Santiago Metro

{{Short description|Rapid transit system in Santiago, Chile}} {{Infobox public transit | name = Santiago Metro | image = Metro de Santiago Logo.svg | imagesize = 250px | image2 = NS 93, Metro de Santiago.jpg | imagesize2 = 250px | caption2 = [[NS 93]] train on an elevated portion of the [[Santiago Metro Line 5|line 5]] in 2008. | image3 = L6 Los Leones - Puertas de andén.jpg | imagesize3 = 250px | caption3 = [[AS-2014]] train on the [[Santiago Metro Line 6|line 6]] side of [[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]]. | native_name = {{lang|es|Metro de Santiago}} | locale = [[Santiago]], [[Chile]] | transit_type = [[Rapid transit]] | lines = 7<ref name="Home">{{cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2019/01/21/conoce-la-estacion-fantasma-de-la-linea-3-fue-construida-hace-30-anos-y-no-sera-utilizada.shtml|title=Conoce la "estación fantasma" de la Línea 3: fue construida hace 30 años y no será utilizada|date=21 January 2019|publisher=Bio Bio|language=es|trans-title=Meet Line 3's "Ghost Station": Built 30 years ago and not used|access-date=2019-01-22}}</ref> | stations = 143<ref name="Home" /> | ridership = 2.03 million (avg. weekday, 2023)<ref name="Annual_Report" /> | annual_ridership = 599 million (2023)<ref name="Annual_Report">{{cite web |url=https://www.metro.cl/documentos/memoria_metro_2023.pdf |title=Memoria Integrada 2023 |publisher=Metro de Santiago |page=10 |language=es |trans-title=Integrated Report 2023 |access-date=2024-10-19}}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.metro.cl/|Metro de Santiago}} | began_operation = {{start date and age|15 September 1975}}<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrosantiago.cl/corporativo/historia |title=Corporativa – Historia – Historia de Metro |publisher=Metro de Santiago |language=es |trans-title=Corporate – History – History of Metro |date=July 1, 2013 |access-date=2013-09-18}}</ref> | operator = [[:es:Metro S.A.]] | system_length = {{convert|149|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="La Tercera">{{cite web |url=https://www.latercera.com/servicios/noticia/extension-linea-3-como-queda-el-mapa-del-metro-de-santiago-con-las-nuevas-estaciones/TQIZQE3EKJDGLJZIETEJT3CNJM/ |title=La Tercera |date=25 September 2023 |publisher=La Tercera |language=es }}</ref> | track_gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | el = {{Plainlist| * 750 V DC [[third rail]] (as [[guide bar]]s on lines [[Santiago Metro Line 1|1]], [[Santiago Metro Line 2|2]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 5|5]], conventional on line [[Santiago Metro Line 4|4]]/[[Santiago Metro Line 4A|4A]]) * 750 V DC [[overhead line|overhead catenary]] (lines [[Santiago Metro Line 3|3]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 6|6]]) * {{1,500 V DC}} overhead catenary (line [[Santiago Metro Line 7|7]]) }} | map = {{switcher |{{Rapid transit OSM map}} | Show interactive map | [[File:Metro de Santiago.svg|thumb|center|250px|Current Metro map, including the Nos railway.]] | Show static map | {{Santiago Metro RDT|inline=yes}} | Show route diagram }} | map_state = }}

The '''Santiago Metro''' ({{langx|es|Metro de Santiago}}) is a [[rapid transit]] system serving the city of [[Santiago]], the capital of [[Chile]]. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 143 stations, and {{convert|149|km|mi|1|abbr=}} of revenue route.<ref name="Barra">{{Cite web |last=Barra |first=Andrés |date=2023-09-25 |title=Extensión Línea 3: cómo queda el mapa del Metro de Santiago con las nuevas estaciones |url=https://www.latercera.com/servicios/noticia/extension-linea-3-como-queda-el-mapa-del-metro-de-santiago-con-las-nuevas-estaciones/TQIZQE3EKJDGLJZIETEJT3CNJM/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=La Tercera}}</ref> The system is managed by the state-owned Metro S.A. and is the first rapid transit system in the country.

The Santiago Metro carries around 2.5 million passengers daily. This figure represents an increase of more than a million passengers per day compared to 2007, when the ambitious [[Transantiago]] project was launched, in which the metro plays an important role in the public transport system serving the city. Its highest passenger peak was reached on 2 May 2019, reaching 2,951,962 passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=T13 {{!}} Tele 13|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/record-historico-metro-santiago-transporta-casi-3-millones-pasajeros-diario|access-date=2021-02-25|website=www.t13.cl}}</ref>

In June 2017 the government announced plans for the construction of [[Santiago Metro Line 7|Line 7]], connecting [[Renca]] in the northwest of Santiago with [[Vitacura]] in the northeast. The new line will add {{Convert|26|km}} and 19 new stations to the Metro network, running along the municipalities of Renca, Cerro Navia, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Providencia, Las Condes and Vitacura. Its cost has been initially estimated at US$2.53 bn, and it is projected to open in 2027.<ref>{{cite web|title=Así será la nueva Línea 7 del Metro de Santiago|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/asi-sera-linea-7-metro-santiago/|website=La Tercera|date=2 June 2017|access-date=27 July 2017|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Futura Línea 7 – Línea 3 y 6|url=https://www.metro.cl/minisitio/linea-3-y-6/futura-linea-7|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.metro.cl|archive-date=2019-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180225/https://www.metro.cl/minisitio/linea-3-y-6/futura-linea-7|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Santiago Metro is the [[List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership|second largest metro system in Latin America]] after the [[Mexico City Metro]], and the [[List of the Americas rail transit systems by ridership|sixth largest metro system in the Americas]] after the [[New York City Subway]], Mexico City Metro, [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (San Francisco Bay Area), [[Washington Metro]] and [[Chicago "L"]].

In March 2012, the Santiago Metro was chosen as the best underground system in the Americas, after being honoured at the annual reception held by ''Metro Rail'' in [[London]].<ref name=mejor>{{cite web|title=Metro de Santiago es elegido como el mejor tren subterráneo de América|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/santiago/2012/03/1731-440396-9-metro-de-santiago-es-elegido-como-el-mejor-tren-subterraneo-de-america.shtml|website=La Tercera|access-date=29 November 2015|language=es|archive-date=28 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328192857/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/santiago/2012/03/1731-440396-9-metro-de-santiago-es-elegido-como-el-mejor-tren-subterraneo-de-america.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History and development == === Early projections and construction of Line 1 === [[File:Plano metro 1944.jpg|left|thumb|Metro network projection in 1944.]] The idea of constructing an underground railway network in Santiago dates back to 1944 when efforts to improve the chaotic transport system were initiated due to the rapid population growth the city had been experiencing since the early 1930s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Morales |first=Sergio |date=1988 |title=Metro de Santiago |trans-title=Santiago Metro |journal=Revista EURE |language=es |volume=14 |issue=42 |pages=19–41}}</ref>

However, concrete plans began to materialize in the 1960s when [[Juan Parrochia]] was appointed as Chief Architect of the Intercommunal Plan of Santiago and began working on an urban master plan featuring a Metro network.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-08 |title=A los 86 años falleció Juan Parrochia, impulsor del Metro de Santiago |url=https://colegioarquitectos.com/?p=11303 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile |language=es}}</ref>

Consequently, the government issued an international tender for the development of an urban transport system. On 24 October 1968, the government of [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]] approved the draft submitted by the Franco-Chilean consortium BCEOM SOFRETU CADE, in which the construction of five lines with an extension of approximately {{Convert|60|km}} by 1990 was proposed.

