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81-406: 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. In June 2017

162-753: 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 ( Portuguese azulejos , a gift made by the Lisbon Metro ), La Moneda (with realistic painting representing typical landscape), and various other stations. 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 and Plus -enabled ATMs, typically provided by either

243-513: A capacity of approximately 160 passengers, four double doors, 100% low floor, a length of 18.5 meters and a width of 2.5 meters. The engine is on the left side between the first and second axles (i.e., behind the driver) and has 340 hp . (More technical information can be found in the technical specifications of the Volvo B9SALF .) The Volvo B7RLE bus, with a capacity of approximately 80 passengers, has three double doors and low floor between

324-639: 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. On May 26, 2016, Metro announced

405-484: A period of up to 7 months. Damage costs are estimated at more than $ 300 million. Metro de Santiago indicated that it does not have insurance contracted for the infrastructure of the stations and trains. 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

486-423: 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 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 became the most populous commune in the country, thus the construction of a new line to supply that area

567-418: A transfer fare will have to be paid when transferring between a main bus service (or metro) and a local service. This transfer fare will be much smaller than the basic fares. As before, students will be allowed to pay reduced fares, at 35% of the normal ones. Fares will be adjusted periodically, according to the changes in the main input prices (fuel, etc.) of the operators. The way in which the fare adjustments

648-402: A viaduct on Vicuña Mackenna and going underground before reaching its southeastern terminus, 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 and Bellas Artes meant that all three at-the-time existing lines would be connected. With

729-531: Is a public transport system that serves Santiago , the capital of Chile . It is considered the most ambitious transport reform undertaken by a developing country according to the World Resources Institute . The system, largely influenced by Bogotá , Colombia 's TransMilenio and Curitiba , Brazil 's RIT , was introduced on February 10, 2007. It standardized bus routes and eliminated redundancy of same; redundancies were commonplace in

810-520: Is also the first in revenue service with platform safety barriers, followed by Line 3 opened in January 2019. In bold are transfer stations. In grey are stations projected or currently under construction. The Santiago Metro incorporates 73 public artworks in its stations through the MetroArte fundation. Universidad de Chile features Memoria visual de una nación ("Visual Memory of a Nation"),

891-484: Is calculated has been established in the operation contracts. Therefore, neither operators nor the authorities are able to change the fares at will. The main payment system of Transantiago is a Contactless smart card called Tarjeta Bip! similar to the Multivía card, which was previously operated by the metro. This card is used both in buses and metro as a prepaid card. The access to the reduced or free transfer fares

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972-487: Is generally held to be fast and dependable. Transantiago's first stage of implementation began on October 22, 2005, when a group of ten new companies took control of the capital's bus system, immediately introducing 1,181 new, modern low-floor buses (approximately half of them being articulated ) made by Volvo in Brazil , replacing 461 yellow-colored buses from the old system. The new buses will temporarily run alongside

1053-416: Is identified by a specific color. In this way, the color of the buses does not represent the zone covering the system as stipulated in the beginning and remained until June 2012. The details of both the main bus lines and the local bus lines can be seen in the official [1] . An integrated fares scheme was introduced for buses and metro, allowing to transfer for free or paying a small transfer charge. During

1134-450: Is only possible when using this card, as the electronic system associated to the card automatically recognizes if users are starting their trip or just making a transfer. In this way, the system can determine whether the basic fare is to be charged or if a transfer or free fare applies. Passengers who do not have the card may pay in cash (only in feeder buses), but at a higher fare and without possibility of reduced transfers. The operation of

1215-577: 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 . Currently, all the NS-2007 stock and a number of the NS-93 stock units are retrofitted with air conditioning, whereas

1296-596: Is projected to open in 2027. 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 . 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

1377-402: Is supplied by overhead line equipment, not by conductor rails as on the other lines. It has new entrance and exit turnstiles at stations. 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 and being delayed since the 1980s after the 1985 Algarrobo earthquake and the changing demographics of

1458-506: Is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "planning, directing, controlling and building the public infrastructure, as well as the conservation and management of them" within Chile . It is also responsible for the "management, distribution, use and conservation" of all the water resources within the country. They answer directly to the President of Chile . Since 11 March 2022,

1539-494: Is the risky consequences of introducing the operational service for the entire scheme at once, without a transition period between the old system and the new scheme, or what has been called as a "Big Bang" approach. Several other Latin American cities, such as Curitiba , Brazil (the pioneering system in the world), Bogotá , Colombia , and Montevideo , Uruguay , implemented similar BRT schemes, but gradually, phasing in

