Barrancas metro station

Barrancas
Santiago Metro station
Platform, Barrancas metro station
General information
LocationTeniente Cruz Avenue / General Bonilla Avenue
Coordinates33°27′10.48″S 70°44′21.88″W / 33.4529111°S 70.7394111°W / -33.4529111; -70.7394111
Line(s) Line 5
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsTransantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedFebruary 3, 2011[1]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station
Laguna Sur Line 5 Pudahuel

Barrancas is an underground metro station on Line 5 of the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It is located underneath the junction of Teniente Cruz Avenue and General Bonilla Avenue on the border of the communes of Pudahuel and Lo Prado, between Laguna Sur station (1140 meters away) and Pudahuel station (990 meters away). It also lies parallel to the Route 68 highway which connects Santiago with Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, and the highway crosses over the underground metro line.[2] The station has disabled access.[3]

The station was opened on 3 February 2011 as part of the extension of the line from Pudahuel to Plaza de Maipú.[4][5]

View from the platform
  1. ^ History (in Spanish). Santiago metro. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ memories 2009 www.metrosantiago.cl 2010, Retrieved 16 May 2013
  3. ^ Pudahuel station. Metrosantiago.cl. Retrieved 16 May 2013
  4. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
  5. ^ Metro inaugura Línea 5 a Maipú (in Spanish) http://megagalerias.terra.cl Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine February 3, 2011, Retrieved 16 May 2013