On 29 May 1969, works finally began for the construction of the first line, which would link the Civil District and the area of Barrancas (current-day [[Lo Prado]]).<ref name="global">{{Cite web |last=Chastain |first=Andra |date=2018-06-05 |title=Chile, France, and the Construction of the Santiago Metro |url=https://globalurbanhistory.com/2018/06/05/chile-france-and-the-construction-of-the-santiago-metro/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Global Urban History |language=en}}</ref>

On 15 September 1975, the first line of the metro was opened by [[Augusto Pinochet]] during the military dictatorship. Line 1, during its opening stage, was mostly underground from San Pablo to La Moneda, running below the [[Alameda (Santiago)|Alameda]]. In 1977, the line was extended towards Providencia and by 1980, the line reached as far as [[Escuela Militar metro station|Escuela Militar]] in [[Las Condes]].<ref name=cosmos>{{Cite web |last=Chastain |first=Andra |title=The Santiago Metro as a Microcosm of Chile |url=https://nacla.org/news/2019/10/28/santiago-metro-chile-protests |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=NACLA |language=en}}</ref>

In March 1978, Line 2 was opened. Its initial section ran at ground level from [[Los Héroes metro station|Los Héroes]] to [[Franklin metro station|Franklin]]. By December, the second segment of the line was opened, running underground towards the south along the Gran Avenida up to [[Lo Ovalle metro station|Lo Ovalle]].<ref name=cosmos/>

=== Project changes === [[File:Mapa proyectado 1987.jpg|left|thumb|Projected metro network for 1987 according to the original plans.]] Despite the fast growth of the network, the severe economic crisis that affected the country in 1982 halted the original plans. Furthermore, studies showed that southeast Santiago was becoming more populated than the north end of the capital, area that was then covered by the planned extensions of the service.

In order to supply future demand, the layout for Line 2 was changed and the extension would start at Los Héroes and go around the Civic District, crossing Line 1 again at [[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]] to head south through [[Vicuña Mackenna Avenue|Vicuña Mackenna]]. Meanwhile, Line 3 was projected through Independencia and Irarrázaval to supply the northern area that Line 2 was supposed to run.<ref name=global/>

However, these plans were affected once again when an [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake|earthquake]] struck the [[Chilean Central Valley]] on 3 March 1985. Most of the funds destined for the construction of the Line 2 extension and Line 3 were used to rebuild the city. The opening of two new stations towards the north in 1986 (Santa Ana) and 1987 (Puente Cal y Canto) were the only finalised works from these plans: [[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]] and [[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Mapocho]] stations on Line 2. The latter would change its name later, as remains of the old Calicanto Bridge –emblem of the city for over a century– were discovered during the excavation process. That same year, the Metrobús service was launched with services operating from Escuela Militar, Lo Ovalle and [[Las Rejas metro station|Las Rejas]].

Institutionally, the management of Metro de Santiago was changed at the end of the decade. The former General Directorate of Metro, a branch of the [[Ministry of Public Works (Chile)|Ministry of Public Works]], became a state-funded public company, Metro S.A., with the provisions of Law 18,772 published on 28 January 1989.

Following the economic recovery after the [[Miracle of Chile|second miracle]], the metro's expansion plans resurged. Population growth in the southeastern area of the capital became unstoppable during the 1980s, and [[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]] became the most populous commune in the country, thus the construction of a new line to supply that area was paramount. The first plans were drawn in 1989 and it was officially announced in 1991 by President [[Patricio Aylwin]]. This new line would start from Baquedano and head southwards to [[Américo Vespucio Avenue]], crossing through Vicuña Mackenna. [[File:Viaducto Línea 5.jpg|thumb|NS-74 train on Line 5, opened in 1997.]] Line 5 was opened on 5 April 1997 by President [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]]. This new line would have a length of {{Convert|10.3|km}} initially running underground from Baquedano to Irarrázaval, emerging as a viaduct on Vicuña Mackenna and going underground before reaching its southeastern terminus, [[Bellavista de La Florida metro station|Bellavista de la Florida]].

In March 2000, a new section of Line 5 crossing the historic centre of the capital was opened to the public. The new connection between Baquedano and Santa Ana through [[Plaza de Armas metro station|Plaza de Armas]] and [[Bellas Artes metro station (Santiago)|Bellas Artes]] meant that all three at-the-time existing lines would be connected.

=== New lines 4 and 4A and line 2 extension === With the election of [[Ricardo Lagos]] as [[President of Chile]] in 2000, one of his main objectives was an overhaul of the transport system serving the capital. To achieve this, a new extension for Line 5 was designed, heading westwards to Quinta Normal, following Catedral street, and an extension for Line 2 from both ends of the line to reach the northern and southern ends of the Américo Vespucio ring road.

Despite this, the biggest announcement was made in 2002 when Lagos disclosed the construction of a fourth line for the metro, serving the southeastern communes of Santiago to reach the heart of [[Puente Alto]], which had taken over La Florida as the most populous commune of the country. With these new projects, the Metro network would double its extension by 2010, year in which the country would celebrate its [[Bicentennial of Chile|bicentennial]].

These new projects were designed to make Metro the key element of the new transport reform plan for the city, [[Transantiago]]. Along with the new extensions, exchange stations were designed to allow for a better interaction between the urban railways and other means of transport, mainly [[bus]]es. The first exchange station would open in Quinta Normal after the Line 5 extension was finalised on 31 March 2004. However, the original plan to host a railway station would be discarded following the failure of the Melitrén construction.

On September 8, 2004, the Metro would make another breakthrough when the [[Mapocho River|Mapocho river]] was crossed underground, with the opening of [[Patronato metro station|Patronato]] and [[Cerro Blanco metro station|Cerro Blanco]] stations on Line 2. On 22 December 2004, the southern extension of the same line opened its new stations, [[El Parrón metro station|El Parrón]] and [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]]. A second stretch of Line 2 towards the north would open on 25 November 2005, and the last in the series of extensions opened on 22 December 2005, with a total cost of US$170 million and a 27-million passenger increase annually.

On November 30, 2005, the first underground leg of Line 4 from [[Tobalaba metro station|Tobalaba]] to [[Grecia metro station|Grecia]], and the viaduct between [[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]] and [[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]] opened to the public. The unfinished track from Grecia and Vicente Valdés was covered by a rail replacement bus service operated by Transantiago until March 2, 2006, when the remaining stations and track were finished. Line 4 at this time was the longest of the network, with an extension of {{Convert|24.7|km}} and 22 stations serving [[Providencia, Chile|Providencia]], [[Las Condes]], [[Ñuñoa]], [[La Reina]], [[Peñalolén]], [[Macul]], [[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]] and [[Puente Alto]]. This new line also saw the introduction of new rolling stock, the AS-2002, manufactured by Alstom in Brazil, featuring more interior space than those running other lines. Finally, Line 4 would be complemented with the opening of a branch service on August 16, 2006, Line 4A, which connected Line 2 from La Cisterna with Line 4 at Vicuña Mackenna, running through the Américo Vespucio ring road.

=== Extensions to Las Condes and Maipú === [[File:Extensión Línea 5 del Metro (5059987296).jpg|left|thumb|Inauguration of Line 5 extension to [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]] in 2010]] On November 15, 2005, President Ricardo Lagos announced the extension of Line 1 to the east, from Escuela Militar to Los Dominicos station, in the commune of [[Las Condes]]. To achieve this, three new stations were built, adding 4 kilometers to the railway network, which were inaugurated on January 7, 2010, during the presidency of Michelle Bachelet.

