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Elisa Correa metro station

Coordinates: 33°34′10″S 70°35′02″W / 33.56944°S 70.58389°W / -33.56944; -70.58389
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Elisa Correa
Santiago Metro station
Inside the station
General information
LocationVicuña Mackenna Avenue / Elisa Correa Street
Coordinates33°34′10″S 70°35′02″W / 33.56944°S 70.58389°W / -33.56944; -70.58389
Line(s) Line 4
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsTransantiago buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 30, 2005[1]
Services
Preceding station   Santiago Metro   Following station
Template:STGO lines

Elisa Correa station[2] is an elevated metro station located on the overhead section of Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is located on the boundary between the communes of Puente Alto and La Florida, and is the last station of the line 4 on the Cordillera province heading into the center of Santiago. It is named after the street where it is located, the junction of Elisa Correa Sanfuentes Street to the west, Los Toros Venue to the east and Vicuña Mackenna Avenue to the north and Concha y Toro Avenue to the south.

The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicente Valdés and Plaza de Puente Alto.[3]

The station's surroundings include a filling station, a medical centre, local stores and a supermarket.

Etymology

Elisa Correa Sanfuentes was the wife of Enrique Sanfuentes Andonaegui, a lawyer and minister of finance, minister of industry, minister of public works and minister of the interior in the government of José Manuel Balmaceda.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. ^ Elisa Correa metro station data sheet www.metrosantiago.cl retrieved May 20, 2013
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
  4. ^ Historia Política Legislativa del Congreso Nacional de Chile, Reseña Biográfica Parlamentaria Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile BCN, Retrieved May 14, 2013