Santiago Metro Line 3

{{Infobox rail line | name = Santiago Metro Line 3 | color = 8B4513 | logo = Santiago de Chile L3.svg | logo_width = 50px | logo_alt = | image = Santiago Metro logo.png | image_width = 200 | image_alt = | caption = | type = [[Rapid transit]] | system = [[Santiago Metro]], [[Red Metropolitana de Movilidad]] | status = | locale = | start = [[Plaza Quilicura metro station|Plaza Quilicura]] (current) | end = [[Fernando Castillo Velasco metro station|Fernando Castillo Velasco]] | stations = 21 | daily_ridership = | open = {{Start date and age| 22 January 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2019/01/15/934400/Ministra-de-Transporte-confirma-que-Linea-3-abrira-sus-puertas-el-proximo-martes-22-de-enero.html |title=Ministra de Transportes confirma que Línea 3 del Metro abrirá sus puertas el próximo martes 22 de enero |work=EMOL |date=15 January 2019 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref> | lastextension = 2023 | close = | owner = Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A. | operator = Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A. | character = Underground | depot = Near Los Libertadores | stock = [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] {{ill|AS 2014|es|AS-2014}} | linelength = {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} | tracks = | gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | electrification = 750 V DC [[overhead line|overhead catenary]] | speed = | elevation = | map = {{Santiago Metro Line 3}} | map_name = | map_state = collapsed }} '''Line 3''' is a [[rapid transit]] line of the [[Santiago Metro]]. Traveling from [[La Reina, Chile|La Reina]] in the [[northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile|east]] towards the [[Santiago (commune)|center]], and [[Quilicura]] in the North, Line 3 was originally intended to open in the late 1980s, but the [[1985 Algarrobo Earthquake]] hampered its construction, and a subsequent urban explosion in [[Puente Alto]] and [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]] (in the far southeast and mid-southwest respectively) further put its construction on hold, until in the early 2010s construction started. The first phase of the project includes 18 stations, which were completed and opened to the public on 22 January 2019 at a cost of US$1.79 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2019/01/15/934400/Ministra-de-Transporte-confirma-que-Linea-3-abrira-sus-puertas-el-proximo-martes-22-de-enero.html |title=Ministra de Transportes confirma que Línea 3 del Metro abrirá sus puertas el próximo martes 22 de enero |work=EMOL |date=15 January 2019 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newman |first=Ian Thomson |date=2017-12-01 |title=Chilean capital's metro network enters an era of expansion: Santiago is already home to South America's most extensive metro, and with two new lines nearing completion and a third planned, the network is set to expand to eight lines totalling 174km |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=07445326&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA523062214&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=International Railway Journal |language=English |volume=57 |issue=12 |pages=24–27}}</ref> The second phase, composed of a three-station extension towards the main square of Quilicura, which was inaugurated on September 25, 2023 with a total project cost of US$378 million.<ref>{{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><ref>{{cite web |last=International |first=Metro Report |date=2023-10-17 |title=Santiago metro Line 3 reaches Plaza Quilicura |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/santiago-metro-line-3-reaches-plaza-quilicura/65119.article |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> Its distinctive color on the network line map is [[Chocolate (color)|chocolate brown]].

==History== [[File:Mapa proyectado 1987.jpg|thumb|250px|Projected map of Line 3 as planned for 1987]]

Line 3 was initially planned for construction after Lines [[Santiago Metro Line 1|1]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 2|2]] but the [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake]] near Santiago<ref>[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1985_03_03.php Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 1985 March 03 22:47:07 UTC Magnitude 7.8] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ Abridged from Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 17, Number 5, Sep-Oct 1985. Retrieved April May 7, 2013</ref> meant work on the new line had to be postponed so that the resources could be used to rebuild the damage caused by the earthquake. In the 1990s, Santiago's transportation needs changed dramatically with a population explosion in the south of the city, especially the [[Communes of Chile|communes]] of [[La Florida, Chile]] and [[Puente Alto]], and the plans for Line 3 were postponed again in favour of [[Santiago Metro Line 5|Line 5]], [[Santiago Metro Line 4|Line 4]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 4A|Line 4A]] in the south.