1620-677: 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, while the NS-88 and NS-2007 stock are based on the FM-86 and NM-02 stock of the Mexico City Metro respectively. All rubber-tyred stock is preceded with the acronym NS (for Neumático Santiago ); likewise, all steel-wheeled stock

1701-640: The Banco de Chile company or the 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. Transantiago Red Metropolitana de Movilidad (English: Metropolitan Mobility Network ; named Transantiago until March 2019)

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1782-532: 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 and Mapocho stations on Line 2. The latter would change its name later, as remains of

1863-411: The main bus lines , which complementing the metro network allow long trips between different zones of the city. The second subsystem corresponds to the local (or feeder) bus lines, which allow short trips and feed the metro and main bus lines. Local services are organized in ten units , each corresponding to one or more municipalities of Santiago. In June 2012, the scheme of local and trunk services

1944-458: The 7000 buses operating in the city of Santiago are electric. There were several problems with the design and initial implementation of the plan. Bus owners' contracts offered no incentive to improve service, as they received a fixed payment no matter how many passengers they transport. The centralized system for controlling frequency of buses is not working (the GPS system is non-operational), which

2025-509: The Chilean Ministry of Transport and two privately held companies , Enel X and BYD, an Italian electric company and a Chinese bus making manufacturer, respectively. This transportation design was created as a way to promote sustainable mobility in two ways. First, electric buses are substantially cheaper to operate, lowering the cost by 70% compared with typical diesel vehicles. In fact, a year-long pilot of this project found that

2106-541: The NS-2012, AS-2014 and NS-2016 were all built with air conditioning. In September 2012, the NS 2012 trains went into service on Line 1. These trains are the first to be 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 , being the first model in the system that are driverless. However, in

2187-486: The Transantiago began operating, according to the monthly Adimark polls. Political analysts attributed the fall solely to the Transantiago, saying that there is no other possible cause for the dramatic fall in support. A poll taken by Benchmark agency, requested by the opposition, showed that 47% did not approve of the implementation of Transantiago, 64% labeled the implementation as "improvised", and 53% disapproved of

2268-513: 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 . These new projects were designed to make Metro

2349-543: The bus). Since 2003, all new buses in Santiago fulfill the emission norm Euro III . After the implementation of the new lines structure, the main bus lines will be operated with articulated (18 meters long) and normal buses, while the local services will be operated with normal buses and minibuses. Most of the low-floor buses for Transantiago were built by Volvo . Several operating companies of Transantiago bought 1,157 articulated buses B9SALF and 510 normal (12 meters long) buses B7RLE . The articulated B9SALF Volvo bus has

2430-416: The case of Lo Espejo, the municipality has proposed expanding Line 4A through Américo Vespucio towards the west, in order to connect the commune to the network, while Lo Barnechea has expressed its interest in building two additional stations on Line 7 to reach La Dehesa. Meanwhile, the municipality of Maipú —one of the most populated in the city— launched a campaign to request the government to extend Line 6 to

2511-477: The citizens of Santiago were overwhelmingly in favor of a new transport system, its implementation was heavily criticized for not meeting up to people's expectations. The system's first days in operation were chaotic at many of the bus stops, since there were not enough buses to cope with the demand. Additionally, many complained that the old bus routes were easier and faster, a claim confirmed to an extent in an investigation by El Mercurio , which found that most of

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2592-425: The city during the '80s and '90s. Its rolling stock material is identical to the Line 6 and were built simultaneously, so they're considered "twin lines". On September 25, 2023, Line 3 was extended 3.8 km west from its northern terminus to Plaza Quilicura. On November 27, 2023, Line 2 was extended 5.2 km south from its southern terminus to Hospital El Pino. During the month of October 2019, the Santiago metro network

2673-496: 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

2754-400: The city has promised by 2040. In 2017, the first three entirely electric buses were deployed into the public transport system within the city. At the end of 2019, 400 electric buses were integrated into the current public transportation system, making history and placing Santiago as the city "with the second largest number of electric buses outside of China." Additionally, in the same year,

2835-455: 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: Line 8 , which will connect

2916-478: The communes of La Florida and Puente Alto with Providencia, while 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

2997-485: The construction of Metro Line 7 . 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 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

3078-412: The cost of operating the electric bus was only $ 0.10/kilometer compared to operating a diesel bus at $ 0.43/kilometer. Second, by using electric vehicles the city attempts to decrease the air pollution and noise pollution , improving the overall quality of life for residents and tourists visiting Santiago, while also making strides in the switch to an entire zero-emission public transportation system that

