Santiago Metro Line 3

Santiago Metro Line 3
Santiago Metro Line 3
Overview
Owner	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Termini	Plaza Quilicura (current); Fernando Castillo Velasco;
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Santiago Metro, Red Metropolitana de Movilidad
Operator(s)	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Depot(s)	Near Los Libertadores
Rolling stock	CAF AS 2014 [es]
History
Opened	22 January 2019
Technical
Line length	25 km (16 mi)
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC overhead catenary
Route map
Route map
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Line 3 is a rapid transit line of the Santiago Metro. Traveling from La Reina in the east towards the center, and Quilicura in the North, Line 3 was originally intended to open in the late 1980s, but the 1985 Algarrobo Earthquake hampered its construction, and a subsequent urban explosion in Puente Alto and Maipú (in the far southeast and mid-southwest respectively) further put its construction on hold, until in the early 2010s construction started. The first phase of the project includes 18 stations, which were completed and opened to the public on 22 January 2019 at a cost of US$1.79 billion.^[2]^[3] The second phase, composed of a three-station extension towards the main square of Quilicura, which was inaugurated on September 25, 2023 with a total project cost of US$378 million.^[4]^[5] Its distinctive color on the network line map is chocolate brown.

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Newman, Ian Thomson (2017-12-01). "Chilean capital's metro network enters an era of expansion: Santiago is already home to South America's most extensive metro, and with two new lines nearing completion and a third planned, the network is set to expand to eight lines totalling 174km". International Railway Journal. 57 (12): 24–27.
^ Barra, Andrés (2023-09-25). "Extensión Línea 3: cómo queda el mapa del Metro de Santiago con las nuevas estaciones". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
^ International2023-10-17T11:00:00+01:00, Metro Report. "Santiago metro Line 3 reaches Plaza Quilicura". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2023-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[3] Newman, Ian Thomson (2017-12-01). "Chilean capital's metro network enters an era of expansion: Santiago is already home to South America's most extensive metro, and with two new lines nearing completion and a third planned, the network is set to expand to eight lines totalling 174km". International Railway Journal. 57 (12): 24–27.

[4] Barra, Andrés (2023-09-25). "Extensión Línea 3: cómo queda el mapa del Metro de Santiago con las nuevas estaciones". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

[5] International2023-10-17T11:00:00+01:00, Metro Report. "Santiago metro Line 3 reaches Plaza Quilicura". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2023-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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