Escuela Militar metro station
 Escuela Militar | |||||||||||
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| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Apoquindo Avenue / Américo Vespucio Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°24′51.36″S 70°35′4.74″W / 33.4142667°S 70.5846500°WCoordinates: 33°24′51.36″S 70°35′4.74″W / 33.4142667°S 70.5846500°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 31, 1980 [1] | ||||||||||
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Escuela Militar is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is located beneath the cloverleaf-like interchange of Apoquindo Avenue and Américo Vespucio Avenue. The station was the eastern terminus of the Line 1 from 1980 to 2010, and is named for the nearby Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins.
Bomb blast in September 2014
On September 8, 2014, a blast injured 14 people.[2] The bomb exploded 14:00 pm in a trashcan.[3]
References
- ↑ "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ "Estos son los heridos y su estado de salud tras el bombazo en Escuela Militar". L4 (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Bomb explosion injures eight in Santiago". BBC. BBC News. Retrieved September 8, 2014.