Santiago Metro Line 8 is a planned
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
line that will form part of the
Santiago Metro
The Santiago Metro ( es, Metro de Santiago) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 136 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by th ...
. It is planned to have an approximate length of , connecting the communes of
Providencia on the northeast and
Puente Alto Puente, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Spanish language, may refer to:
People
* Puente (surname)
Places
*La Puente, California, USA
* Puente Alto, city and commune of Chile
*Puente de Ixtla, city in Mexico
*Puente Genil, village in the Spanish provi ...
on the southeast of the Chilean capital.
It will connect with
lines 1 and
6 in
Los Leones, with line 3 in
Chile España, and with
line 4 in
Macul
Macul (Quechua: "to stretch out right hand") is a commune (smallest administrative subdivision in Chile) of Chile located in the central-eastern part of the Greater Santiago area, bordered by the communes of Ñuñoa to the north, San Joaquín to ...
. Its distinctive color on the network line map is orange.
Postponement of the project
Due to the
October protests in Santiago that affected the Santiago Metro, on Monday, March 9, 2020, the company declared the tenders for lines 8 and 9 void. This is largely due to the fact that the company has allocated the resources in repair the damage caused by the multiple incendiary attacks suffered by various stations in the social crisis.
Stations
;Stations running from north to south.
Licitación Línea 8
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References
External links
Metro S.A.
Santiago Metro Track Map
Tarjeta Bip!
Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago
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Santiago Metro
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