Santiago Metro Line 5
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Line 5
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| Overview | |||
| Type | rubber-tyred metro | ||
| System | Santiago Metro, Transantiago | ||
| Status | Active | ||
| Locale | Santiago | ||
| Termini |
Plaza de Maipú Vicente Valdés |
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| Stations | 30 | ||
| Services | 1 | ||
| Daily ridership | 396,100 (2015) | ||
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| Opened | March 15, 1978 | ||
| Owner | Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A. | ||
| Operator(s) | Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A. | ||
| Character | Trench-Underground-Viaduct | ||
| Depot(s) | Ñuble metro station | ||
| Rolling stock | Alstom NS-74 and NS-93 | ||
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| Track length | 29.7 km (18.5 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 2 | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | Third rail | ||
| Operating speed | 75 km/h (47 mph) | ||
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Santiago Metro Line 5 is one of the five lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 30 stations and 30 km of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Baquedano station and San Pablo station, with Line 2 at Santa Ana station, and with Line 4 at Vicente Valdés station. It will also intersect with the future Line 6 at Ñuble station and with the future Line 3 at both Plaza de Armas station and Irarrázaval station. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is green.
In 2015, Line 5 accounted for 20.8% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 396,100.
Line 5 was opened to the public on April 5, 1997 by President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle at Bellavista de La Florida station. It initially ran only between Bellavista de La Florida station and Baquedano station and used modern NS-93 trains imported from France. It was particularly welcomed by people living in the southern districts of Santiago and the area around Vicuña Mackenna Avenue, who saw their commute time to the centre of the city drastically reduced.
It was the first train line in Chile run on an elevated viaduct, the viaduct carrying the section of track between Ñuble station and Mirador station, with the remainder running underground.
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