Santiago Metro Line 5

Santiago Metro Line 5
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Line 5
Overview
Type rubber-tyred metro
System Santiago Metro, Transantiago
Status Active
Locale Santiago
Termini Plaza de Maipú
Vicente Valdés
Stations 30
Services 1
Daily ridership 897,000 daily, approx. 39.5% of the system
Operation
Opened March 15, 1978
Owner Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Operator(s) Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Character Trench-Underground-Viaduct
Depot(s) Ñuble metro station
Rolling stock Alstom NS-74 and NS-93
Technical
Track length 29,7 km
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Third rail
Operating speed 75kmh
Route map
P L A C E H O L D E R.

Santiago Metro Line 5 is one of the five lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 30 stations and 30 km of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Baquedano station and San Pablo station, with Line 2 at Santa Ana station, and with Line 4 at Vicente Valdés station. It will also intersect with the future Line 6 at Ñuble station and with the future Line 3 at both Plaza de Armas station and Irarrázaval station. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is green.

In 2011, Line 5 accounted for 20.8% of all trips made on the Santiago Metro.

History

Mirador station

Line 5 was opened to the public on April 5, 1997 by President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle at Bellavista de La Florida station.[1] It initially ran only between Bellavista de La Florida station and Baquedano station and used modern NS-93 trains imported from France. It was particularly welcomed by people living in the southern districts of Santiago and the area around Vicuña Mackenna Avenue, who saw their commute time to the centre of the city drastically reduced.

It was the first train line in Chile run on an elevated viaduct, the viaduct carrying the section of track between Ñuble station and Mirador station, with the remainder running underground.

In March 4, 2000, Line 5 was extended to the east from Baquedano station to Santa Ana station. This extension included a station at Plaza de Armas central square, allowing commuters to interchange with Line 2 (in Santa Ana), reducing travel time between the centre and the east of the city.

The line was extended again on March 31, 2004, opening Quinta Normal station and Cumming station to the public. Quinta Normal station is one of the biggest on the Metro network, with space for hosting cultural events, and connects to Quinta Normal Park, where the Chilean National Museum of Natural History and a branch of the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art are located.

On November 30, 2005, Vicente Valdés station was opened at the southern end of Line 5, serving as an interchange point with Line 4. It also provided a larger hub for the influx of people coming up from Line 4 than Bellavista de La Florida station.

On November 17, 2008, an express service began to run on Line 4 at peak times, stopping at certain stations only to allow for faster journeys.

The first section of a new extension to Pudahuel station in the east of Santiago opened on January 13, 2011,[2] followed by the second part, to Plaza de Maipú station, in December of the same year.

Libertad station

Libertad is a “ghost” station on Line 5 located between Quinta Normal station and Cumming station. The station was never finished and never opened, due to the low density of population living in the area or travelling through it.

Communes served by Line 5

Model NS-74 on Line 5 of the Santiago Metro

Line 5 serves the following communes from west to east:

Tren Expreso (Express Service)

The express service[3] works during peak hours and allows trains to stop at alternate stations, reducing the number of stops and the duration of journeys. The stations on the line are divided into “green route” stations, “red route” stations and “common” stations (Spanish: estación común), where all trains stop and allow passengers to switch between red and green routes. The express service works from Monday to Friday, between 6am - 9am and 6pm - 9pm.

Red Route Stations

Green Route Stations

Common Stations

There are 19 stations where both red and green route trains stop. They are the busiest stations and give commuters the chance to change between routes. All Line 5 stations from Quinta Normal to Plaza de Maipú are common stations.

Stations

Line 5 stations from west to east are:

Station
Plaza de Maipú station - Av. Pajaritos/Av. 5 de Abríl
Santiago Bueras station - Av. Pajaritos/Rafael Riesco Bernales
Del Sol station - Av. Pajaritos/Juan José Rivera
Monte Tabor station - Av. Pajaritos/Monte Tabor
Las Parcelas station - Av. Pajaritos/Arq. Hugo Bravo S.
Laguna Sur station - Av. Teniente Cruz/Av. Laguna Sur
Barrancas station - Av. Teniente Cruz/Av. Gral. Oscar Bonilla
Pudahuel station - Av. San Pablo/Av. Teniente Cruz
San Pablo station - Av. San Pablo/Av. Neptuno
Lo Prado station - Av. San Pablo/Santa Olga
Blanqueado station - Av. San Pablo/Av. Sergio Valdovinos
Gruta de Lourdes station - Av. San Pablo/Av. General Velasquez
Quinta Normal station - Catedral/Matucana
Cumming station - Catedral/Av. Ricardo Cumming
Santa Ana - Catedral/San Martín
Plaza de Armas - Catedral/Paseo Ahumada
Bellas Artes - Monjitas/Mosqueto
Baquedano - Av. General Bustamante/Av. Providencia
Parque Bustamante - Av. General Bustamante/Av. Francisco Bilbao
Santa Isabel - Av. General Bustamante/Santa Isabel
Irarrázaval - Av. General Bustamante/Av. Irarrázaval
Ñuble - Av. Carlos Dittborn/San Eugenio
Rodrigo de Araya - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Av. Rodrigo de Araya
Carlos Valdovinos - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Av. Quilín
Camino Agricola - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Escuela Agricola
San Joaquín - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Raquel
Pedrero - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Av. Departamental
Mirador - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Mirador Azul
Bellavista de La Florida - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/ El Cabildo
Vicente Valdés - Av. Vicuña Mackenna/Vicente Valdés

Line 5 data sheet

Train models used on this line

NS74: 3001, 3002, 3003, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3017, 3020, 3022, 3025, 3028, 3031, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049.

NS93: 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2070, 2072.

Total: 52 models.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Santiago’s Metro History (Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 20, 2013
  2. ↑ Metro dio luz verde a las nuevas stations de la Línea 5 - Cooperativa.cl Retrieved April 24, 2013
  3. ↑ Guide to the expreso service in Line 2 (Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved 20 April 2013

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