Transantiago
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Headquarters | 9 Nueva York Street, 10th Floor |
| Locale | Santiago, Chile |
| Service area | Greater Santiago |
| Service type | Public transport |
| Routes | 391 bus lines 5 metro lines 1 Metrotrén line |
| Stations | 11,165 bus stops 108 metro stations 10 Metrotrén stations |
| Fleet | 6,581 buses 190 metro trains 40 interurban trains |
| Daily ridership | Bus: 3,300,000 approx. Metro: 2,700,000 approx. Metrotrén: 1,200,000 approx. |
| Operator |
  Inversiones Alsacia Subus Chile Buses Vule S.A. Express de Santiago Uno Metbus Veolia Redbus Urbano STP Santiago S.A. Metro S.A. Tren Central |
| Website | Transantiago |
Transantiago is a public transport system that serves Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is considered the most ambitious transport reform undertaken by a developing country according to the World Resources Institute.
The system, largely influenced by Bogotá, Colombia's TransMilenio and Curitiba, Brazil's RIT, was introduced on February 10, 2007. It standardized bus routes and eliminated redundancy of same; redundancies were commonplace in the old system, which was run by thousands of independent bus operators. The system combines local (feeder) bus lines, main bus lines and the Metro (subway) network. It includes an integrated fare system, which allows passengers to make bus-to-bus or bus-to-metro transfers for the price of one ticket, using a single contactless smart card.
Transantiago's implementation was problematic, as the decreased bus fleet and the newer routes have proved insufficient to properly serve a population inadequately informed of pending changes. The major complaints are the lack of buses and their inconsistent frequencies, missing or poor infrastructure (such as segregated corridors, prepaid areas and bus stops), the network's coverage, and the number of transfers needed for longer trips. As a result, users have overcrowded the Metro, which is generally held to be fast and dependable.
Transantiago's first stage of implementation began on October 22, 2005, when a group of ten new companies took control of the capital's bus system, immediately introducing 1,181 new, modern low-floor buses (approximately half of them being articulated) made by Volvo in Brazil, replacing 461 yellow-colored buses from the old system. The new buses will temporarily run alongside the over 7,000 existing older buses that will be gradually removed from the system until 2010. In October 2006, a users' information system was introduced.
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