Plaza de Maipú metro station
 Plaza de Maipú | |||||||||||
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| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Pajaritos Avenue / 5 de Abril Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°30′36.07″S 70°45′25.11″W / 33.5100194°S 70.7569750°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 5 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 3, 2011[1] | ||||||||||
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Plaza de Maipú is an underground metro station on the Line 5 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is located under the Plaza de Armas of Maipú. It is the deepest station in the Santiago Metro system[2] at 28 metres (92 ft) deep.[3]
The platform level of the station is built in a mined tunnel with an oval cross section. At their eastern ends, two also tunneled transepts open into a large, deep cut-and-cover box. The ticket hall is on the first level down of this volume. Multi-level escalators, elevators and stairways lead to the surface.
References
- ^ "Metro inaugurará extensión de Línea 5 a Maipú el próximo jueves". La Tercera (in Spanish). January 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "Línea 5 a Maipú le llevará estaciones de otro planeta..." La Cuarta (in Spanish). January 28, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "A 28 metros de profundidad estará la estación Plaza de Maipú". Terra Chile (in Spanish). March 22, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
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