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| Formerly | Transantiago |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Service area | Greater Santiago |
| Service type | Public transport |
| Routes | 391 bus lines 7 rapid transit lines 1 commuter rail line |
| Stations | 11,165 bus stops 108 rapid transit stations 10 commuter rail stations |
| Fleet | 6,581 buses 190 metro trains 40 interurban trains |
| Daily ridership | Bus: 3,300,000 approx. Metro: 2,700,000 approx. Metrotrén: 1,200,000 approx. |
| Operator |   Inversiones Alsacia Subus Chile Buses Vule S.A. Express de Santiago Uno Metrobus Veolia Redbus Urbano STP Santiago S.A. Metro S.A. Tren Central |
| Website | red.cl |
Red Metropolitana de Movilidad (English: Metropolitan Mobility Network; named Transantiago until March 2019)[1] is a public transport system that serves Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is considered the most ambitious transport reform undertaken by a developing country according to the World Resources Institute.[2]
The system, largely influenced by Bogotá, Colombia's TransMilenio and Curitiba, Brazil's RIT, was introduced on February 10, 2007. It standardized bus routes and eliminated redundancy of same; redundancies were commonplace in the old system, which was run by thousands of independent bus operators. The system combines local (feeder) bus lines, main bus lines and the Metro (subway) network. It includes an integrated fare system, which allows passengers to make bus-to-bus or bus-to-metro transfers for the price of one ticket, using a single contactless smart card.
Transantiago's implementation was problematic, as the decreased bus fleet and the newer routes have proved insufficient to properly serve a population inadequately informed of pending changes. The major complaints are the lack of buses and their inconsistent frequencies, missing or poor infrastructure (such as segregated corridors, prepaid areas and bus stops), the network's coverage, and the number of transfers needed for longer trips. As a result, users have overcrowded the Metro, which is generally held to be fast and dependable.
- ^ "Gobierno rebautizará el Transantiago con nuevo nombre: se llamará Red". La Tercera (in Spanish). 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "The slow lane. Santiago: Fallout from a botched transport reform". The Economist. Vol. 386, no. 8566. London. 2008-02-09. pp. 40 (printed version). Retrieved 2008-02-13.