Santiago Metro Line 9 is a future metro line that will form part of the
Santiago Metro system, with an approximate length of . The line will begin in
Santiago Centro
The Commune of Santiago is the central commune of the Santiago Province, located at the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile's Central Zone. Locally, Santiago is usually abbreviated ''Stgo.'' It is also called as "Santiago Centro ...
and terminate in
Puente Alto
Puente Alto (Spanish: "Tall Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and is located in the south-east corner of the Greater Santiago conurbation. Puente Alto has ...
in the south of the Chilean capital.
The new line will connect with the existing Santiago Metro lines
2,
3 and
7 at
Puente Cal y Canto, with
line 1 at
Santa Lucía, with line 3 at
Matta, with line 6 at
Bío Bío, with
line 4A at
Santa Rosa and with
line 4 at
Plaza de Puente Alto. The distinctive color of the network line map will be pink.
History
A Metro line along the axis of Santa Rosa Avenue was originally proposed by architect
Juan Parrochia
Juan Antonio Parrochia Beguin (Traiguén, April 1, 1930 - Santiago, February 8, 2016) was a Chilean architect and urban planner. He won the National Urbanism Prize of Chile in 1996 and, as the first director of the Santiago Metro, has been recogn ...
when proposing a Metro master plan in 1968. The so-called Line 12 would have run along this avenue by the year 2040.
In 2006, the Interministerial Secretary of Transportation Planning (SECTRA) suggested a similar metro line along the Santa Rosa, which was eventually postponed due to the 2007 public transport crisis (Transantiago crisis).
In 2013, the Santiago Transportation Master Plan 2025 considered alternatives for a mass transit system along Santa Rosa Avenue, incudling a tram and a light rail. Claudia Pizarro, then-mayor of La Pintana, one of the poorest communes in the Greater Santiago and one of the few without a Metro connection at the time, advocated for the construction of a line extending into their territory.
The construction of Line 9 was finally announced in June 2018 by President
Sebastián Piñera
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (; 1 December 1949 – 6 February 2024) was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as President of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic Party (C ...
, along with the construction of Line 8. In the announcement, the line was originally expected to have a length of approximately 17 kilometers and feature 12 stations.
As a result of the
2019 October protests in Santiago that affected the Santiago Metro, the company declared void the bids for lines 8 and 9 in March 2020 as resources were instead allocated to repair the damage caused by the multiple incendiary attacks inflicted on several stations during the social crisis.
On August 9, 2023, President
Gabriel Boric
Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician and the President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies.
Boric first gained prom ...
announced changes in the Line 9 route, including a terminal station in
Cal y Canto Cal or CAL may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty
* "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
* ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mir ...
, connecting with
Line 2,
Line 3 and
Line 7; while its south ending original settled in
Santa Rosa was relocated by extending the rout towards
Plaza de Puente Alto, connecting with
Line 4.
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Line 9 is expected to be inaugurated in phases: the first section between Bio-Bío and Plaza La Pintana stations is set to open in 2030, while the section from Bío-Bío to Cal y Canto would start its operation in 2032. Finally, the inauguration year of the section between Santa Rosa and Plaza de Puente Alto has been set for 2033.][
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Stations
;Stations running from north to south.:
References
External links
Metro S.A.
Santiago Metro Track Map
Tarjeta Bip!
Plan and Authority of Transit of Santiago de Chile, Transantiago
{{Santiago Metro
Santiago Metro
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