Along with the extension to Las Condes, one of the most important projects of the service was announced: the extension of the metro to the west, connecting the communes of [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]], [[Pudahuel]], [[Lo Prado]] and [[Quinta Normal]] to the Metro Network. In this way, the Metro approached the western sector of the city for the first time, reaching Maipú, the most populated commune in the country after surpassing Puente Alto in 2008.

On October 31, 2009, the final layout of the extension of Line 5 was approved, starting from the Quinta Normal station along Avenida San Pablo underground, turning south to come to the surface and travel along Avenida Teniente Cruz and later Avenida Pajaritos before becoming underground again and reaching the terminal station, in the [[Plaza de Maipú metro station|Plaza de Armas of Maipú]]. The first section to the Pudahuel station was delivered on January 12, 2010, while the remaining section Until Maipú was opened to the public on February 3, 2011.

Along with the construction of the new extensions, important works were carried out that allowed the Pajaritos station on Line 1 to be renovated to convert it into the terminal of a loop, allowing greater efficiency to the most loaded section of said line and the postponed San José de la Estrella station was inaugurated on Line 4. The Del Sol station was also built in the extension to Maipú, which serves as a transfer to intercity buses.

In March 2012, the Santiago Metro was chosen as the best metro system in America, a distinction received at the annual Metro Rail dinner held in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-28 |title=Metro de Santiago es elegido como el mejor tren subterráneo de América {{!}} Santiago {{!}} LA TERCERA |url=http://latercera.com/noticia/santiago/2012/03/1731-440396-9-metro-de-santiago-es-elegido-como-el-mejor-tren-subterraneo-de-america.shtml |access-date=2023-10-03 |archive-date=2012-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328192857/http://latercera.com/noticia/santiago/2012/03/1731-440396-9-metro-de-santiago-es-elegido-como-el-mejor-tren-subterraneo-de-america.shtml |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

=== Line 2 and 3 extensions === [[File:Estacion Plaza Quilicura - nivel mesanina.jpg|left|thumb|[[Plaza Quilicura metro station|Plaza Quilicura station]] mezzanine level in 2023]] On May 26, 2016, Metro announced the extension of Lines 2 and 3, adding 8.9 kilometers and 7 new stations to the Metro network. Both extensions were expected to begin operations during the second half of 2021. The extension of Line 2 to the south would add 5.1 kilometers and 4 new stations connecting the current terminal station in La Cisterna with San Bernardo locality. The new terminal station would be located next to a hospital called ''Hospital El Pino'' in San Bernardo. Meanwhile, the extension of Line 3 to the west would add 3.8 kilometers and 3 new stations to the Metro network, connecting the then-future station Los Libertadores with Quilicura.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro de Santiago anuncia extensiones en dos líneas para el 2021|url=http://www.24horas.cl/nacional/metro-de-santiago-anuncia-extensiones-en-dos-lineas-para-el-2021-2027430|website=24 Horas|date=27 May 2016|access-date=27 July 2017|language=es}}</ref>

On November 2, 2017, Line 6 was inaugurated from Cerrillos to Los Leones adding 10 new stations. This new line does not have staffed ticket offices; instead there are automatic machines for ticket sales and loading money onto bip! cards. It has platform-edge doors to protect passengers, and traction power is supplied by overhead line equipment, not by conductor rails as on the other lines. It has new entrance and exit turnstiles at stations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Así quedó el mapa de estaciones en el Metro de Santiago con la nueva Línea 6|url=http://www.24horas.cl/nacional/linea-6-del-metro-asi-quedo-el-nuevo-mapa-de-estaciones--2550295|website=24 Horas|date=2 November 2017|access-date=2 November 2017|language=es}}</ref> The trains on Line 6 only have steel wheels, and are driverless.

On January 22, 2019, Line 3 was inaugurated, after 9 years of prospecting and construction <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/pinera-anuncia-construccion-de-dos-nuevas-lineas-del-metro-para-2014/|title = Piñera anuncia construcción de dos nuevas Líneas del Metro para 2014|date = 5 October 2010}}</ref> and being delayed since the 1980s after the [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake]] and the changing demographics of the city during the 1980s and 1990s. Its rolling stock is identical to that on Line 6, and the lines were built simultaneously, so they are considered "twin lines".

On September 25, 2023, Line 3 was extended 3.8 km west from its northern terminus to Plaza Quilicura.<ref name="Barra"/> On November 27, 2023, Line 2 was extended 5.2 km south from its southern terminus to Hospital El Pino.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miranda |first=Mariana |date=2023-11-27 |title=Inauguración Línea 2 de Metro de Santiago: todo lo que necesitas saber |url=https://lahora.cl/cronica/2023/11/27/inauguracion-linea-2-de-metro-de-santiago-todo-lo-que-necesitas-saber/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=La Hora |language=es}}</ref>

=== 2019 protests === {{Main|Social Outburst (Chile)}} In October 2019, the Santiago metro network was affected by [[Social Outburst (Chile)|social protests]] due to the increase in the fare of the entire Metropolitan Mobility Network. Initially, secondary students staged massive acts of evasion between 6 and 11 October. The protests quickly escalated to several metro stations, resulting in train service being repeatedly interrupted.

On 18 October, the situation escalated and the entire network had to be closed due to attacks on stations and workers. At night, after the declaration of a state of emergency by President [[Sebastián Piñera]], several stations of the Metro were destroyed and burned, some of which were attacked again the next day, even though a curfew had been established. Meanwhile, the Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos investigated accusations that the [[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano station]] was used as a detention and torture center by police and military. On the morning of the same day, the site was reviewed by staff from the INDH, PDI and guarantee judges. The judges found no evidence of torture or illegal detentions at the site, but an investigation was launched to rule out any irregular situation. However, investigations conducted by the National Institute of Human Rights and the Public Prosecutor's Office found no evidence in this regard; in 2020, the allegations were dismissed, and the case was closed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2020 |title=INDH y sobreseimiento definitivo del caso estación Metro Baquedano |url=https://www.indh.cl/indh-y-sobreseimiento-definitivo-del-caso-estacion-metro-baquedano/ |language=es|trans-title=The INDH and the Definitive Dismissal of the Baquedano Metro Station Case}}</ref>

The Metro network was partially reactivated as of Monday, October 21; however, due to the damage of some stations, the network would only be available in its entirety within a period of up to 7 months. Damages were estimated at more than $300 million. Metro de Santiago indicated that station infrastructure and rolling stock had not been insured. Lines 3 and 6, meanwhile, opened on 23 October, Lines 2 and 5 on the 25th, Line 4 on the 28th, and line 4A on November 25, in all cases partially and on a shortened schedule.

On October 23, it was reported that 79 stations had been damaged in all, with lines 4, 4A, and 5 having the highest number of stations destroyed or vandalized. There were also damage to 6 trains, 5 on line 4 and one on line 1 - the latter set on fire at the San Pablo station. Upon the reopening of the last two stations (Trinidad and Protectora de la Infancia) on September 25, 2020, the metro system was back to 100% operation.

