{{Short description|Santiago metro station}} {{Infobox station | name = San Pablo | type = [[Santiago Metro|Santiago]] [[rapid transit]] | style = Santiago Metro | symbol_location = santiago | symbol = metro | symbol2 = 1 | symbol3 = 5 | image = Estación San Pablo, Metro de Santiago.JPG | image_caption = San Pablo station on the Line 5. | address = [[San Pablo Avenue (Chile)|San Pablo Avenue]] / Neptuno Avenue | coordinates = {{coord|33|26|43.11|S|70|43|23.30|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | line = [[Image:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px]] [[Metro de Santiago#Stations|Line 1]] <br> [[Image:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px]] [[Metro de Santiago#Stations|Line 5]] | other = Buses of [[Red Metropolitana de Movilidad]] | structure = Partly open-cut, partly underground ([[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 1]])<br>Underground ([[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 5]]) | platform = [[Side platform]]s on [[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 1]] and [[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 5]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 per line | parking = | bicycle = | baggage_check = | opened = 15 September 1975 ([[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 1]])<br>January 12, 2010 ([[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|15px|link= Santiago Metro Line 5]])<ref name="metro">{{cite web| url=http://www.metrosantiago.cl/corporativo/historia| title=Historia de Metro| trans-title=Metro History| website=Metro de Santiago| date=2009}}</ref> | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = yes | code = | owned = | zone = | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=STGO |line1=Line 1|right1=Neptuno |line2=Line 5|left2=Pudahuel|right2=Lo Prado }} | map_locator = | web = }}
'''San Pablo''' is a [[rapid transit]] [[interchange station|complex]] in the [[Santiago Metro]], located in [[Lo Prado, Chile|Lo Prado]]. The station serves [[Santiago Metro Line 1|Line 1]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 5|Line 5]], being the western terminus of the former.
Opening on 15 September 1975 for the Line 1, as part of the inaugural section of the line between San Pablo and [[La Moneda metro station|La Moneda]], San Pablo is one of the oldest stations in the system.<ref name="urbanrail">{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title= Santiago |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/sant/santiago.htm |publisher=urbanrail}}</ref> The Line 1 platforms are the only ones in the network that are located partly at surface level and partly underground. The Line 5 station was opened on 12 January 2010 as part of the extension of the line from [[Quinta Normal metro station|Quinta Normal]] to [[Pudahuel metro station|Pudahuel]].<ref name="urbanrail"/>
On October 19, 2019, in the framework of [[2019 Chilean protests|the protests in Chile]], the station corresponding to line 1 suffered a fire that severely charred it, including an NS-2007 that was parked on the platforms. The station for line 5 was reopened on December 30, 2019, while the station for line 1 was reopened on July 25, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 25, 2020 |title= Metro abre estaciones San Pablo y Neptuno de la Línea 1, cerradas desde el 18-O |url=https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/metro-abre-estaciones-san-pablo-y-neptuno-de-la-linea-1-cerradas-desde-el-18-o/CFNLJWIGZNG4LFJV3VKHGAZNVI/ |publisher=La Tercera}}</ref>
On July 10, 2025, work began on the installation of platform screen doors at the station on the Line 1 platform.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Thomson N. |first=Javier |date=2025-07-10 |title=Metro inició instalación de puertas de andén en Línea 1 y advierte que “podría generar mayores tiempos de traslado” |url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/metro-inicio-instalacion-puertas-anden-linea-1-10-7-2025 |access-date=2026-01-25 |work=[[Teletrece|T13]] |language=Spanish}}</ref> By December 21, 2025, the first door was in place, marking the start of the installation process. The first screen door platform at this station is scheduled to open in January 2026.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Donat Sandoval |first=Gustavo |date=2025-12-21 |title=Instalan primera puerta de andén en estación San Pablo del Metro de Santiago: estará listo en 2026 |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2025/12/21/instalan-primera-puerta-de-anden-en-estacion-san-pablo-del-metro-de-santiago-estara-listo-en-2026.shtml |access-date=2026-01-25 |work=[[Radio Bío-Bío]] |language=Spanish}}</ref> This is the first station where work is underway for this project,<ref name=":0" /> with the expectation that the entire Line 1 will have platform screen doors by 2028.<ref name=":1" />
==Etymology== The station is near the San Pablo avenue, which was the main road to [[Valparaíso]] prior to the opening of CH-68 freeway, giving its name. During the building the station was thought to be named in memoriam of folk singer-songwriter [[Violeta Parra]].
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{{Santiago Metro}}
[[Category:Santiago Metro stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Chile opened in 1975]] [[Category:Santiago Metro Line 1]] [[Category:Santiago Metro Line 5]] [[Category:Railway stations in Chile opened in 2010]]
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