Santiago Metro Line 1

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
Route map
	Legend
	All stations are accessible
	Small stations indicate partial service, meaning half of all trains don't stop.
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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]

History

The line was inaugurated on September 15, 1975, with an initial 8.3 km (5.2 mi) of track running from San Pablo station to La Moneda station. In 1977, the line was extended 3.2 km (2.0 mi) to the east to Salvador station. Then, in 1980, seven more stations opened to the east between Salvador and Escuela Militar. On January 7, 2010, three final stations opened to the east of Escuela Militar: Manquehue, Hernando de Magallanes and Los Dominicos.^[4]

NS 93 train in Tobalaba metro station

1986 terrorist attack

One of the most memorable and tragic events in the history of the Santiago Metro was the June 16, 1986 terrorist attack, which took place on Line 1.^[5] At 6:56 a.m., the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, a group opposed to the government of General Pinochet, attacked Tobalaba station with C4 bombs. The bombs exploded and caused the death of one passenger, injured another six, and left one NS-74 train destroyed. Because of this, Metro S.A. (the company that operates the Santiago Metro) decided to replace that trainset, however Alsthom Groupe Brissonneau wasn't producing trains at a fast enough rate, so the company turned their attention towards Concarril, who supplied the Santiago Metro with one NS-88 trainset as a replacement. The destroyed train remained out of service until it was rebuilt by Santiago Metro workers between February 27, 1989 and December 14, 1990, going back into circulation in 1990. The train now bears a commemorative plaque for the attack and its reconstruction.

October 2019 protests

Exterior of the La Moneda metro station in Santiago, October 20, 2019.

A series of protests in October 2019 resulted in major damage to the metro network. Line 1 (which suffered a minor amount of damage compared to lines 4 and 5) was closed on the weekend of October 18 of that year, and resumed partial service two days later between Pajaritos and Los Dominicos; full service was expected to resume in the first half of 2020. San Pablo, Neptuno, and Baquedano stations suffered moderate damage in the protests, and as a result those three stations would temporarily close (resulting in an ability to transfer between lines 1 and 5). However, the Baquedano station has remained closed to the public since the beginning of the protests, however On April 8, 2020, the combination of both lines was enabled, with their accesses closed until May 4 of the same year. Finally, Line 1 was fully operational again on July 25, 2020, with the reopening of the San Pablo and Neptuno stations.

Future

After the announcement of the line 7, it is proposed to extend the line 1 northwards to connect with the line 7 and ending at this point.

Requests have been made by local residents, authorities and the communal mayor for an extension to the commune of Cerro Navia towards Avenida Carrascal (Carrascal Avenue) and the hospital planned for construction in this commune. Although no expansion project has yet begun, studies are being carried for an extension through Cerro Navia.

Requests have been made by local residents, authorities and the communal mayor for an extension to the commune of Las Condes towards Avenida El Alba and the extension for construction in this commune.

Communes served by Line 1

Line 1 serves the following Santiago communes from west to east:

Stations

The Line 1 stations (eastbound order) are:

Stations	Location	Opening	Commune	Notes
San Pablo	Av. Neptuno and Av. Portales	September 15, 1975	Lo Prado
Neptuno	Av. Neptuno and Av. Dorsal
Pajaritos	Av. General Óscar Bonilla and Santa Marta
Las Rejas	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Av. Las Rejas		Lo Prado/Estación Central
Ecuador	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Radal		Estación Central
San Alberto Hurtado	Av. Libertador Bernardo. O'Higgins and Toro Mazotte
Universidad de Santiago	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Obispo Manuel Umaña
Estación Central	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Av. Matucana
Unión Latinoamericana	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Unión Latinoaméricana		Santiago
República	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Av. Ricardo Cumming
Los Héroes	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Av Ejército
La Moneda	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Amunátegui
Universidad de Chile	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Paseo Ahumada	March 31, 1977
Santa Lucía	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Miraflores			This station will be future combination with the line in 2032
Universidad Católica	Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Av. Portugal
Baquedano	Av. Providencia and Av. Vicuña Mackenna		Providencia	This station will be future combination with the line in 2028
Salvador	Av. Providencia and Av. Salvador
Manuel Montt	Av. Providencia and Av. Manuel Montt	August 31, 1980
Pedro de Valdivia	Av. Nueva Providencia and Av. Pedro de Valdivia			This station will be future combination with the line in 2028
Los Leones	Av. Nueva Providencia and Av. Suecia			This station will be future combination with the line in 2030
Tobalaba	Av. Providencia and Av. Tobalaba
El Golf	Av. Apoquindo and San Crescente		Las Condes
Alcántara	Av. Apoquindo and Alcántara
Escuela Militar	Av. Apoquindo and Av. Américo Vespucio
Manquehue	Av. Apoquindo and Av. Manquehue	January 7, 2010
Hernando de Magallanes	Av. Apoquindo and Hernando de Magallanes
Los Dominicos	Av. Apoquindo and Patagonia

Line 1 Data Sheet

Construction Method:
- San Pablo: partly underground, partly open-cut.
- San Pablo - Neptuno section: underground.
- Neptuno: open-cut.
- Neptuno - Pajaritos section: underground.
- Pajaritos: open-cut.
- Pajaritos – Los Dominicos: underground.

References

^ Metro Corporation Information www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 19, 2013
^ "Metro de Santiago confirma cierre de estaciones para este sábado y domingo tras protestas". 18 October 2019.
^ "El Viaje".
^ Guide to Metro de Santiago (English) www.joeskitchen.com Joe Rawlinson Retrieved April 19, 2013
^ El Pais Archive: Bombas en el Metro de Santiago de Chile EL PAÍS 17 JUN 1986, Retrieved April 19, 2013

External links

(in Spanish) Metro S.A.
(in English) UrbanRail.net/Santiago
(in Spanish and Russian) Santiago Metro Track Map
(in Spanish) Tarjeta Bip!
(in Spanish) Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago

[1] Metro Corporation Information www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 19, 2013

[2] "Metro de Santiago confirma cierre de estaciones para este sábado y domingo tras protestas". 18 October 2019.

[3] "El Viaje".

[4] Guide to Metro de Santiago (English) www.joeskitchen.com Joe Rawlinson Retrieved April 19, 2013

[5] El Pais Archive: Bombas en el Metro de Santiago de Chile EL PAÍS 17 JUN 1986, Retrieved April 19, 2013

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