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Santiago metro station
Cerrillos
Santiago Metro station
Work «The dream of flying» by José «Alme» Yutronic, located inside the station. It is a Cessna T-37 Tweet of the FACH.
General information
LocationPedro Aguirre Cerda Avenue / Departamental Avenue
Coordinates33°29′00″S 70°41′41″W / 33.48333°S 70.69472°W / -33.48333; -70.69472
Line(s) Line 6
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsTransantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 2, 2017
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station
Terminus Line 6 Lo Valledortowards Los Leones

Cerrillos is an underground metro station and the southern terminal station of Line 6 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is underground, being the terminal station of Line 6, preceded by the Lo Valledor station. It is located at the intersection of Pedro Aguirre Cerda-Camino a Melipilla avenues with Departamental-Buzeta. The station was opened on 2 November 2017 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Cerrillos and Los Leones.

Etymology

The station is located in the municipality of Cerrillos. The name of the district is reminiscent of the closed Los Cerrillos Airport, located where the Bicentennial Park City is currently located.

J-396 at display in Metro Cerillos

Originally the station was going to be named as Pedro Aguirre Cerda, however in January 2012 modifications were announced to the route of Line 6, with which the station was renamed Cerrillos.

References

  1. "Este jueves abre la nueva Línea 6 que beneficiará a más de un millón de capitalinos". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.

External links

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Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 4A
Line 5
Line 6
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