=== Lines 7, 8, 9 and Line A === [[File:Metro de Santiago (futuro).svg|thumb|Projected lines and extensions for year 2037: It includes the extension of lines [[Santiago Metro Line 4A|4A]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 6|6]], the construction of four new lines [[Santiago Metro Line 7|7]], [[Santiago Metro Line 8|8]], [[Santiago Metro Line 9|9]] and [[Santiago Metro Line A|A]], and the construction of the [[Santiago-Batuco commuter rail]] and the extension of the [[Melitrén|Melitrén commuter rail]].]] On June 1, 2017, President Michelle Bachelet announced in her last public account the construction of [[Santiago Metro Line 7|Metro Line 7]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Bachelet to include Santiago's metro line 7 in annual address|url=https://santiagotimes.cl/2017/05/30/president-bachelet-to-include-santiagos-metro-line-7-in-annual-address/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Santiago Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The plan initially included 21 stations along a 25 km extension, between the commune of [[Renca]] in the northwestern sector, and [[Vitacura]] in the [[Northeastern zone of Santiago|northeastern sector]]. The route, estimated to open around 2027, was designed with a line parallel to the [[Mapocho River]] and Line 1 in mind, which would allow it to be decongested by approximately 10 000 daily passengers. Line 7 would allow the incorporation of the communes of Renca, [[Cerro Navia]] and Vitacura into the Network, also connecting popular neighborhoods with part of the financial and commercial district of the city.<ref name=youtube>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1TDmtYWso |title=Nueva Linea 7 |author=Metro de Santiago |website=YouTube |language=es |date=2 June 2017 |accessdate=2 June 2017}}</ref>

At the end of 2017, the newspaper El Mercurio published a report that indicated that the route of the line was modified, so that in the Providencia sector it would not circulate under Andrés Bello Avenue (as originally thought), but would go parallel to Line 1 along Providencia Avenue, eliminating the combination in Salvador and moving it to Pedro de Valdivia. In addition, Metro announced that it would extend Line 6 to Isidora Goyenechea of the future Line 7.

One year after the announcement of Line 7, President Sebastián Piñera announced in his 2018 annual account that studies would begin for the construction of two new metro lines in a north–south direction: [[Santiago Metro Line 8|Line 8]], which will connect the communes of La Florida and Puente Alto with Providencia, while [[Santiago Metro Line 9|Line 9]] would reach from the center to the commune of [[La Pintana]], one of the last in the city to receive the Metro. In addition, he announced that Line 4 would be extended by three stations in the southern sector to reach [[Bajos de Mena]] in Puente Alto. It was projected at that time that lines 8 and 9 would be inaugurated in 2028.

The impact of the social outbreak of 2019 delayed the planning work for the extension of the three lines, being resumed in September 2021, so it is estimated that lines 7, 8 and 9 would be inaugurated from 2030. In August 2023, a modification to the layout of Line 9 was announced, expanding it in the north to the Puente Cal y Canto station — which will become the first station with four concurrent lines — and in the south to [[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]], combining with Line 4 and absorbing the proposed extension to Bajos de Mena.

On May 14, 2025, the newspaper Diario Financiero reported that President Gabriel Boric would announce during that year's public address the construction of a light rail project that would connect the future Line 7 with the [[Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport]]. With an estimated length of between six and seven kilometers, the train would connect the airport with the future station located on Avenida Mapocho Sur with Huelén in Cerro Navia.

Finally, before the [[National Congress of Chile]], President [[Gabriel Boric]] announced on June 1, 2025, the construction of [[Santiago Metro Line A|Line A]], a [[light rail]] line connecting the country's main airport and the Huelén station on Line 7.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Del andén al avión: Metro llegará al aeropuerto de Santiago|url=https://www.metro.cl/noticias/anuncian-nueva-linea-a-metro-de-santiago-llegara-al-aeropuerto |access-date=4 June 2025 |website=Metro |language=es}}</ref>

=== Extension of Line 6 and 4A === Before the full Congress, President Gabriel Boric announced on June 1, 2025, that once funds are available, the extension of Line 6 will be built to the populous western part of [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]], near the Hospital El Carmen. The extension will consist of 6.4 km and three new stations. Similarly, Line 4A will be extended from La Cisterna to Maipú to Del Sol station, connecting the [[Lo Espejo]] district to the metro network, one of the poorest and most isolated in the metropolitan area. The line will also undergo a modernization process and be renamed Line 10. The extension will consist of 10 km and seven new stations. Both projects are expected to be completed no earlier than 2037.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Del andén al avión: Metro llegará al aeropuerto de Santiago|url=https://www.metro.cl/noticias/anuncian-nueva-linea-a-metro-de-santiago-llegara-al-aeropuerto |access-date=4 June 2025 |website=Metro |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooperativa.cl |title=Extensión del Metro a Lo Espejo y Maipú poniente se inaugurará "no antes de 2037" |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/transportes/metro/extension-del-metro-a-lo-espejo-y-maipu-poniente-se-inaugurara-no-antes/2025-06-02/185814.html |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref>

=== Future plans === Various proposals have been presented to expand the Santiago Metro once lines 7, 8 and 9 are built.

Two communes in Greater Santiago will not have a direct connection to the Metro Network: [[Padre Hurtado, Chile|Padre Hurtado]] and [[Lo Barnechea]], while other three only have in theirs limits; [[San Bernardo, Chile|San Bernardo]], [[Peñalolén]] and [[Huechuraba]]. Lo Barnechea has expressed its interest in building two additional stations on Line 7 to reach La Dehesa.

During the inauguration of Line 3 in 2019, President Sebastián Piñera declared that Line 10 was going to be built. Although Metro indicated that a tenth line was not officially in its project portfolio, the government indicated that the initiative attempted to connect the Avenida Mapocho sector with Avenida Tobalaba, following the so-called "central ring" along Las Rejas, Suiza and Departamental avenues.

Other alternatives for new lines have been analyzed in the media in recent years and have been momentarily discarded; a line in the eastern sector through Tobalaba-Vespucio or Manquehue, another parallel to Line 1 through 5 de Abril-Blanco Encalada-Santa Isabel-Bilbao and Manquehue, and the northern section of "Line 10" through Dorsal, Lo Espinoza and Radal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chekh |first=Aldo Vidal y Eva Luna |date=2018-02-15 |title=Estudio del gobierno prioriza nuevas líneas de Metro por Vespucio, Santa Rosa y Tobalaba |url=https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/estudio-del-gobierno-prioriza-nuevas-lineas-metro-vespucio-santa-rosa-tobalaba/68466/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=La Tercera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooperativa.cl |title=Ricardo Lagos propone ampliar el Metro de Santiago hasta 16 líneas |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/ricardo-lagos-escobar/ricardo-lagos-propone-ampliar-el-metro-de-santiago-hasta-16-lineas/2017-03-09/173640.html |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vidal |first=Aldo |date=2016-11-22 |title=¿Cómo sería la ruta de una nueva línea circular del Metro en Santiago? |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/seria-la-ruta-una-nueva-linea-circular-del-metro-santiago/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=La Tercera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transportes proyecta ampliar todas las líneas de Metro y un tren de cercanía al aeropuerto, Plataforma Urbana |url=https://www.plataformaurbana.cl/archive/2012/10/09/transportes-proyecta-ampliar-todas-las-lineas-de-metro-y-un-tren-de-cercania-al-aeropuerto/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.plataformaurbana.cl}}</ref>