3159-538: 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 station was used as a detention and torture center by police and military. On the morning of

3240-532: The draft submitted by the Franco-Chilean consortium BCEOM SOFRETU CADE, in which the construction of five lines with an extension of approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) 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 ). On 15 September 1975, the first line of

3321-490: The early 1930s. 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. 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

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3402-486: 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,

3483-468: The extension of Line 3 to the west will add 3.8 kilometers and 3 new stations to the Metro network, connecting future station Los Libertadores with Quilicura. 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

3564-573: The extension of Lines 2 and 3, adding 8.9 kilometers and 7 new stations to the Metro network. Both extensions are expected to begin operations during the second half of 2021. The extension of Line 2 to the south will add 5.1 kilometers and 4 new stations connecting the current terminal station in La Cisterna with San Bernardo locality. The new terminal station will be located next to a hospital called Hospital El Pino in San Bernardo. Meanwhile,

3645-536: The failure of the Melitrén construction. On September 8, 2004, the Metro would make another breakthrough when the Mapocho river was crossed underground, with the opening of Patronato and Cerro Blanco stations on Line 2. On 22 December 2004, the southern extension of the same line opened its new stations, El Parrón and La Cisterna . A second stretch of Line 2 towards the north would open on 25 November 2005, and

3726-450: The first 100% electric bus corridor in all of Latin America was finished and put into use in Santiago and includes 40 bus stops with multiple charging stations, allowing the electric buses to be fully charged in just 5 hours. The city of Santiago continues to replace the current diesel operated buses with fully electric buses and is creating even more electric bus corridors to recharge and store these buses when not in use. As of 2022, 2000 of

3807-454: 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

3888-512: The first and second doors. It has a length of 12 meters and a width of 2.5 meters. The engine is in the back of the vehicle and has 7,000 cm³. (Additional technical information can be found in the technical specifications of the Volvo B7RLE .) An electric bus implementation program in Santiago, Chile, inspired by the buses in Bogotá, Colombia, began in 2014 through a partnership between

3969-461: The first six months of operation, up to three transfers are completely free. The definitive fare scheme considers two basic fares (local and main fares), in addition to the transfer fares. The local fare will allow local trips inside a local area, also allowing free transfers between local services in that area. The main fare will be a little higher and will allow trips both in the main bus lines and metro, including free transfers between them. Finally,

4050-416: The government announced plans for the construction of Line 7 , connecting Renca in the northwest of Santiago with Vitacura in the northeast. The new line will add 26 kilometres (16 mi) 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

4131-466: 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. On June 1, 2017, President Michelle Bachelet announced in her last public account

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4212-606: 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. 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

4293-444: 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 buses . 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

4374-474: 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 to Grecia , and the viaduct between Vicente Valdés and 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

4455-551: 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 . In 1977, the line was extended towards Providencia and by 1980, the line reached as far as Escuela Militar in Las Condes . In March 1978, Line 2 was opened. Its initial section ran at ground level from Los Héroes to Franklin . By December,

4536-408: The new contactless smartcard . 1,776 new buses will operate at this stage. The older yellow-colored (now painted over) buses will only operate through the secondary local lines in conjunction with new but simpler buses. It is expected that by 2010, the older buses will be completely replaced by over 4,600 new vehicles. Bus services were divided into two subsystems. The first subsystem corresponds to

4617-562: The new routes took more time than the ones in the older system. Opposition politicians on both sides of the political spectrum—from Communist Party Secretary General Guillermo Teillier to right-wing UDI deputy Iván Moreira —criticized the implementation of the new system, calling it "improvised" and "unprofessional". Support in Santiago for President Michelle Bachelet 's government fell from 55.2% in February to 42.7% in March, 2007, after

4698-415: The newer routes have proved insufficient to properly serve a population inadequately informed of pending changes. The major complaints are the lack of buses and their inconsistent frequencies, missing or poor infrastructure (such as segregated corridors, prepaid areas and bus stops), the network's coverage, and the number of transfers needed for longer trips. As a result, users have overcrowded the Metro, which

4779-530: 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 . 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 , became

4860-476: The old system, which was run by thousands of independent bus operators. The system combines local (feeder) bus lines, main bus lines and the Metro (subway) network. It includes an integrated fare system, which allows passengers to make bus-to-bus or bus-to-metro transfers for the price of one ticket, using a single contactless smart card . Transantiago's implementation was problematic, as the decreased bus fleet and

