Santiago Metro Line 1

Santiago Metro Line 1
Train at Manquehue
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Locale	Western, central and northeast Santiago
Termini	San Pablo (western) Pajaritos (western, select services only) Los Domínicos (northeastern) Manquehue (northeastern, select services only)
Stations	27
Service
Type	Rubber-tyred metro
System	Santiago Metro
Operator(s)	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Depot(s)	Near Neptuno
Rolling stock	GEC-Alsthom Metropolis NS 93, CAF NS 2007 [es] and NS 2012 [es]
Daily ridership	705,200 (2015)
History
Opened	September 15, 1975
Technical
Line length	19.3 km (12.0 mi)
Character	Open cut (San Pablo, Neptuno, Pajaritos) Underground (remainder of line)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail (guide bars)
Operating speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map Legend 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 Universidad Católica Baquedano ( to Vicente Valdés) Salvador Manuel Montt Pedro de Valdivia Los Leones Tobalaba El Golf Alcántara Escuela Militar Manquehue Hernando de Magallanes Los Dominicos All stations are accessible Small stations indicate partial service, meaning half of all trains don't stop. This diagram: view talk edit

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]