Santiago Metro Line 7

Santiago Metro Line 7
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Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Santiago Metro, Transantiago
Status In planning
Locale Santiago
Termini Brasil metro station
Estoril metro station
Stations 19
Services 1
Operation
Opened 2026
Owner Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Operator(s) Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Character Underground
Technical
Line length 24.8 km (15.4 mi)
Number of tracks 2

Santiago Metro Line 7 is a new line due to open on the Santiago Metro, Santiago, Chile, in 2026. It will connect the commune of Renca, in the north west of the city, with the centre and east of the city, where most economic activity is concentrated. The first stage is set to be completed by 2025 with the whole line to be finished by 2026. It will have 19 new stations on 24.8 km of track.

Route

In most of its route it will be parallel to Line 1, with the idea of decongesting it and reducing its flow by approximately 10,000 passengers. It will make a combination with lines 1, 2, 3 and 5, and will directly benefit the communes of Renca, Cerro Navia, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Providencia, Las Condes and Vitacura; of these, Renca, Cerro Navia and Vitacura will have access to the metro for the first time. Its construction was announced by President Michelle Bachelet during the public account of June 1, 2017.

According to the original project, it will start at the intersection of the avenues Brazil with Vicuña Mackenna in Renca, from where it will start to the south, following the route of the last street it will cross the Mapocho river at the height of the Resbalón bridge in Cerro Navia, and from there it will continue by Rolando Petersen to the south, until its intersection with Mapocho Avenue; here it will go towards the east following this same route, it will cross the communes of Cerro Navia and Quinta Normal, connecting in a perpendicular way the lines 2 and 3 in the Puente Cal y Canto station, to continue under the park corridor that borders the Mapocho (Forestal and Balmaceda); in this route it will combine with lines 5 and 1 at the Baquedano station and possibly Salvador on Line 1. After passing through the Balmaceda park following the Andrés Bello avenue, it will continue through Vitacura until Alonso de Córdova, where it will connect with Kennedy Avenue to finish his tour in Estoril with Las Condes.

Among the landmarks of Santiago that will have access to the metro for this new line are the new Felix Bulnes Hospital, the El Cerro Park, the Casona Dubois Cultural Center, the Benjamín Franklin Industrial High School, the Padre Renato Poblete river park, the Los Reyes Park, Central markets, Tirso de Molina and Vega Central, Plaza Baquedano, Santa María and Indisa clinics, Sanhattan neighborhood, Bicentennial park, Parque Arauco and Alto Las Condes shopping centers and Las Condes and Tabancura clinics.

Chilean transport experts propose that the line be modified to the international airport by San Daniel, Rio Itata and Armando Cortínez Oriente avenues in the Pudahuel district, passing through the Enea business park and with 22 stations, adding four and removing The three most western of the project: Metro SA He did not rule it out6 and the firm Enea offered to facilitate it.

On December 22, 2017 the newspaper El Mercurio published a report that indicated that the route of the line was modified, so it will not circulate along Andrés Bello Avenue, but will go parallel to Line 1 through Providencia Avenue, eliminating the combination in Salvador and transferring it to Pedro de Valdivia, to then continue with its original layout in Isidora Goyenechea (where it will combine with Line 6), and a section of the route in the sector of Kennedy Avenue will be diverted by Cerro Colorado. Along with this it was announced that the line will be inaugurated in 2026.[1]

Social benefits

According to estimates of the Ministry of Transport, the time savings for people traveling from Renca to Vitacura will be 1 hour per trip, that is, 2 per day, equivalent to 21 days per year. There will be 1945 urban hectares (greater than the area of Providencia) at a distance of less than 600 meters from any station on the line, so the number of people who can access a station on foot is estimated at 322 979 inhabitants, considering the estimated densification. It also helps to distribute more evenly the inflow between the different metro lines, thanks to its route and combination stations.

In addition to the logical benefits that it will bring in terms of transfer times, Line 7 stands out for its contribution to the socioeconomic and geographical integration of the city, since it connects the most neglected and deteriorated parts in terms of urban investment, infrastructure and connection, as it is the norponente sector, with the center and northeaster of the city, where the commerce and the jobs prevail. It will also generate greater densification of housing and population in the areas surrounding the stations, promoting the private investment of real estate, as well as trade and services, in poor areas of the city. On the other hand, it will discourage the use of the automobile in the saturated north-east sector, mitigating vehicular congestion.

Stations

Stations running from west to east[2]
Stations (tentative name) Connections Location Opening Commune
Brasil Vicuña Mackenna/Brasil 2026 Renca
José Miguel Infante Vicuña Mackenna/José Miguel Infante 2026 Renca
Salvador Gutiérrez Salvador Gutiérrez/Rolando Petersen 2026 Cerro Navia
Huelén Mapocho esq. Huelén 2026 Cerro Navia
Cerro Navia Mapocho/Neptuno 2026 Cerro Navia
Radal Mapocho/Radal 2026 Quinta Normal
Walker Martínez Mapocho/Joaquin Walker Martínez 2026 Quinta Normal
Matucana
Mapocho/Matucana 2026 Quinta Normal
Mapocho Mapocho/Ricardo Cumming 2026 Santiago
Puente Cal y Canto Balmaceda/Morandé 2026 Santiago
Baquedano Andrés Belllo/Vicuña Mackenna 2026 Santiago/Providencia
Pedro de Valdivia Providencia/La Concepción 2026 Providencia
Isidora Goyenechea Vitacura/Isidora Goyenechea 2026 Las Condes
Vitacura Vitacura/Nueva Costanera 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes
Américo Vespucio Kennedy/Américo Vespucio 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes
Parque Araucano Cerro Colorado/Rosario Norte 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes
Gerónimo de Alderete Kennedy/Gerónimo de Alderete 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes
Padre Hurtado Kennedy/Padre Hurtado 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes
Estoril Las Condes Tramway Las Condes/Estoril 2026 Vitacura/Las Condes

References

  1. ↑ Línea 7 cambia de ruta: irá por Av. Providencia y llegará al barrio de oficinas de Rosario Norte
  2. ↑ Línea 7 podría reducir estaciones y generar más zonas de combinación
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