Santiago Metro Line 2

Santiago Metro Line 2
Santiago Metro Line 2
	Vespucio Norte-bound train on the median of the Route 5 (Pan-American Highway)
Overview
Status	Active
Owner	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Locale	Santiago, Chile
Termini	Vespucio Norte; La Cisterna
Stations	22 (+ 4 under construction)
Service
Type	Rubber-tyred metro
System	Santiago Metro
Services	1
Operator(s)	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Depot(s)	Near Lo Ovalle
Rolling stock	Alstom and
Daily ridership	325,400 (2015)
History
Opened	March 31, 1978
Technical
Track length	19.3 km (12.0 mi)
Character	Open-cut at Santa Ana, Toesca and Rondizzoni; Raised Embankment at Parque O'Higgins; Viaduct just outside Parque O'Higgins; The rest of the line is underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail
Operating speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
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Santiago Metro Line 2 is one of the seven rapid transit lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 22 stations and 20.7 km of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Los Héroes, with the Line 3 at Puente Cal y Canto, with Line 4A at La Cisterna, with Line 5 at Santa Ana, and Line 6 at Franklin. It will also intersect with the future Line 7 at Puente Cal y Canto. Its distinctive colour on the network map is banana yellow.

In 2015, Line 2 accounted for 18.8% of all trips made on the metro with a daily ridership of 325,400.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The first section on Line 2 opened to the public on March 31, 1978^[1] running between Los Héroes and Franklin. Later the same year, in December, the next section opened running between Franklin and Lo Ovalle.

Plans for an extension southeast towards Rodrigo de Araya were postponed after a major earthquake in 1985; in fact, only two stations opened separately at the line's northern end in 1987 (Santa Ana and Puente Cal y Canto). Two decades later, with a change of plans, it was decided that Line 2 would continue northwards instead of southeast, owing to recent availability of Tunnel Boring Machines, and on September 8, 2004, two further stations opened to the north, Patronato and Cerro Blanco. These stations marked a new feat in Santiago and overall Chilean engineering by building under the Mapocho River and the Costanera Norte freeway. That year, the line was also extended to the south with the opening of El Parrón and La Cisterna.^{[citation needed]}

Another section opened in the north on November 25, 2005, running from Cerro Blanco station to Einstein station.^{[citation needed]} Finally, on December 22, 2006,^{[citation needed]} the three most recent stations opened: Vespucio Norte, Zapadores and Dorsal.

On October 26, 2009, the express service began to run on Line 2, stopping at certain stations only at peak times, allowing for faster journeys.^{[citation needed]}

On November 2, 2017, line 6 opened to the public, intersecting line 2 with line 6 at Franklin.^{[citation needed]}

On July 30, 2019, the construction of a southward extension began, where 4 new stations will be added; the extension will be operational by 2023,^[2] enabling the metro to serve El Bosque and San Bernando, specifically the El Pino hospital in the latter.^[3]

In October 2019, a series of protests resulted in damage to the metro network. Line 2 was closed because of a fire in the mezzanine of Vesupcio Norte on October 18, which resulted in moderate damage; a few other stations on Line 2 suffered minor damage. Service on the line was partly restored on October 25 with trains running express between La Cisterna and Zapadores. Full service was restored to Line 2 on November 11.^{[citation needed]} The protests didn't affect the works on the southward extension to San Bernardo.^{[citation needed]}

Communes served by Line 2[]

This line serves the following communes from North to South:

Huechuraba (Indirectly)
Recoleta
Independencia
Santiago
San Miguel
La Cisterna
El Bosque (2023)
San Bernardo (2023)

Tren Expreso (Express Service)[]

The express service^[4] works during peak hours and allows trains to stop at alternate stations, reducing the number of stops and the duration of journeys. The stations on the line are divided into “green route” stations, “red route” stations and “common” stations (Spanish: estación común), where all trains stop and allow passengers to switch between red and green routes. The express service works from Monday to Friday, between 6am - 9am and 6pm - 9pm.

Red Route Stations []

Green Route Stations[]

Common Stations[]

There are 8 stations where both red and green route trains stop. They are the busiest stations and give commuters the chance to change between routes.

