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{{Infobox rail line
| name            = Santiago Metro Line 4A
| color           = 0099ff
| logo            = Santiago de Chile L4A.svg
| logo_width      = 50px
| logo_alt        =
| image           = Metro en Américo vespucio 01.jpg
| image_width     = 240
| caption         = The rail line south of its northeastern terminal
| type            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system          = [[Santiago Metro]]
| status          = Operational
| locale          = [[Santiago]]
| start           = [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|14px]]
| end             = [[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|14px]]
| stations        = 6
| routes          = 1
| daily_ridership = 56,400 (2015)
| open            = August 16, 2006
| close           =
| owner           = Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
| operator        = Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
| character       = Open-cut and underground
| depot           = none (shares stock with [[Santiago Metro Line 4|line 4]])
| stock           = [[Alstom]] {{ill|AS 2002|es|AS-2002}}
| linelength      = {{convert|7.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength     =
| tracks          = 2
| gauge           = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| electrification = 750 V DC [[third rail]]
| speed           = {{convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}}
| elevation       =
| map             = {{Santiago Metro Line 4A|inline=1}}
| map_name        =
| map_state       = collapsed
}}
'''Santiago Metro Line 4A''' is one of the seven lines that currently make up the [[Santiago Metro]] network in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]. It has six stations and {{Cvt|7.7|km}} of track. The line intersects with [[Santiago Metro Line 2|Line 2]] at [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]], and with [[Santiago Metro Line 4|Line 4]] at [[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]], both being its termini. It will also intersect with the future Line 9 at [[Santa Rosa metro station (Santiago)|Santa Rosa station]] and acts as a link between these two lines. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is light blue.
In 2015, Line 4A accounted for only 3.1% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 56,400; it is the least used line in the system since it does not serve the city centre, as well as being the shortest line in the system.
==History==
Line 4A was originally conceived as a branch of Line 4, but due to the considerably low demand compared to the Puente Alto service, it was separated from Line 4 and inaugurated as a different service. It was inaugurated by President [[Michelle Bachelet]] and opened to the public on August 16, 2006. It runs between [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna station]] and [[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna station]].
On November 29, 2010 [[Santiago Metro]] workers struck, halting the service for 17 days.<ref>[http://www.biobiochile.cl/2010/12/16/trabajadores-del-metro-llegan-a-acuerdo-y-deponen-huelga.shtml Trabajadores del Metro llegan a acuerdo y deponen huelga (in Spanish)] www.biobiochile.cl November 16, 2010 Gabriela Ulloa, Constanza Atlagich Retrieved May 2, 2013</ref> The strike caused major over-crowding on bus services as passengers used them as an alternative to their daily metro rides.
===Echeverría: The Ghost Station===
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[[Echeverría metro station (Santiago)|Echeverría metro station]], built but never opened to the public, is located between [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna station]] and [[San Ramón metro station|San Ramón station]] on the junction of Blas Vial street and Maria Vial in the [[Communes of Chile|commune]] of [[La Cisterna]].
The station remains partially built, with the platforms and footbridge across the highway already finished.
The station has never been completed due to the low density of residents in this area, although it could be finished and opened to the public if the population density increased.
===Extensions===
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The line may be extended in the future to [[Del Sol metro station|Del Sol station]] to connect with [[Santiago Metro Line 5|Line 5]]. The trench where the extension would run has already been built between the two lanes of the Autopista Vespucio Sur highway, ready for the extension to be laid down if the population were to increase in that part of the city. If built, the extension would serve the [[Communes of Chile|communes]] of [[La Cisterna]], [[Lo Espejo]], [[Cerrillos, Chile|Cerrillos]] and [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]].
==Stations==
;Stations running from east to west:
{| class=wikitable
!Stations
!Transfers
!Location
!Opening
!Commune
!Notes
|-
|[[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]]
|align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|20px]]
|Autopista Vespucio Sur esq. Julio Vildosola
|
|[[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]]
|
|-
|[[Santa Julia metro station|Santa Julia]]
|
|Autopista Vespucio Sur/Santa Julia
|
|[[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]]
|
|-
|[[La Granja metro station (Santiago)|La Granja]]
|
|Autopista Vespucio Sur/Coronel
|
|[[La Granja, Chile|La Granja]]
|
|-
|[[Santa Rosa metro station (Santiago)|Santa Rosa]]
|
|Autopista Vespucio Sur/Av. Santa Rosa
|
|[[La Granja, Chile|La Granja]]/[[San Ramón, Chile|San Ramón]]
|align=center|<small>This station will be future combination with the line [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px|link=Santiago Metro Line 9]] in 2030.</small>
|-
|[[San Ramón metro station|San Ramón]]
|
|Autopista Vespucio Sur/Av. La Bandera
|
|[[San Ramón, Chile|San Ramón]]
|
|-
|[[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]]
|align=center|[[File:Aiga bus.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|20px]]
|Autopista Vespucio Sur/Av. José Miguel Carrera
|
|[[La Cisterna]]
|
|}
==Line 4A Data Sheet==
* '''Communes:'''
** [[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]]
** La Granja
** San Ramón
** [[La Cisterna]]
* '''Track:'''
** Américo Vespucio Sur Avenue: 6 stations
* '''Construction Method:''' Open-cut and at-grade.
* '''Opening Date:''' August 2006
== See also ==
*[[List of metro systems]]
*[[Rail transport in Chile]]
*[[Transantiago]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.metrosantiago.cl/ Metro S.A.]
*{{in lang|en}} [http://www.urbanrail.net/am/sant/santiago.htm UrbanRail.net/Santiago]
*{{in lang|es|ru}} [http://trackmap.ru/img/tm_santiago.png Santiago Metro Map]
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tarjetabip.cl/ Tarjeta Bip! contactless cards]
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.transantiago.cl Santiago Transit Authority, Transantiago]
*{{in lang|es}} [[:es:Metro de Santiago|Santiago Metro Wikipedia page, in Spanish]]
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