Santa Ana is a transfer station between Line 2 and Line 5 of the

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. It was initially a single-line station on Line 2, opened on 25 July 1986 as part of the extension of the line from Los Héroes to Puente Cal y Canto. Subsequently in 1998, the station began to be adapted to become a transfer station, as a part of the extension of Line 5 from Baquedano metro station to Santa Ana station, in which the

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was used. The Line 5 station was opened on 3 March 2000. The line was extended to

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on 31 March 2004. The older portion of the station occupies part of the

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of the

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, which is sunken. Two street-level mezzanines at the northern and southern extremes of the station are connected with bridges traversing the highway. The station receives its name from the nearby

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Santiago Metro stations Santiago Metro Line 2 Santiago Metro Line 5 {{SouthAm-metro-stub