camera of a TV show in the station of line 3 never finished www.youtube.com Retrieved April 2013
  4. ↑ El Presidente Sebastián Piñera dio inicio a la construcción de Línea 6 www.metrosantiago.cl September 13, 2012 Retrieved April 7, 2013
  5. ↑ Video trazado de Línea 3 Line 3 Track before adding Hosital Militar station retrieved April 7, 2013
  6. ↑ “Estas son las ubicaciones de las nuevas estaciones de la líneas 3 y 6 del Metro” www.publimetro.cl July 13, 2011
  7. ↑ http://diario.latercera.com/2012/05/22/01/contenido/pais/31-109062-9-linea-3-del-metro-llegara-a-hospital--militar.shtml

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