Salvador is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is located beneath the Balmaceda Park and close to Salvador Avenue, which is named for the Hospital del Salvador. The station was opened on 31 March 1977 as the eastern terminus of the extension of the line from La Moneda. On 22 August 1980 the line was extended further east to Escuela Militar.[2]
 Salvador | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Providencia Avenue / Eliodoro Yáñez Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°25′57.56″S 70°37′33.91″W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 31, 1977 [1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
History
The result of political fighting and contract conflicts, the project suffered multiple delays from its original completion date of 2003. In final form, the Bahia state government taken over responsibility for finishing then salvador metro line in 2013.[3] When service finally subsequently start, it operated on the 7.6 km, five stop Lapa - Retiro portion of Line 1 between 12.00 and 16.00. Trains operated every ten minutes, and passenger travel were free. On game days, however, only football fans with game tickets were allowed in.
Nearly a decade have gone by after that first opening, and in the Brazilian state of Bahia's capital, circumstances have undergone a major shift.
On June 14 of this year, the 1.5 mile Pirajá - Campinas section of Line 1 cracked bringing the line's total length to 13.4 km, including 5.8 km of elevated track and 1.4 km of tunnel, with nine stations.
Starting in February 2015, construction on Line 2 was carried out. On December 5, 2016, the first 2.3 km of the Acesso Norte - Rodoviária extend opened. With the conclusion of the 3.5 kilometer Mussurunga - Airport section on April 26, 2018, Line 2 includes twelve stations & is now 19.6 km long. Both lines' services operate from 5:00 to 0:00, with service frequency modified according to demand.
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
