Santiago Metro Line 1 is the oldest of the seven existing
rapid transit lines that make up the
Santiago Metro system. Being its busiest, it has a total of 27 stations along its length, constructed almost entirely underground (save for some open cut sections in the west), and is located primarily along the axis formed by the
Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue, also known as the “Alameda”),
Providencia Avenue
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Description
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and
Apoquindo Avenue.
In 2015, Line 1 accounted for 39.5% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 705,200, making it the busiest line in the system. It currently connects with five of the six other lines – with Line 2 at
Los Héroes station, with Line 3 at
Universidad de Chile station, with Line 4 at
Tobalaba station in the
northeast
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, with Line 5 at both
San Pablo station and
Baquedano station and line 6 at
Los Leones
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. There are plans for connections with the future Line 9 at
Santa Lucía station, the future Line 7 at
Baquedano and
Pedro de Valdivia and the future Line 8 at