Santa Julia station is an embanked
metro station
A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the syste ...
located on
Line 4A of the
Santiago Metro
The Santiago Metro () is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 143 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by the state-owned Metro S. ...
in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
,
Chile
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, between
Vicuña Mackenna station and
La Granja station in the
commune of
La Florida.
It lies along the
Vespucio Sur Freeway at the junction with Santa Julia Street.
The station was opened on 16 August 2006 as part of the inaugural section of the line between
Vicuña Mackenna and
La Cisterna
La Cisterna (, Spanish for "the cistern") is a commune and census-designated city in Santiago Province, part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. Founded on 30 May 1925, it is part of the urban area of Greater Santiago.
Demographics ...
.
The area around the station is mainly residential and contains the Villa O’Higgins Family Health Center (Spanish: ''Centro de Salud Familiar Villa O’Higgins''). The station also has disabled access.
Etymology
The station is named after the avenue at whose junction it is located
Santa Julia Avenue.
References
External links
La Florida Municipality website (in Spanish)Santa Julia Metro Station data sheet on Santiago’s Metro web siteMetro de Santiago website (in Spanish) National institute of Statistics
Santiago Metro stations
Railway stations in Chile opened in 2006
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