Santa Julia station is an embanked
metro station
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located on
Line 4A 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 ...
in
Santiago
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,
Chile
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, between
Vicuña Mackenna station and
La Granja station in the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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of
La Florida.
It lies along the
Vespucio Sur Freeway at the junction with Santa Julia Street.
The station was opened on 16 August 2006 as part of the inaugural section of the line between
Vicuña Mackenna and
La Cisterna
La Cisterna (, Spanish for "the cistern") is a commune of Chile and census-designated city located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on 30 May 1925. It is part of Greater Santiago.
Demographics
According to the ...
.
The area around the station is mainly residential and contains the Villa O’Higgins Family Health Center (Spanish: ''Centro de Salud Familiar Villa O’Higgins''). The station also has disabled access.
Etymology
The station is named after the avenue at whose junction it is located
Santa Julia Avenue.
References
External links
La Florida Municipality website (in Spanish)Santa Julia Metro Station data sheet on Santiago’s Metro web siteMetro de Santiago website (in Spanish) National institute of Statistics
Santiago Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2006
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