Despite this, there are pockets of Line 3 works hidden around Santiago, such as the [[Ghost Station]] under [[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto station]], located to the east of the line 2 side of the station, where works were carried out for years.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HHwTMBggus hidden camera of a TV show in the station of line 3 never finished] www.youtube.com Retrieved April 2013</ref>

In 2010, another new line was announced, [[Santiago Metro Line 6|Line 6]],<ref>[http://www.metrosantiago.cl/minisitio/linea-3-y-6/noticias/detalle/7e7e69ea3384874304911625ac34321c El Presidente Sebastián Piñera dio inicio a la construcción de Línea 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202045025/http://metrosantiago.cl/minisitio/linea-3-y-6/noticias/detalle/7e7e69ea3384874304911625ac34321c |date=2013-02-02 }} www.metrosantiago.cl September 13, 2012 Retrieved April 7, 2013</ref> which once again saw the construction of Line 3 pushed back. Criticism of this delay led finally to the announcement of a new Line 3 construction project by the Chilean government on October 5, 2010. An initial length of track and 18 stations were announced in July 2011,<ref>[http://www.metrosantiago.cl/minisitio/linea-3-y-6/trazado-linea-3 Video trazado de Línea 3] Line 3 Track before adding Hospital Militar station retrieved April 7, 2013</ref> with an extension of {{Cvt|1.7|km}} announced in May 2012, connecting to an extra station at the Military Hospital. This will provide access to the hospital itself, to [[Eulogio Sánchez Airport]] (better known as Tobalaba Airfield), and to the commune of [[La Reina]], and close to [[Peñalolén]].<ref>[http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/estas-son-las-ubicaciones-de-las-nuevas-estaciones-de-la-lineas-3-y-6-del-metro/xIQkgm!RVx3lzdqy7OB2/ “Estas son las ubicaciones de las nuevas estaciones de la líneas 3 y 6 del Metro”] www.publimetro.cl July 13, 2011</ref> Line 3 connects with all Santiago Metro lines except for [[Santiago Metro Line 4A|Line 4A]]. It connects with [[Santiago Metro Line 1|Line 1]] at [[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile station]], with [[Santiago Metro Line 2|Line 2]] and the future Line 7 at [[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto station]], with [[Santiago Metro Line 4|Line 4]] at [[Plaza Egaña metro station|Plaza Egaña station]] and with [[Santiago Metro Line 5|Line 5]] at [[Plaza de Armas metro station|Plaza de Armas station]] and [[Irarrázaval metro station|Irarrázaval station]]. It also connects with [[Santiago Metro Line 6|Line 6]] at [[Ñuñoa metro station|Ñuñoa station]] once Line 3.

Three more stations are scheduled to be open in 2023,<ref>[https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/reconstruccion-metro-obliga-estatal-aplazar-ano-nuevas-lineas/919600/ Reconstrucción de Metro obliga a estatal a aplazar un año nuevas líneas]</ref> in the commune of [[Quilicura]] on the north; however, the expansion to Hospital Militar in [[La Reina]] was again dismissed. On January 22, the president Piñera announced that the Hospital Militar station will be constructed after the [[Santiago Metro Line 7|Lines 7]], [[Santiago Metro Line 8|8]] and [[Santiago Metro Line 9|9]], are completed in 2028.

===Innovations=== Line 3 complies with high security and passenger comfort standards. The new security measures include cameras inside the trains, an [[Overhead line|overhead]] (catenary) electric transmission line, [[automatic train operation]], [[platform screen doors]], air conditioning in the trains and connections with suburban trains.

Although Line 3 did not suffer any damage in the [[2019 Chilean protests|October 2019 protests]] (with the exception of Cardenal Caro, which suffered minor damage), Line 3 was nonetheless closed on the weekend of October 18, 2019, due to security issues. Service on Line 3 was partially resumed on October 23, with full service to all stations being established in 2020.

==[[Communes of Chile|Communes]] served by Line 3==

Line 3 serves the following Santiago communes from north to east: * [[Quilicura]] * [[Huechuraba]] (Indirectly) * [[Conchalí]] * [[Independencia, Chile|Independencia]] * [[Recoleta, Chile|Recoleta]] (Indirectly) * [[Santiago (commune)|Santiago]] * [[Ñuñoa]] * [[La Reina]]

