 Fdo. Castillo Velasco | |||||||||||
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| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Alcalde Fernando Castillo Velasco Avenue / Loreley Street | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°27′09″S 70°33′29″W / 33.45250°S 70.55806°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 22 January 2019[1][2] | ||||||||||
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Fernando Castillo Velasco is an underground metro station and the southern terminal station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is located underground, at the intersection of Alcalde Fernando Castillo Velasco Avenue with Loreley Street. It the current terminal station of Line 3, preceded by the Plaza Egaña station. Construction of the 6.5 km tunnel between Irarrázaval and Fernando Castillo Velasco was completed in 2017 on a budget of 145 million euro.[3] The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco.[4]
- ^ "Ministra de Transportes confirma que Línea 3 del Metro abrirá sus puertas el próximo martes 22 de enero". EMOL (in Spanish). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "[VIDEO] Línea 3 del Metro estará lista antes del 15 de enero", Canal 13 (in Spanish), T13.cl
- ^ OHL Railway Infrastructure (PDF), 2020, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-16, retrieved 2022-01-16
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.