Santiago Metro Line 6
Overview
Status	Completed, inaugurated November 2, 2017; 6 years ago (November 2, 2017)
Owner	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Locale	Santiago
Termini	Cerrillos station Los Leones station
Stations	10
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Santiago Metro, Transantiago
Services	1
Operator(s)	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Rolling stock	CAF AS 2014 [es]
History
Opened	November 2, 2017[1]
Technical
Line length	15.3 km (9.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC overhead catenary
Line 6 Map Legend Lo Errázuriz opening 2027 Cerrillos Lo Valledor Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda Franklin Bío Bío (planned, 2030: ) Ñuble Estadio Nacional Ñuñoa Inés de Suárez Los Leones (planned, 2030: ) opening 2028 Isidora Goyenechea This diagram: view talk edit

Santiago Metro Line 6 is a line on the Santiago Metro, Santiago, Chile. It connects the commune of Cerrillos, in the south west of the city, with Providencia in the east of the city, where most economic activity is concentrated. It has 10 new stations on 15.3 km (9.5 mi) of track. Its distinctive color on the network line map is purple.

The main purposes of Line 6 is to relieve the saturated Line 1 and to provide extra connections across the Santiago transport network. The line connects with Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and Line 5, with the suburban train network (Metrotrén) at Lo Valledor station, and with the Transantiago bus network at Avenida Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Avenida Departamental, Avenida Santa Rosa and Avenida Grecia. It is also hoped that the line will incentivise development in the south central area of the capital city.

The line directly benefits the communes of Cerrillos, Estación Central, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago, San Miguel, San Joaquín, Ñuñoa, Providencia and Las Condes.

It was inaugurated on November 2, 2017, by President Michelle Bachelet and reportedly cost a total of US$1.26 billion to construct.^[2]

History

The project was announced by Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in 2009. In January 2012 a modification to the original track plan was announced, with the “Maestranza” (renamed as “Lo Valledor”) and “Club Hípico” stations relocated on Avenida Carlos Valdovinos.^[3]

However, on December 22, 2017, as a result of the announcement of the construction of the new Line 7, the lengthening of Line 6 from the Los Leones station to the future Isidora Goyenechea station is confirmed, with which both lines will remain connected.

Initial criticisms

Mayors of some of the wealthier communes in the east of the city have criticised the project, claiming that insufficient consultation had taken place before it was announced.^[4] Other critics complained about further delays in the construction of Line 3, whose completion date was pushed back in favour of Line 6.

Technical studies carried out by the Catholic University of Chile claimed that Line 6 has several advantages over Line 3, primarily because of its greater social impact and the potential for development it brings to derelict areas of the city.^[5]

Innovations

The new metro lines (Line 3 and Line 6) are expected to comply with high security and passenger comfort standards. The new security measures will include cameras inside the trains, an overhead electric transmission line, auto-drive, doors located on the platform, air conditioning in the trains and connections with suburban trains.

Line 6 suffered the least amount of damage from the October 2019 protests, but was nevertheless closed on the weekend of October 18, 2019 due to security issues. Service on Line 6 was partially restored on October 23, and all stations were reopened by the end of the year.

Stations

Although the trains of the line 6 are composed of 5 cars, the stations are designed for 6-car trainsets.

Line 6 stations, from west to east, are:

Pictogram	Stations	Transfers	Location	Opened	Commune	Note
	Lo Errázuriz[6]	Tren Melipilla-Estación Central	Salvador Allende/Av. Lo Errázuriz Avenue	2027[7]	Cerrillos
	Cerrillos		Pedro Aguirre Cerda/Departamental Avenues	November 2, 2017
	Lo Valledor	Tren Nos-Estación Central	Carlos Valdovinos Avenue/Maipú Street		Pedro Aguirre Cerda
	Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda		Carlos Valdovinos/Club Hípico Avenue
	Franklin		Placer/Nataniel Cox Streets		Santiago
	Bío Bío		Placer Street/Santa Rosa Avenue			This station will be future combination with the line in 2030
	Ñuble		Carlos Dittborn/Vicuña Mackenna Avenues		Ñuñoa
	Estadio Nacional		Pedro de Valdivia/Grecia Avenues
	Ñuñoa		Pedro de Valdivia/Irarrázaval Avenues
	Inés de Suárez		Pedro de Valdivia/Francisco Bilbao Avenues		Providencia
	Los Leones[8]		Providencia/Suecia Avenues			This station will be future combination with the line in 2030
	Isidora Goyenechea[9]		Vitacura Avenue/Isidora Goyenechea Avenues	2028	Las Condes	This station will be future combination with the line in 2028

Line 6 Data Sheet

• Terminus communes:
  • Cerrillos
  • Pedro Aguirre Cerda
  • Santiago
  • San Miguel
  • Ñuñoa
  • Providencia
• Track:
  • Departamental Avenue: 1 station
  • Carlos Valdovinos Avenue: 2 stations
  • Centenario Street: 2 stations
  • Carlos Dittborn Avenue: 1 station
  • Pedro de Valdivia Avenue: 3 stations
  • Providencia Avenue: 1 station
• Construction Method:
  • Underground
• Opening Dates:
  • November 2, 2017