=== Timeline === {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Line !Length !Stations !Opening Date !Type |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|1|size=14}} |align=center|[[San Pablo metro station|San Pablo]] – [[La Moneda metro station|La Moneda]] |align=center|8.2 km |align=center|12 |align=center|15 Sep 1975 |align=center|Trench/Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|1|size=14}} |align=center|[[La Moneda metro station|La Moneda]] – [[Salvador metro station|Salvador]] |align=center|3.2 km |align=center|5 |align=center|31 Mar 1977 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Los Héroes metro station|Los Héroes]] – [[Franklin metro station|Franklin]] |align=center|4.9 km |align=center|5 |align=center|31 Mar 1978 |align=center|Ground Level |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Franklin metro station|Franklin]] – [[Lo Ovalle metro station|Lo Ovalle]] |align=center|4.8 km |align=center|6 |align=center|21 Dec 1978 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|1|size=14}} |align=center|[[Salvador metro station|Salvador]] – [[Escuela Militar metro station|Escuela Militar]] |align=center|4.5 km |align=center|7 |align=center|22 Aug 1980 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Los Héroes metro station|Los Héroes]] – [[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]] |align=center|0.7 km |align=center|1 |align=center|25 Jul 1986 |align=center|Ground level |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]] – [[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]] |align=center|1 km |align=center|1 |align=center|15 Sep 1987 |align=center|Ground/Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]] – [[Bellavista de La Florida metro station|Bellavista de La Florida]] |align=center|10.3 km |align=center|12 |align=center|5 Apr 1997 |align=center|Viaduct/Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]] – [[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]] |align=center|2.7 km |align=center|3 |align=center|4 Mar 2000 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]] – [[Quinta Normal metro station|Quinta Normal]] |align=center|1.9 km |align=center|2 |align=center|31 Mar 2004 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]] – [[Cerro Blanco metro station|Cerro Blanco]] |align=center|1.6 km |align=center|2 |align=center|8 Sept 2004 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Lo Ovalle metro station|Lo Ovalle]] – [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]] |align=center|2.1 km |align=center|2 |align=center|22 Dec 2004 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Cerro Blanco metro station|Cerro Blanco]] – [[Einstein metro station|Einstein]] |align=center|1.9 km |align=center|2 |align=center|25 Nov 2005 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Bellavista de La Florida metro station|Bellavista de La Florida]] – [[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]] |align=center|0.6 km |align=center|1 |align=center|30 Nov 2005 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4|size=14}} |align=center|[[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]] – [[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]] |align=center|10.9 km |align=center|9 |align=center|30 Nov 2005 |align=center|Viaduct/Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4|size=14}} |align=center|[[Tobalaba metro station|Tobalaba]] – [[Grecia metro station|Grecia]] |align=center|7.7 km |align=center|8 |align=center|30 Nov 2005 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4|size=14}} |align=center|[[Grecia metro station|Grecia]] – [[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]] |align=center|6.1 km |align=center|5 |align=center|2 Mar 2006 |align=center|Ground level |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4A|size=14}} |align=center|[[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]] – [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]] |align=center|7.7 km |align=center|6 |align=center|16 Aug 2006 |align=center|Ground level |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[Einstein metro station|Einstein]] – [[Vespucio Norte metro station|Vespucio Norte]] |align=center|3.6 km |align=center|3 |align=center|21 Dec 2006 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4|size=14}} |align=center|[[San José de la Estrella metro station|San José de la Estrella]] |align=center|0 km |align=center|1 |align=center|5 Nov 2009 |align=center|Viaduct |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|1|size=14}} |align=center|[[Escuela Militar metro station|Escuela Militar]] – [[Los Dominicos metro station|Los Dominicos]] |align=center|4 km |align=center|3 |align=center|7 Jan 2010 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Quinta Normal metro station|Quinta Normal]] – [[Pudahuel metro station|Pudahuel]] |align=center|5.8 km |align=center|5 |align=center|12 Jan 2010 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|5|size=14}} |align=center|[[Pudahuel metro station|Pudahuel]] – [[Plaza de Maipú metro station|Plaza de Maipú]] |align=center|8 km |align=center|7 |align=center|3 Feb 2011 |align=center|Viaduct |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|6|size=14}} |align=center|[[Cerrillos metro station|Cerrillos]] – [[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]] |align=center|15.3 km |align=center|10 |align=center|2 Nov 2017 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|3|size=14}} |align=center|[[Los Libertadores metro station|Los Libertadores]] – [[Fernando Castillo Velasco metro station|Fernando Castillo Velasco]] |align=center|21.7 km |align=center|18 |align=center|22 Jan 2019 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|3|size=14}} |align=center|[[Los Libertadores metro station|Los Libertadores]] – [[Plaza Quilicura metro station|Plaza Quilicura]] |align=center|3.8 km |align=center|3 |align=center|25 Sept 2023 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|2|size=14}} |align=center|[[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]] – [[Hospital El Pino metro station|Hospital El Pino]] |align=center|5.2 km |align=center|4 |align=center|27 Nov 2023 |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|6|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Cerrillos metro station|Cerrillos]] – [[Lo Errázuriz metro station|Lo Errázuriz]]'' |align=center|3 km |align=center|1 |align=center|''2027'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|6|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]] – [[Isidora Goyenechea metro station|Isidora Goyenechea]]'' |align=center|1.4 km |align=center|1 |align=center|''2028'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|7|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Brasil metro station|Brasil]] – [[Estoril metro station|Estoril]]'' |align=center|26 km |align=center|19 |align=center|''2028'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|9|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Bío Bío metro station|Bío Bío]] – [[Plaza de La Pintana metro station|Plaza de La Pintana]]'' |align=center|12.2 km |align=center|10 |align=center|''2030'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|[[File:Linea A Metro de Santiago.png|15px]] |align=center|''Aeropuerto - Huelén'' |align=center|6.5 km |align=center|2 |align=center|''2032'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|8|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Chile España metro station|Chile España]] – Mall Plaza Tobalaba'' |align=center|14.7 km |align=center|2 |align=center|''2032'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|9|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]] – [[Bío Bío metro station|Bío Bío]]'' |align=center|5.4 km |align=center|4 |align=center|''2032'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|9|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Plaza de La Pintana metro station|Plaza de La Pintana]] – [[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]]'' |align=center|9.8 km |align=center|5 |align=center|''2033'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|8|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]] – [[Chile España metro station|Chile España]]'' |align=center|4.3 km |align=center|3 |align=center|''2033'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|6|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Hospital El Carmen metro station|Hospital El Carmen]] – [[Lo Errázuriz metro station|Lo Errázuriz]]'' |align=center|6.4 km |align=center|3 |align=center|''2037'' |align=center|Underground |- |align=center width=20px|{{rint|santiago|4A|size=14}} |align=center|''[[Del Sol metro station|Del Sol]] – [[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]]'' |align=center|10 km |align=center|7 |align=center|''2037'' |align=center|Underground |}

== Rolling stock == [[File:Chile 10 2007 Metro Santiago 222.jpg|thumb|right|The [[NS 93]] rubber-tyred stock, based on the [[MP 89]] from the Paris Metro]] The Santiago Metro currently{{When|date=October 2019}} operates 9 models of rolling stock: two models (the [[AS-2002]] and the [[AS-2014]]) are steel-wheeled, while the others are all rubber-tyred. The NS 74 and NS 93 stock are based on the [[MP 73]] and [[MP 89]] stock of the [[Paris Metro]] respectively,<ref>[[:es:Metro de Santiago]]</ref> while the [[NS-2007]] stock is based on the [[NM-02 (Mexico city metro)|NM-02]] stock of the [[Mexico City Metro]].<ref>[[:es:NS 2007]]</ref> All rubber-tyred stock is preceded with the acronym NS (for ''Neumático Santiago''); likewise, all steel-wheeled stock is preceded with the acronym AS (for ''Acero Santiago''). The number representing each type of rubber-tyred and steel-wheeled rolling stock is the year of design of a particular rolling stock, not year of first use, similar to the practice in the [[Mexico City Metro]] and [[Paris Métro]].