Stations[]

Line 2 stations from east to west are:

Stations	Location	Opening	Commune	Notes
Vespucio Norte	Av. Americo Vespucio Norte/Principal Ignacio Carrera Pinto	December 21, 2006	Huechuraba/Recoleta
Zapadores	Av. Recoleta/Av. Zapadores	December 21, 2006	Recoleta
Dorsal	Av. Recoleta/Av. Dorsal	December 21, 2006	Recoleta
Einstein	Av. Recoleta/Av. Einstein	November 25, 2005	Recoleta
Cementerios	Av. Recoleta/Av. Arzobispo Valdivieso	November 25, 2005	Recoleta
Cerro Blanco	Av. Recoleta/Av. Santos Dumont	September 8, 2004	Recoleta
Patronato	Av. Recoleta/Av. Santa Filomena	September 8, 2004	Recoleta
Puente Cal y Canto	Bandera/Av. Balmaceda	September 15, 1987	Independencia/Recoleta/Santiago	This station will be a future transfer with the planned line in 2026
Santa Ana	Av. Manuel Rodriguez/Catedral	September 15, 1987	Santiago
Los Héroes	Av. Manuel Rodriguez/Av. Lib. Bdo. O'Higgins	March 31, 1978	Santiago
Toesca	Av. Presidente Jorge Alessandri/Toesca	March 31, 1978	Santiago
Parque O'Higgins	Av. Presidente Jorge Alessandri/Av. Manuel Antonio Matta	March 31, 1978	Santiago
Rondizzoni	Av. Presidente Jorge Alessandri/Av. Rondizzoni	March 31, 1978	Santiago
Franklin	Placer/Av. Nataniel Cox	March 31, 1978	Santiago/San Miguel
El Llano	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Av. José Joaquín Vallejos	December 21, 1978	San Miguel
San Miguel	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Curiñanca	December 21, 1978	San Miguel
Lo Vial	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Av. Blanco Viel	December 21, 1978	San Miguel
Departamental	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Carlos Edwards	December 21, 1978	San Miguel
Ciudad del Niño	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Varas Mena	December 21, 1978	San Miguel
Lo Ovalle	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Carvajal	December 21, 1978	La Cisterna
El Parrón	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Av. El Parrón	December 22, 2004	La Cisterna
La Cisterna	Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera/Av. Américo Vespucio Sur	December 22, 2004	La Cisterna
El Bosque	Av. Padre Hurtado/Riquelme	2023	La Cisterna/El Bosque
Observatorio	Av. Padre Hurtado/Av. Observatorio	2023	El Bosque
Copa Lo Martínez	Av. Padre Hurtado/Av. Lo Martínez	2023	El Bosque
El Pino	Av. Padre Hurtado/Av. Lo Blanco	2023	El Bosque/San Bernardo

Los Héroes metro station on a busy day

Line 2 data sheet[]

Terminal Communes: Recoleta – La Cisterna
Track:
- Americo Vespucio Avenue: 1 Station
- Recoleta Avenue: 6 stations
- Puente Cal y Canto, Puente Pedestrian Street: 1 station
- Manuel Rodríguez Avenue: 2 stations
- President Jorge Alessandri Avenue: 3 stations
- : 9 stations
- Padre Hurtado Avenue: 4 stations
Construction methods:
- Hospital El Pino - Franklin: Underground.
- Rondizzoni: Trench
- Parque O'Higgins: Raised embankment.
- North of Parque O'Higgins: Viaduct.
- Toesca: Trench.
- Los Héroes: Underground.
- Santa Ana: Trench.
- Puente Cal y Canto - Vespucio Norte: Underground.
Opening dates:
- Los Héroes– Franklin: March 1978
- Franklin – Lo Ovalle: December 1978
- Los Héroes - Puente Cal y Canto: September 1987
- Puente Cal y Canto – Cerro Blanco: September 2004
- Lo Ovalle – La Cisterna: December 2004
- Cerro Blanco – Einstein: November 2005
- Einstein – Vespucio Norte : December 2006
- La Cisterna - Hospital El Pino: 2022

References[]

^ Santiago’s Metro History (Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 20, 2013
^ Reconstrucción de Metro obliga a estatal a aplazar un año nuevas líneas
^ Piñera inauguró obras de extensión de Línea 2 que llevarán Metro a El Bosque y San Bernardo
^ Guide to the Line 2's express service(Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved 20 April 2013

External links[]

(in Spanish) Metro S.A.
(in English) UrbanRail.net/Santiago
(in Spanish and Russian) Santiago Metro Map
(in Spanish) Tarjeta Bip! contactless cards
(in Spanish) Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago
(in Spanish) Santiago Metro in Wikipedia in Spanish

[1] Santiago’s Metro History (Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved April 20, 2013

[2] Reconstrucción de Metro obliga a estatal a aplazar un año nuevas líneas

[3] Piñera inauguró obras de extensión de Línea 2 que llevarán Metro a El Bosque y San Bernardo

[4] Guide to the Line 2's express service(Spanish) www.metrosantiago.cl Retrieved 20 April 2013

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