4941-425: 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. 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

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5022-462: The over 7,000 existing older buses that will be gradually removed from the system until 2010. In October 2006, a users' information system was introduced. Transantiago became fully operational on February 10, 2007, with the introduction of a new route system dividing bus lines into two complementary groups: main and local lines. In addition, a new fare structure was implemented, allowing transfers at small or zero fares between buses and metro, when using

5103-472: The payment system was tendered to a private company. Its main tasks are the distribution and charging of the card, the administration of the revenues and the payment to the operators, according to the rules established in the contracts. Another component of the system is the information manager and users' information provider, which was tendered and awarded to the private company Tata Consultancy Services Chile in 2007. Its main tasks are: provide information for

5184-473: 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 , Pudahuel , Lo Prado and Quinta Normal to the Metro Network. In this way, the Metro approached the western sector of

5265-601: The remaining stations and track were finished. Line 4 at this time was the longest of the network, with an extension of 24.7 kilometres (15.3 mi) and 22 stations serving Providencia , Las Condes , Ñuñoa , La Reina , Peñalolén , Macul , 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

5346-462: 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. The Metro network had been partially reactivated as of Monday, October 21; however, due to the damage of some stations, the network will only be available in its entirety within

5427-542: The scheme in several stages, allowing to make adjustments and hastily fixing glitches, without any serious disruption to transit services. Once the dust settled and the numerous problems were ironed out, most users agree that the new system is an improvement. El Mercurio newspaper released some stats comparing the system a day before it made its debut (February 10, 2007) and a year after (February 10, 2008): Ministry of Public Works (Chile) The Ministry of Public Works (Spanish: Ministerio de Obras Públicas )

5508-484: The second segment of the line was opened, running underground towards the south along the Gran Avenida up to Lo Ovalle . 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

5589-509: 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 to head south through Vicuña Mackenna . Meanwhile, Line 3 was projected through Independencia and Irarrázaval to supply the northern area that Line 2 was supposed to run. However, these plans were affected once again when an earthquake struck

5670-592: 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. The Santiago Metro currently operates 9 models of rolling stock: two models (the AS-2002 and

5751-517: 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

5832-577: The south to Plaza de Puente Alto , combining with Line 4 and absorbing the proposed extension to Bajos de Mena. 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: Lo Espejo and Lo Barnechea , while other three only have in theirs limits; San Bernardo , Peñalolén and Huechuraba . In

5913-564: The terminal station, in the 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

5994-483: The users both before and after the implementation of the system, provide information about the localization of the buses to the operators and coordinate emergencies with the relevant bodies. In comparison to the old buses of Santiago, at least half the new ones have a low floor, and all have a blocking system that does not allow the bus to move before all doors are closed (Although the latter doesn't always work, since there have been many cases of people almost falling down

6075-454: The way President Bachelet had handled the situation. Many people have also blamed former president Ricardo Lagos , because it was his government that was responsible for the system's design. One consequence of Transantiago is that the Metro system, which was to be a backbone of the system, was overwhelmed with over six users per square meter. The increase in usage was reported as having gone from 1,300,000 to 2,200,000. Metro president Blas Tomic

6156-586: The western sector. Other proposals include reach the International Airport, for example, through a branch of Line 7. 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

6237-409: Was a main point in the original design. Passenger fare evasion was high (30% or more). Many people considered the service to be poor and were not willing to pay for it, while others were taking advantage of the situation. Routes were poorly defined and took little account of commuter's habits. One clear failing of the system was that there were no bus stops by many hospitals. Although polls had shown

6318-454: Was affected by 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 Friday the 18th, the situation escalated and the entire network had to be closed due to attacks on stations and workers. At night, after

6399-435: Was disbanded. The requirement to have each business unit with different companies was eliminated and the relationship between these tours are encouraged, in order to provide better service to passengers by reducing transfers. From that moment seven operating units, each assigned to a concessionaire which included both trunk and local services were generated. The buses are painted, according to Business Unit won each company, which

6480-462: 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. Line 5 was opened on 5 April 1997 by President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle . This new line would have a length of 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) initially running underground from Baquedano to Irarrázaval, emerging as

6561-533: Was quoted as saying: "The capacity of metro has reached its limit" and the Colegio Médico (Chilean Medical Association) recommended that the elderly and users with medical conditions avoid the system. The government defended the plan as necessary for a better transport system, adding it will improve as people become more used to it, adding everything is being done to improve it. One of the main lessons learned from Transantiago's planning and implementation

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