In September 2012, the NS 2012 trains went into service on Line 1. These trains are the first to be built with air conditioning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalmasstransit.net/archive.php?id=7677|title=Global Mass Transit: Metro de Santiago: Momentum continues to grow|access-date=2012-09-25|archive-date=2013-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228063911/http://www.globalmasstransit.net/archive.php?id=7677|url-status=dead}}</ref> Currently, all the NS-2007 stock and a number of the NS-93 stock units are retrofitted with air conditioning, whereas the NS-2012, AS-2014 and NS-2016 were all built with air conditioning.

On November 2, 2017, the line 6 entered revenue service. This line utilizes the [[AS-2014]] ('''A'''cero '''S'''antiago '''2014''') which are the most modern stock of the system {{citation needed|date=February 2019}}, being the first model in the system that are driverless. However, in the first and last car there is a control panel meant to control the train when necessary. It is also the first with security cameras, energy obtainment via overhead rigid catenary, and evacuation doors at the front of the first and last car (with an evacuation ramp for people on wheelchairs) as well as on the sides of each convoy. They are also the second to be built with air conditioning, and the third with LED lights. The line that they operate in is also the first in revenue service with platform safety barriers, followed by Line 3 opened in January 2019.

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Model !! Manufacturer || Year(s) Built || Type of train || Operating Lines |- | [[NS-74]]|| [[Alstom]] || 1973–1981 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] |- | [[NS 93]] || Alstom || 1996–2003 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] |- | [[AS-2002]]|| Alstom || 2004–2010 || Steel-wheeled || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L4A.svg|15px]] |- | [[NS-2004]]|| Alstom || 2006–2007 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] |- | [[NS-2007]]|| [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] || 2009–2010 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] |- | [[NS-2012]]|| CAF || 2012–2014 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] |- | [[AS-2014]]|| CAF || 2015–2017 || Steel-wheeled || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] |- | [[NS-2016]]|| Alstom || 2017–2021 || Rubber-tyred || align="center"|[[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] |- |[[AS-22-UTO]] |Alstom<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santiago Metro and Alstom present the first train for Chile's future Line 7 |url=https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2026/1/santiago-metro-and-alstom-present-first-train-chiles-future-line-7 |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Alstom |language=en}}</ref> |2026-present |Steel-wheeled | align="center" |{{Rint|Santiago|7|size=14}} |}

<gallery> File:NS 74, Metro de Santiago.jpg|[[NS-74]] File:NS 93, Metro de Santiago.jpg|[[NS 93]] File:AS 2002, Metro de Santiago.jpg|[[AS-2002]] File:Neptuno L1.jpg|[[NS-2004]] File:Ns2007.jpg|[[NS-2007]] File:NS 2012.jpg|[[NS-2012]] File:Michelle_Bachelet_visita_instalaciones_del_Taller_Cerrillos_de_nueva_L%C3%ADnea_6_de_Metro_%2830657937662%29.jpg|[[AS-2014]] File:Tren NS-2016.jpg|[[NS-2016]] </gallery>

