Hospitales metro station

Hospitales
Santiago Metro station
Access to the station
Location	Independencia Avenue/Profesor Zañartu Avenue
Coordinates	33°25′05″S 70°39′21″W / 33.41806°S 70.65583°W / -33.41806; -70.65583Coordinates: 33°25′05″S 70°39′21″W / 33.41806°S 70.65583°W / -33.41806; -70.65583
Line(s)	Line 3
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Transantiago buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	22 January 2019[1][2]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station Plaza Chacabuco toward Los Libertadores Line 3 Puente Cal y Canto toward Fernando Castillo Velasco

Hospitales is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Plaza Chacabuco and Puente Cal y Canto stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Profesor Zañartu 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.^[3]

Etymology[]

Station platform

The name is due to the fact that near where the station is located are the Hospital Clínico of the University of Chile (formerly José Joaquín Aguirre), San José and Roberto del Río, as well as the National Cancer Institute. In addition, the station is adjacent to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile. The façades of the San José Hospital, the José Joaquín Aguirre Hospital and the National Cancer Institute are presented in the pictogram representing the station.

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External links[]

• Metro de Santiago website (in Spanish)