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Santiago metro station
Irarrázaval
Santiago Metro station
Level of combination between lines 3 and 5.
General information
LocationGeneral Bustamante Avenue / Irarrázaval Avenue
Coordinates33°27′8.66″S 70°37′44.36″W / 33.4524056°S 70.6289889°W / -33.4524056; -70.6289889
Line(s) Line 3
Line 5
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsTransantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened5 April 1997 ()
22 January 2019 ()
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station
Mattatowards Plaza Quilicura Line 3 Monseñor Eyzaguirretowards Fernando Castillo Velasco
Santa Isabeltowards Plaza de Maipú Line 5 Ñubletowards Vicente Valdés

Irarrázaval is a transfer station between the Line 3 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. The station is so named due to its location beneath Avenida Irarrázaval, a main road of the commune of Ñuñoa, which in turn was named after the Chilean lawyer and politician Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín. The Line 5 station was opened on 5 April 1997 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Baquedano to Bellavista de La Florida. The Line 3 station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Construction of the 6.5 km tunnel between Irarrázaval and Fernando Castillo Velasco was completed in 2017 on a budget of 145 million euro.

The station is located underground, between stations Santa Isabel to the north and Ñuble to the south. Vicuña Mackenna Avenue is one block to the west of the station.

Access to Irarrázaval metro station is via Avenida General Bustamante as it intersects with Avenida Irarrázaval, and via the interior of Bustamante Park facing Avenida Irarrázaval. The station also has disability access.

Old symbol with which the station was identified.

Transfer station

Irarrázaval metro station is a transfer station for the operating Line 3, which runs between stations Huechuraba to the northeast and Larraín to the east of Santiago, including existing stations Universidad de Chile and Plaza Egaña. Construction on Line 3 began in September 2012.

Surrounds

To the south of the station at the intersection with Grecia Avenue is the site of the former Suárez Mujica Palace, a Neoclassic Greco-Roman construction which was destroyed by fire in 2005. Prior to the disaster this was known as "the haunted house".

References

  1. "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  2. Metro cumple 44 años en medio del proceso de expansión más grande de su historia. Metrosantiago.cl. October 24, 2012.
  3. Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
  4. OHL Railway Infrastructure (PDF), 2020, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-16, retrieved 2022-01-16
  5. Irarrázaval. Metrosantiago.cl. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. Metro comenzó construcción de nueva Línea 3 en comuna Conchalí. La Tercera. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. . La Tercera. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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