Chile España metro station
| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
| File:Estación Chile España.jpg | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Irarrázaval Avenue/Chile España Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°27′16″S 70°34′48″W / 33.45444°S 70.58000°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg Line 3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Red buses | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 22 January 2019 (File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg)[1][2] 2032 (File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg)[3] | ||||||||||
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Chile España is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Ñuñoa and Villa Frei stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Irarrázaval Avenue with Chile España Avenue. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco.[4] It is expected that by the year 2032 it will become a combination station with the future Line 8.[3]
Etymology
The station takes its name directly from the intersection where it is located, Irarrázaval Avenue with Chile-Spain Avenue in the municipality of Ñuñoa. At first its name was "Plaza Armenia", because it will be under the square of the same name.
References
- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "[VIDEO] Línea 3 del Metro estará lista antes del 15 de enero". Canal 13 (in Spanish). T13.cl. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cuáles son las primeras estaciones que entrarán en funcionamiento en la futura línea 8 de Metro". LaTercera.com (in español). Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ↑ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
