Escuela Militar metro station
Escuela Militar is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is located beneath the cloverleaf-like interchange of Apoquindo Avenue and Américo Vespucio Avenue. The station was opened on 22 August 1980 as part of the extension of the line from Salvador to Escuela Militar. It remained the eastern terminus of the Line 1 until 7 January 2010, when the line was extended to Los Dominicos,[2] and is named for the nearby Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins.
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| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Apoquindo Avenue / Américo Vespucio Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°24′51.36″S 70°35′4.74″W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 31, 1980 [1] | ||||||||||
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Bomb blast in September 2014
On September 8, 2014, a blast injured 14 people.[3] The bomb exploded at 14:00 pm in a trashcan.[4]
References
- "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
- "Estos son los heridos y su estado de salud tras el bombazo en Escuela Militar". L4 (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- "Bomb explosion injures eight in Santiago". BBC. BBC News. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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