Rojas Magallanes metro station (original) (raw)

Santiago metro station

Rojas Magallanes
Santiago Metro station
General information
Location Vicuña Mackenna Avenue / Rojas Magallanes Street
Coordinates 33°32′10.60″S 70°35′33.63″W / 33.5362778°S 70.5926750°W / -33.5362778; -70.5926750
Line(s) Line 4
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Transantiago buses
Construction
Accessible Yes
History
Opened November 30, 2005[1]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station Vicente Valdéstowards Tobalaba Line 4 Trinidadtowards Plaza de Puente Alto

Rojas Magallanes is an elevated metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station has two side platforms and two tracks on a precast concrete segmental viaduct[2] with single central columns. It is enclosed in a tubular structure with elliptical cross section, from which protrude two balcony-like structures containing stairs that lead to the mezzanine level.

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]

  1. ^ "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tecnologías: El desafío de construir sin alterar el tránsito". El Mercurio (in Spanish). November 30, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.