== Stations == In '''bold''' are transfer stations. In grey are stations projected or currently under construction.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- align=center |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 1|Line 1]]''' ''West to East'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 2|Line 2]]''' ''North to South'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 3|Line 3]]''' ''Northwest to East'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 4|Line 4]]''' ''Northeast to Southeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L4A.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 4A|Line 4A]]''' ''South to Southeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 5|Line 5]]''' ''Southwest to Southeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 6|Line 6]]''' ''Southwest to Northeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 7|Line 7]]''' ''Northwest to Northeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 8|Line 8]]''' ''East to Southeast'' |valign=top width=12%|[[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|35px]] '''[[Santiago Metro Line 9|Line 9]]''' ''North to South'' |- style="font-size:100%;" |valign=top| * '''[[San Pablo metro station|San Pablo]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * [[Neptuno metro station|Neptuno]] * [[Pajaritos metro station|Pajaritos]] * [[Las Rejas metro station|Las Rejas]] * [[Ecuador metro station|Ecuador]] * [[San Alberto Hurtado metro station|San Alberto Hurtado]] * [[Universidad de Santiago metro station|Universidad de Santiago]] * [[Estación Central metro station|Estación Central]] * [[Unión Latinoamericana metro station|Unión Latinoamericana]] * [[República metro station (Santiago)|República]] * '''[[Los Héroes metro station|Los Héroes]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] * [[La Moneda metro station|La Moneda]] * '''[[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * '''[[Santa Lucía metro station (Santiago)|Santa Lucía]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * [[Universidad Católica metro station|Universidad Católica]] * '''[[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] * [[Salvador metro station|Salvador]] * [[Manuel Montt metro station|Manuel Montt]] * '''[[Pedro de Valdivia metro station|Pedro de Valdivia]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] * '''[[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|15px]] * '''[[Tobalaba metro station|Tobalaba]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] * [[El Golf metro station|El Golf]] * [[Alcántara metro station|Alcántara]] * [[Escuela Militar metro station|Escuela Militar]] * [[Manquehue metro station|Manquehue]] * [[Hernando de Magallanes metro station|Hernando de Magallanes]] * [[Los Dominicos metro station|Los Dominicos]] |valign=top| * [[Vespucio Norte metro station|Vespucio Norte]] * [[Zapadores metro station|Zapadores]] * [[Dorsal metro station|Dorsal]] * [[Einstein metro station|Einstein]] * [[Cementerios metro station|Cementerios]] * [[Cerro Blanco metro station|Cerro Blanco]] * [[Patronato metro station|Patronato]] * '''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * '''[[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * '''[[Los Héroes metro station|Los Héroes]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * [[Toesca metro station|Toesca]] * [[Parque O'Higgins metro station|Parque O'Higgins]] * [[Rondizzoni metro station|Rondizzoni]] * '''[[Franklin metro station|Franklin]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * [[El Llano metro station|El Llano]] * [[San Miguel metro station|San Miguel]] * [[Lo Vial metro station|Lo Vial]] * [[Departamental metro station|Departamental]] * [[Ciudad del Niño metro station|Ciudad del Niño]] * [[Lo Ovalle metro station|Lo Ovalle]] * [[El Parrón metro station|El Parrón]] * '''[[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4A.svg|15px]] * [[El Bosque metro station|El Bosque]] * [[Observatorio metro station (Santiago)|Observatorio]] * [[Copa Lo Martínez metro station|Copa Lo Martínez]] * [[Hospital El Pino metro station|Hospital El Pino]] |valign=top| * [[Plaza Quilicura metro station|Plaza Quilicura]] * [[Lo Cruzat metro station|Lo Cruzat]] * [[Ferrocarril metro station|Ferrocarril]] * [[Los Libertadores metro station|Los Libertadores]] * [[Cardenal Caro metro station|Cardenal Caro]] * [[Vivaceta metro station|Vivaceta]] * [[Conchalí metro station|Conchalí]] * [[Plaza Chacabuco metro station|Plaza Chacabuco]] * [[Hospitales metro station (Santiago)|Hospitales]] * '''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * '''[[Plaza de Armas metro station|Plaza de Armas]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * '''[[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * [[Parque Almagro metro station|Parque Almagro]] * '''[[Matta metro station|Matta]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * '''[[Irarrázaval metro station|Irarrázaval]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * [[Monseñor Eyzaguirre metro station|Monseñor Eyzaguirre]] * '''[[Ñuñoa metro station|Ñuñoa]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * '''[[Chile España metro station|Chile España]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|15px]] * [[Villa Frei metro station|Villa Frei]] * '''[[Plaza Egaña metro station|Plaza Egaña]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] * [[Fernando Castillo Velasco metro station|Fernando Castillo Velasco]] |valign=top| * '''[[Tobalaba metro station|Tobalaba]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * [[Cristóbal Colón metro station|Cristóbal Colón]] * [[Francisco Bilbao metro station|Francisco Bilbao]] * [[Príncipe de Gales metro station|Príncipe de Gales]] * [[Simón Bolívar metro station (Santiago)|Simón Bolívar]] * '''[[Plaza Egaña metro station|Plaza Egaña]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * [[Los Orientales metro station|Los Orientales]] * [[Grecia metro station|Grecia]] * [[Los Presidentes metro station|Los Presidentes]] * [[Quilín metro station|Quilín]] * [[Las Torres metro station|Las Torres]] * '''[[Macul metro station|Macul]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|15px]] * '''[[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4A.svg|15px]] * '''[[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * [[Rojas Magallanes metro station|Rojas Magallanes]] * [[Trinidad metro station|Trinidad]] * [[San José de la Estrella metro station|San José de la Estrella]] * [[Los Quillayes metro station|Los Quillayes]] * [[Elisa Correa metro station|Elisa Correa]] * [[Hospital Sótero del Río metro station|Hospital Sótero del Río]] * [[Protectora de la Infancia metro station|Protectora de la Infancia]] * [[Las Mercedes metro station|Las Mercedes]] * '''[[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] |valign=top| * '''[[La Cisterna metro station|La Cisterna]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] * [[San Ramón metro station|San Ramón]] * '''[[Santa Rosa metro station (Santiago)|Santa Rosa]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * [[La Granja metro station (Santiago)|La Granja]] * [[Santa Julia metro station|Santa Julia]] * '''[[Vicuña Mackenna metro station|Vicuña Mackenna]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] |valign=top| * [[Plaza de Maipú metro station|Plaza de Maipú]] * [[Santiago Bueras metro station|Santiago Bueras]] * [[Del Sol metro station|Del Sol]] * [[Monte Tabor metro station|Monte Tabor]] * [[Las Parcelas metro station|Las Parcelas]] * [[Laguna Sur metro station|Laguna Sur]] * [[Barrancas metro station|Barrancas]] * [[Pudahuel metro station|Pudahuel]] * '''[[San Pablo metro station|San Pablo]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * [[Lo Prado metro station|Lo Prado]] * [[Blanqueado metro station|Blanqueado]] * [[Gruta de Lourdes metro station|Gruta de Lourdes]] * [[Quinta Normal metro station|Quinta Normal]] * [[Cumming metro station|Cumming]] * '''[[Santa Ana metro station|Santa Ana]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] * '''[[Plaza de Armas metro station|Plaza de Armas]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * [[Bellas Artes metro station (Santiago)|Bellas Artes]] * '''[[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] * [[Parque Bustamante metro station|Parque Bustamante]] * [[Santa Isabel metro station|Santa Isabel]] * '''[[Irarrázaval metro station|Irarrázaval]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * '''[[Ñuble metro station|Ñuble]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * [[Rodrigo de Araya metro station|Rodrigo de Araya]] * [[Carlos Valdovinos metro station|Carlos Valdovinos]] * [[Camino Agrícola metro station|Camino Agrícola]] * [[San Joaquín metro station (Santiago)|San Joaquín]] * [[Pedrero metro station|Pedrero]] * [[Mirador metro station|Mirador]] * [[Bellavista de La Florida metro station|Bellavista de La Florida]] * '''[[Vicente Valdés metro station|Vicente Valdés]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] |valign=top| * [[Lo Errázuriz metro station|Lo Errázuriz ]] * [[Cerrillos metro station|Cerrillos]] * [[Lo Valledor metro station|Lo Valledor]] * [[Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda metro station|Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda]] * '''[[Franklin metro station|Franklin]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] * '''[[Bío Bío metro station|Bío Bío]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * '''[[Ñuble metro station|Ñuble]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * [[Estadio Nacional metro station|Estadio Nacional]] * '''[[Ñuñoa metro station|Ñuñoa]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * [[Inés de Suárez metro station|Inés de Suárez]] * '''[[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|15px]] * '''[[Isidora Goyenechea metro station|Isidora Goyenechea]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] |valign=top| * [[Brasil metro station|Brasil]] * [[Infante metro station|Infante]] * [[Salvador Gutiérrez metro station|Salvador Gutiérrez]] * '''[[Huelén metro station|Huelén]]''' [[File:Linea A Metro de Santiago.png|16px]] * [[Cerro Navia metro station|Cerro Navia]] * [[Radal metro station|Radal]] * [[Walker Martínez metro station|Walker Martínez]] * [[Matucana metro station|Matucana]] * [[Mapocho metro station|Mapocho]] * '''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px]] * '''[[Baquedano metro station|Baquedano]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] * '''[[Pedro de Valdivia metro station|Pedro de Valdivia]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * '''[[Isidora Goyenechea metro station|Isidora Goyenechea]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * [[Vitacura metro station|Vitacura]] * [[Vespucio metro station|Vespucio]] * [[Parque Araucano metro station|Parque Araucano]] * [[Gerónimo de Alderete metro station|Gerónimo de Alderete]] * [[Padre Hurtado metro station|Padre Hurtado]] * [[Estoril metro station|Estoril]] |valign=top| * '''[[Los Leones metro station|Los Leones]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * [[Eliodoro Yañez metro station|Eliodoro Yañez]] * [[Diagonal Oriente metro station|Diagonal Oriente]] *'''[[Chile España metro station|Chile España]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * [[José Pedro Alessandri metro station|José Pedro Alessandri]] * [[Los Olmos metro station|Los Olmos]] * [[Vicente Huidobro metro station|Vicente Huidobro]] * [[Dr. Amador Neghme metro station|Dr. Amador Neghme]] *'''[[Macul metro station|Macul]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] * [[La Florida metro station|La Florida]] * [[Rojas Magallanes Oriente metro station|Rojas Magallanes Oriente]] * [[Camilo Henriquez metro station|Camilo Henriquez]] * [[Diego Portales metro station|Diego Portales]] * [[El Peral metro station|El Peral]] |valign=top| * '''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px]] * '''[[Santa Lucía metro station (Santiago)|Santa Lucía]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] * '''[[Matta metro station|Matta]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L3.svg|15px]] * [[Maule metro station|Maule]] *'''[[Bío Bío metro station|Bío Bío]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|15px]] * [[La Legua metro station|La Legua]] * [[Llico metro station|Llico]] * [[Sebastopol metro station|Sebastopol]] * [[Linares metro station|Linares]] *'''[[Santa Rosa metro station (Santiago)|Santa Rosa]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4A.svg|15px]] * [[Hospital Padre Hurtado metro station|Hospital Padre Hurtado]] * [[La Pintana metro station|La Pintana]] * [[Lo Martínez Oriente metro station|Lo Martínez Oriente]] * [[Gabriela metro station|Gabriela]] * [[La Primavera metro station|La Primavera]] * [[Eyzaguirre metro station|Eyzaguirre]] * [[Bajos de Mena metro station|Bajos de Mena]] * [[Ejército Libertador metro station|Ejército Libertador]] * '''[[Plaza de Puente Alto metro station|Plaza de Puente Alto]]''' [[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|15px]] |}

== MetroArte == The Santiago Metro incorporates 73 public artworks in its stations through the [[MetroArte]] fundation. [[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile]] features ''Memoria visual de una nación'' ("Visual Memory of a Nation"), a 1,200 square-meters mural created by Chilean painter [[Mario Toral]] and represents the history of the country. Other pieces of art are in Baquedano (featuring modern art and a concert space), Bellas Artes (multimedia art), Santa Lucía ([[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[azulejo]]s, a gift made by the [[Lisbon Metro]]), La Moneda (with realistic painting representing typical landscape), and various other stations.

