Universidad de Chile metro station

Universidad de Chile

Santiago Metro station

Location

Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins / Paseo Ahumada

Coordinates

33°26′37.50″S 70°39′1.24″W / 33.4437500°S 70.6503444°WCoordinates: 33°26′37.50″S 70°39′1.24″W / 33.4437500°S 70.6503444°W

Owned by

Metro S.A.

Line(s)

Line 1

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Transantiago buses

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Platform levels

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

March 31, 1977

Electrified

Central rail

Traffic

Passengers

60000 a day

Services

Preceding station		Santiago Metro		Following station
La Moneda toward San Pablo		Line 1		Santa Lucía toward Los Dominicos
Plaza de Armas toward Huechuraba		Line 3 under construction		Plaza Almagro toward Hospital Militar

Universidad de Chile (in Spanish: University of Chile) station is a station in the Santiago Metro system of Santiago, Chile. It is an underground station located between La Moneda and Santa Lucía stations on the same line. It is located at the junction of Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, also known as "Alameda", and Paseo Ahumada in the commune of Santiago.

Vicinities

The station is named after the Universidad de Chile (University of Chile), whose oldest campus is located in the immediate vicinity. Other landmarks near the station include the Paseo Ahumada, a four-block pedestrian shopping street; the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, or simply "Instituto Nacional", Chile's oldest and most prestigious school; Barrio París-Londres, San Francisco Church, the Santiago Stock Exchange, La Moneda Palace and the main headquarters of some of Chile’s oldest banks.

Connections

There are seven Transantiago bus stops in the streets above the station, and it is also being developed into a transfer station for the new Metro Line 3, which is scheduled to be completed by 2018.^[1]

The Mural from the platform

Mural Memoria Visual de una Nación

Universidad de Chile Station features a 1200 square meter mural called "Memoria Visual de una Nación" (Visual Memory of a Nation), painted by Mario Toral, a Chilean painter and photographer. The mural is located in the platform area and its divided into two parts: "Pasado" (“Past”), finished in 1996, and "Present" (“Present”) finished in 1999. It shows fragments of Chile's history, from the violent Spanish conquest to the modern day.

In 2011, Lonely Planet named Universidad de Chile one of its "Subway stations worth getting off the train for",^[2] and in 2014, the BBC named it one of the seven most beautiful stations in the world.^[3]

References

↑ Nuevas Líneas 3 y 6 (ES) metro.cl november 26, 2013 retrieved on march 06, 2015
↑ Subway stations worth getting off the train for Lonely Planet, September 19, 2011, retrieved on March 06, 2015
↑ Plataforma Urbaba Estación de metro U. de Chile es elegida entre las 7 más bonitas del mundo

Public transport

Bus service	Bus list Bus rapid transit Charabanc Express bus Guided bus Intercity bus driver Open top bus Public light bus Rail replacement bus Shuttle bus Transit bus Trolleybus

Rail	Cable car Commuter rail Funicular Heavy rail Heritage railway Heritage streetcar High-speed rail Horsecar Inter-city rail Interurban Light rail Medium-capacity rail transport system Monorail Rapid transit Regional rail Rubber-tyred metro Street running Tram Tram-train

Vehicles for hire	Auto rickshaw Boda-boda Cycle rickshaw Gondola Hackney carriage Limousine Motorcycle taxi Paratransit Personal rapid transit Pulled rickshaw Share taxi Taxicab

Carpooling	Car jockey Flexible carpooling Real-time ridesharing Slugging Vanpool

Ship	Cable ferry Ferry Hovercraft Hydrofoil Ocean liner Water taxi

Other transport	Aerial tramway Airline Airliner Bicycle-sharing Carsharing Elevator Escalator Gondola lift Horse-drawn vehicle Maglev Moving walkway People mover Trackless train

Locations	Airport Bus bulb Bus garage (bus depot) Bus lane Bus stand Bus station Bus stop Bus terminus Bus turnout (bus bay) Circle route Cross-city route Dry dock Hangar Harbor Interchange station Kassel kerb Layover Metro station Park and ride Port Queue jump Radial route Taxicab stand Train station Tram stop Transit mall Transport hub Transport network

Ticketing and fares	Automated fare collection Bus advertising Contract of carriage Dead mileage Exit fare Fare avoidance Fare evasion Farebox recovery ratio Free public transport Free travel pass Integrated ticketing Manual fare collection Money train Paid area Proof-of-payment Reduced fare program Smart cards Ticket machine Transfer Transit pass

Facilities	Checked baggage First class Sleeper Standing passenger Travel class

Scheduling	Bus bunching Clock-face scheduling Headway On-time performance Public transport timetable Short turn

Other topics	Airport security Boarding Destination sign Hail and ride Network length Non-revenue track Prohibited activities Request stop Security Transit district Transit map Transit police Transit-oriented development (TOD) Transportation authority

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