Santiago Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins / Paseo Ahumada | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°26′37.50″S 70°39′1.24″W / 33.4437500°S 70.6503444°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro S.A. | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 1 Line 3 | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | Transantiago buses | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 31 March 1977 () 22 January 2019 () | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Central rail | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
60000 a day | ||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Universidad de Chile (in Spanish: University of Chile) station is a transfer station between the Line 1 and Line 3 of the Santiago Metro. It is an underground station located between La Moneda and Santa Lucía stations on the same line. It is located at the junction of Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, also known as "Alameda", and Paseo Ahumada in the commune of Santiago. The Line 1 station was opened on 31 March 1977 as part of the extension of the line from La Moneda to Salvador. The Line 3 station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco.[1]