== Stations==

Line 3 stations, from west to east, are: {| class=wikitable |- !Station !Metro transfer !Address !Opened !Communes !Notes |- |[[Plaza Quilicura metro station|Plaza Quilicura]] | |Manuel Antonio Matta/Bernardo O'Higgins | rowspan="3" |25 September 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rockandpop.cl/2023/09/metro-de-santiago-filtran-fecha-de-inauguracion-de-extension-de-linea-3/ |title=Metro de Santiago filtran fecha de inauguración de extensión de Línea 3 |work=Rock and Pop |date=22 September 2023 |accessdate=22 September 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |[[Quilicura]] | |- |[[Lo Cruzat metro station|Lo Cruzat]] | |Manuel Antonio Matta/Lo Cruzat | |- |[[Ferrocarril metro station|Ferrocarril]] | |Av. Manuel Antonio Matta/Pasaje 4 | |- |[[Los Libertadores metro station|Los Libertadores]] | |Los Libertadores Freeway/San Pedro de Atacama Street | rowspan="18" |22 January 2019 |[[Quilicura]], [[Huechuraba]] and [[Conchalí]] | |- |[[Cardenal Caro metro station|Cardenal Caro]] | |Independencia/José María Caro Avenues | rowspan="3" |[[Conchalí]] | |- |[[Vivaceta metro station|Vivaceta]] | |Independencia/Zapadores Avenues | |- |[[Conchalí metro station|Conchalí]] | |Independencia/Dorsal Avenues | |- |[[Plaza Chacabuco metro station|Plaza Chacabuco]] | |Independencia Avenue/Julio Martínez Street | rowspan="2" |[[Independencia, Chile|Independencia]] | |- |[[Hospitales metro station (Santiago)|Hospitales]] | |Independencia Avenue/Bezanilla Street | |- |'''[[Puente Cal y Canto metro station|Puente Cal y Canto]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L2.svg|20px|link=Línea 2 del Metro de Santiago]] |Bandera/General Mackenna Streets | rowspan="5" |[[Santiago (commune)|Santiago]] |align=center|This station will be a transfer with line [[File:Santiago de Chile L7.svg|15px|link=Santiago Metro Line 7]] in 2028 and [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px|link=Santiago Metro Line 9]] in 2032 |- |'''[[Plaza de Armas metro station|Plaza de Armas]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|20px|link=Santiago Metro Line 5]] |Bandera/Catedral Streets | |- |'''[[Universidad de Chile metro station|Universidad de Chile]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L1.svg|20px|link=Santiago Metro Line 1]] |San Diego Street/[[Alameda (Santiago)|Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue]] | |- |[[Parque Almagro metro station|Parque Almagro]] | |San Diego Street/Santa Isabel Avenue | |- |'''[[Matta metro station|Matta]]''' | |Matta/Santa Rosa Avenues |align=center|This station will be a transfer with line [[File:Santiago de Chile L9.svg|15px|link=Santiago Metro Line 9]] in 2032 |- |'''[[Irarrázaval metro station|Irarrázaval]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L5.svg|20px|link=Santiago Metro Line 5]] |Grecia/General Bustamante Avenues | rowspan="5" |[[Ñuñoa]] | |- |[[Monseñor Eyzaguirre metro station|Monseñor Eyzaguirre]] | |Irarrázaval/Manuel Montt Avenues | |- |'''[[Ñuñoa metro station|Ñuñoa]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L6.svg|20px|link=Santiago Metro Line 6]] |Irarrázaval/[[Pedro de Valdivia Avenue]]s | |- |'''[[Chile España metro station|Chile España]]''' | |Irarrázaval/Chile España Avenues |align=center|This station will be a transfer with line [[File:Santiago de Chile L8.svg|15px|link=Santiago Metro Line 8]] in 2030 |- |[[Villa Frei metro station|Villa Frei]] | |Irarrázaval/Ramón Cruz Avenues | |- |'''[[Plaza Egaña metro station|Plaza Egaña]]''' |align=center|[[File:Santiago de Chile L4.svg|20px|link=Santiago Metro Line 4]] |Irarrázaval/[[Américo Vespucio Avenue|Ossa Avenues]] |[[Ñuñoa]], [[La Reina]] | |- |[[Fernando Castillo Velasco metro station|Fernando Castillo Velasco]] | |Larraín/Tobalaba Avenues |[[La Reina]] | |}

==Line 3 data sheet==

* '''Communes:''' ** [[Quilicura]] ** Conchalí ** Independencia ** Santiago ** Ñuñoa ** [[La Reina]] * '''Track:''' ** Manuel Antonio Matta Avenue (Quilicura): 3 stations ** Américo Vespucio Avenue: 1 station ** Independencia Avenue: 6 stations ** Bandera Avenue: 2 station ** San Diego Avenue: 1 stations ** Manuel Antonio Matta Avenue (Santiago): 1 station ** Irarrázaval Avenue: 6 stations ** Larraín Avenue: 1 stations * '''Construction Method:''' ** Underground * '''Opening Dates:''' ** 2019 (Los Libertadores - Fernando Castillo Velasco) ** 2023 (Los Libertadores - Plaza de Quilicura) * '''Rolling stock:''' [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]]-Thales [[AS-2014]]

== See also == *[[List of metro systems]] *[[Rail transport in Chile]] *[[Red Metropolitana de Movilidad]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Santiago Metro line 3}} *{{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 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]

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