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General Information

Completion: 2 November 2017
Status: in use

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Technical Information

Dimensions

length 15.3 km
number of stations 10

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Santiago Metro Line 6 is a line on the Santiago Metro, Santiago, Chile. It connects the commune of Cerrillos, in the south west of the city, with Providencia in the east of the city, where most economic activity is concentrated. It has 10 new stations on 15.3 km of track.

The main purposes of Line 6 is to relieve the saturated Line 1 and to provide extra connections across the Santiago transport network. The line connects with Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and Line 5, with the suburban train network (Metrotrén) at Lo Valledor station, and with the Transantiago bus network at Avenida Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Avenida Departamental, Avenida Santa Rosa and Avenida Grecia. It is also hoped that the line will incentivise development in the south-central area of the capital city.

The line directly benefits the communes of Cerrillos, Estación Central, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago, San Miguel, San Joaquín, Ñuñoa, Providencia and Las Condes.

It was inaugurated on November 2, 2017, by President Michelle Bachelet.

History

The project was announced by Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in 2009. In January 2012 a modification to the original track plan was announced, with the “Maestranza” (renamed as “Lo Valledor”) and “Club Hípico” stations relocated on Avenida Carlos Valdovinos.

However, on December 22, 2017, as a result of the announcement of the construction of the new Line 7, the lengthening of Line 6 from the Los Leones station to the future Isidora Goyenechea station is confirmed, with which both lines will remain connected.

Initial criticisms

Mayors of some of the wealthier communes in the east of the city have criticised the project, claiming that insufficient consultation had taken place before it was announced. Other critics complained about further delays in the construction of Line 3, whose completion date was pushed back in favour of Line 6.

Technical studies carried out by the Catholic University of Chile claimed that Line 6 has several advantages over Line 3, primarily because of its greater social impact and the potential for development it brings to derelict areas of the city.

Innovations

The new metro lines (Line 3 and Line 6) are expected to comply with high security and passenger comfort standards. The new security measures will include cameras inside the trains, an overhead electric transmission line, auto-drive, doors located on the platform, air conditioning in the trains and connections with suburban trains.

Line 6 suffered the least amount of damage from the October 2019 protests, but was nevertheless closed on the weekend of October 18, 2019 due to security issues. Service on Line 6 was partially restored on October 23, and all stations were reopened by the end of the year.

Communes served by Line 6

Line 6 serves the following Santiago communes from west to east:

  • Cerrillos
  • Estación Central
  • Pedro Aguirre Cerda
  • Santiago
  • San Miguel
  • San Joaquín
  • Ñuñoa
  • Providencia

Stations

Although the trains of the line 6 are composed of 5 cars, the stations are designed for 6-car trainsets.

Line 6 data sheet

  • Terminus communes: Cerrillos and Providencia
  • Track:
    • Camino a Melipilla Avenue
    • Carlos Valdovinos Avenue
    • Isabel Riquelme Avenue
    • Placer avenue
    • Carlos Dittborn Avenue
    • Pedro de Valdivia Avenue
    • Avenida Providencia Avenue
    • Vitacura Avenue
  • Construction Method:
    • Underground
  • Opening Dates:
    • November 2, 2017

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Santiago Metro Line 6" and modified on 24 November 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    10053345
  • Published on:
    19/02/2010
  • Last updated on:
    24/02/2022
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