Los Leones metro station

Los Leones
Santiago Metro station

The station in 2011
Location Nueva Providencia Avenue / Ricardo Lyon Avenue
Coordinates 33°25′18.19″S 70°36′34.80″W / 33.4217194°S 70.6096667°WCoordinates: 33°25′18.19″S 70°36′34.80″W / 33.4217194°S 70.6096667°W
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Transantiago buses
History
Opened August 31, 1980
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station
toward San Pablo
Line 1
Inés de Suárez
toward Lo Errázuriz
Line 6
under construction
Terminus

Los Leones is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is named for the nearby Los Leones Avenue. Located in the heart of the commercial area of Providencia, some of its entrances are integrated into the retail lower levels of buildings.

A ceramic mosaic by the artist Ramón Vergara Grez was installed in 1993.[1]

As of 2011, the original tiles on its walls have been completely removed. The station will be renovated as a part of the its upgrade into a transfer station between the Line 1 and the new Line 6. Because of this, for now its walls will be only painted pending the final line's opening.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Estación Los Leones". Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Estaciones Manuel Montt y El Golf del Metro serán remodeladas en febrero". La Tercera (in Spanish). 24 January 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.