Santiago Metro Line 4A is one of the seven lines that currently make up the

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. It has six stations and 7.7 km of track. The line intersects with Line 2 at

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, and with Line 4 at Vicuña Mackenna, both being its termini. It will also intersect with the future Line 9 at Santa Rosa station and acts as a link between these two lines. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is light blue. In 2015, Line 4A accounted for only 3.1% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 56,400; it is the least used line in the system since it does not serve the city centre, as well as being the shortest line in the system.

History

Line 4A was originally conceived as a branch of Line 4, but their tracks are not connected. It was inaugurated by President

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and opened to the public on August 16, 2006. It runs between La Cisterna station and Vicuña Mackenna station. On November 29, 2010

workers struck, halting the service for 17 days.Trabajadores del Metro llegan a acuerdo y deponen huelga (in Spanish)
www.biobiochile.cl November 16, 2010 Gabriela Ulloa, Constanza Atlagich Retrieved May 2, 2013 The strike caused major over-crowding on bus services as passengers used them as an alternative to their daily metro rides.

Echeverría: The Ghost Station

Echeverría metro station, built but never opened to the public, is located between La Cisterna station and San Ramón station on the junction of Blas Vial street and Maria Vial in the

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. The station remains partially built, with the platforms and footbridge across the highway already finished. The station has never been completed due to the low density of residents in this area, although it could be finished and opened to the public if the population density increased.

Extensions

The line may be extended in the future to Del Sol station to connect with Line 5. The trench where the extension would run has already been built between the two lanes of the Autopista Vespucio Sur highway, ready for the extension to be laid down if the population were to increase in that part of the city. If built, the extension would serve the

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, Cerrillos and Maipú.

Communes served by Line 4A

This line serves the following Santiago

from south to north: * La Florida * La Granja * San Ramón *

Stations

;Stations running from east to west:

Line 4A data sheet

* Terminal Communes:

– La Florida * Track: Avenida Americo Vespucio Sur, 6 stations * Construction Method: Open-cut and at-grade. * Opening Date: August 2006

References

External links

Metro S.A.

Santiago Metro Map

Tarjeta Bip! contactless cards

Santiago Transit Authority, Transantiago
* Santiago Metro Wikipedia page, in Spanish {{Santiago Metro