Santiago Metro Line 1

Santiago Metro Line 1
Santiago Metro Line 1 logo
Train at Manquehue
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerEmpresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
LocaleWestern, central and northeast Santiago
Termini
Stations27
Service
TypeRubber-tyred metro
SystemSantiago Metro
Operator(s)Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Depot(s)Near Neptuno
Rolling stockGEC-Alsthom Metropolis NS 93, CAF NS 2007 [es] and NS 2012 [es]
Daily ridership705,200 (2015)
History
OpenedSeptember 15, 1975
Technical
Line length19.3 km (12.0 mi)
CharacterOpen cut (San Pablo, Neptuno, Pajaritos)
Underground (remainder of line)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail (guide bars)
Operating speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map

San Pablo ( to Pudahuel)
Neptuno
Neptuno yard
Pajaritos
Las Rejas
Ecuador
San Alberto Hurtado
Universidad de Santiago
Estación Central
Unión Latinoamericana
República
Los Héroes
La Moneda
Universidad de Chile
Santa Lucía
(planned, 2032: )
Universidad Católica
Baquedano ( to Vicente Valdés)
(planned, 2028: )
Salvador
Manuel Montt
Pedro de Valdivia
(planned, 2028: )
Los Leones
(planned, 2033: )
Tobalaba
El Golf
Alcántara
Escuela Militar
Manquehue
Hernando de Magallanes
Los Dominicos

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
Small stations indicate partial service, meaning half of all trains don't stop.

Santiago Metro Line 1 is the oldest of the seven existing rapid transit lines that make up the Santiago Metro system. Being its busiest, it has a total of 27 stations along its 19.3 km (12.0 mi) length, constructed almost entirely underground (save for some open cut sections in the west), and is located primarily along the axis formed by the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue, also known as the “Alameda”), Providencia Avenue and Apoquindo Avenue.[1]

In 2015, Line 1 accounted for 39.5% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 705,200, making it the busiest line in the system. It currently connects with five of the six other lines – with Line 2 at Los Héroes station, with Line 3 at Universidad de Chile station, with Line 4 at Tobalaba station in the northeast, with Line 5 at both San Pablo station and Baquedano station and line 6 at Los Leones. There are plans for connections with the future Line 9 at Santa Lucía station, the future Line 7 at Baquedano and Pedro de Valdivia and the future Line 8 at Los Leones. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is red.

During the 2019 Chilean protests, several of the stations were burned and looted, with the closure of the entire system following soon afterwards.[2] Since then, all of the stations have reopened.[3]

  1. ^ Metro Corporation Information www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 19, 2013
  2. ^ "Metro de Santiago confirma cierre de estaciones para este sábado y domingo tras protestas". 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "El Viaje".