File:Toral, Mario -Metro U Chile (W) -Tributo a nuestro oceano -f02.jpg|''Memoria visual de una nación'' at [[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile]] by Mario Toral. File:Verbo América.jpg|'''Verbo América'', mural by [[Roberto Matta]] File:Constelación II, Pablo McClure.jpg|''Constelación II'' by Pablo McClure File:M Pza Armas -Aguirre, Alicia -Mural escultorico del cobre f01.jpg|''Mural escultórico del cobre'' by Elisa Aguirre

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== Station amenities == A diverse array of services are provided within each Metro station. Ticket offices, public telephones and metro-network information panels exist in every station; ''Redbanc'', [[Cirrus (interbank network)|''Cirrus'']] and [[Plus (interbank network)|''Plus'']]-enabled ATMs, typically provided by either the [[Banco de Chile]] company or the [[Banco del Estado de Chile|BancoEstado]] national bank, are common. Automatic recharge machines are also common, with all such machines charging a customer's ''Bip!'' card with either cash deposits or a ''Redbanc''-enabled card. In higher-traffic stations, there are screens that display MetroTV, featuring additional system information as well as music videos and short news segments.

Some 21 of the busiest stations contain a branch of [[Bibliometro]], a system of lending libraries supported by the national Department of Libraries, Archives and Museums (Dibam). A Chilean ID or foreign passport allows any Metro customer to freely borrow from a reserve of books and other literature, but a registration is needed first.

Customers may rent a parking space for their bicycles through the ''Bicimetro'' network, which opened in 2008 at six stations and is slowly expanding, for a starting cost of $300 (approximately US$0.50) a day. There are weekly and monthly rental services too, that guarantee a fixed space for the bike (contrary to the daily rent which relies on random free-space).

Most underground Metro stations contain at least one shop or convenience store, with large line-transfer stations such as ''Baquedano'' featuring several food vendors and retailers, and even a small underground "shopping center" in ''Universidad de Chile''.

=== Security and safety ===

Various private security agencies have day-to-day responsibility for maintaining order in the metro and deterring petty crime or attempts to board without paying. The largest transfer stations, such as [[Tobalaba metro station|Tobalaba]], also feature depots of the [[Carabineros de Chile]], the national military police force. Metro staff man the ticket counters in closed box offices and distribute tickets and money through small transaction windows.

Signage to advise customers of safety hazards is extensive, and each platform has a painted yellow line which customers are advised to not cross except to board a train. During rush hour, Metro staff line the platform edge to keep people from being crowded off the platform and to support disabled customers. There is no physical barrier between the edge and the tracks (with the exception of recently opened Lines 3 and 6), including the hazardous, electrified [[third rail]]. However, lines 3 and 6 use [[overhead line]]s as the powersource of the trains.

Metro travelers are advised to keep a close guard on their belongings, as petty or opportunistic theft is somewhat of a problem in lines that connect some districts to the center of Santiago.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/Chile/Region_Metropolitana_de_Santiago/Santiago-1558248/Warnings_or_Dangers-Santiago-TG-C-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216075422/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/Chile/Region_Metropolitana_de_Santiago/Santiago-1558248/Warnings_or_Dangers-Santiago-TG-C-2.html |archive-date=2013-12-16 |title=39 Tips on Santiago Warnings or Dangers - Stay Safe! - Page 2}}</ref> This is most apparent with passengers who reverse their backpacks so that the bag is across the stomach, to ensure that no one can pilfer the pockets out of sight.

== Pricing and working hours == Metro is part of [[Red Metropolitana de Movilidad]], the integrated public transport system that serves the capital using also feeder and main bus routes. Red works with an integrated fare system, which allows passengers to make bus-bus or bus-metro transfers on a two-hour time limit from the first trip (maximum of two changes) using a [[contactless smart card]] called [[Tarjeta bip!]]. Bus-to-bus, metro-to-bus and metro-to-train transfers do not cost extra. Bus-to-metro transfers costs [[Chilean peso|$]]20 (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]0.03) during ''Horario Valle'' ([[low-use hours]]) and [[Chilean peso|$]]80 (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]0.12) during ''Horario Punta'' ([[rush hour]]).

Bip! cards are available in all the ticketing offices in every station at a cost of [[Chilean peso|$]]1,550 (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]2.23), with a minimum first charge of [[Chilean peso|$]]1000 worth of credit (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]1.41). Tickets are sold from 6:00 to 23:00 Monday to Friday, 6:30 to 23:00 on Saturdays, and 8:00 to 22:30 on Sundays and holidays. Cards can be topped up to $20000, and the credit only expires if the card it is not used in two years.

Metro also used to sell single-trip, Metro-use only tickets, but they went out of circulation in early 2017. Fares depended on the time of the use of the system. The cost of a ticket in the ''Horario Punta'' ([[rush hour]], 7:00–8:59 and 18:00–19:59) was [[Chilean peso|$]]700 (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]1.01); in the ''Horario Valle'' (off-peak hours, 6:30–6:59, 9:00–18:00, 20:00–20:44, and all day on weekends and holidays) was $640 (approximately US$0.90); and in the ''Horario Bajo'' (low-use hours, 6:00–6:29 and 20:45–23:00) was $590 (approximately US$0.85).

Senior citizens (65 and older) and students holding concession cards pay $200 (US$0.28). Senior concession fare does not apply during rush hours.<ref name="Metro de Santiago">{{cite web|title=Metro de Santiago Price List|url=http://www.metrosantiago.cl/guia-viajero/tarifas/en|access-date=10 October 2014|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020065953/http://www.metrosantiago.cl/guia-viajero/tarifas/en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On weekdays, the metro operates from 5.35 am until 12.08 am, while on Saturdays it operates from 6.30 am until 12.08 am and on Sundays and public holidays the metro operates from 8 am (Line 1 from 9 am) until 11.48 pm. However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Chile|COVID-19 pandemic]], operating hours have varied in accordance with national curfew. (warning: stations close earlier - see [http://www.metrosantiago.cl/guia-viajero/horarios timetable])

== See also == * [[List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership]] * [[List of metro systems]] * [[Rail transport in Chile]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* Chastain, Andra B. (2024). ''Chile Underground: The Santiago Metro and the Struggle for a Rational City''. Yale University Press.

== External links == {{Commons category|Santiago Metro}} *{{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|en}} [https://www.metrolinemap.com/metro/santiago/ Santiago Metro Map] *{{in lang|es|ru}} [http://trackmap.ru/img/tm_santiago.png Santiago Metro Track Map] *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tarjetabip.cl/ Tarjeta Bip!] *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.transantiago.cl Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002065823/http://transantiago.cl/ |date=2019-10-02 }} *{{in lang|es}} [[:es:Metro de Santiago|Santiago Metro in Wikipedia in Spanish]]

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