Los Dominicos metro station

Los Dominicos
Santiago Metro station

Los Dominicos station, Santiago Metro
Location Apoquindo Avenue / Camino El Alba
Coordinates 33°24′28″S 70°32′42″W / 33.4079°S 70.5451°W / -33.4079; -70.5451Coordinates: 33°24′28″S 70°32′42″W / 33.4079°S 70.5451°W / -33.4079; -70.5451
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Transantiago buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened January 7, 2010 [1]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station
toward San Pablo
Line 1Terminus

Los Dominicos is a metro station on Line 1 of the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile, and is also the eastern terminal of this line.

The station was inaugurated on January 7, 2010, and is located at the end of Avenida Apoquindo (Apoquindo Avenue) at the junction with Camino El Alba (El Alba Road) in the municipality of Las Condes.[2] It is located under Los Dominicos Park and near a supermarket, a filling station and an office of the Civil Registry and Identification Service of Chile. The station has a surface area of 5,390 square metres or 58,017 square feet.[3]

Los Dominicos station is an important transport connection point between the Santiago municipalities of Las Condes, Vitacura, La Reina and Lo Barnechea. It also provides public transportation access to the craft market “Pueblito de los Dominicos” (Los Dominicos Village) and the San Vicente Ferrer church, both popular touristic attractions, as well as the Los Dominicos fresh food market, located in Los Dominicos Park.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nuevas extenciones metro de Santiago (Santiago’s Metro new extensions) www.cooperativa.cl January 6, 2010 Radio Cooperativa Retrieved April 18, 2013
  2. ↑ Santiago’s Metro History Metro S.A. www.metrosantiago.cl June 7, 2012 retrieved 18 April 2012
  3. ↑ Year Book 2009 - 2010 Metro S.A. www.metrosantiago.cl June 7, 2012 retrieved 18 April 2012


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