Quinta Normal  | |||||||||||
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| Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Catedral Street / Matucana Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°26′25.42″S 70°40′49.12″W / 33.4403944°S 70.6803111°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 5 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 31, 2004 [1] | ||||||||||
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Quinta Normal is an underground metro station on the Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. It is one of the largest metro stations in Santiago, Chile and provides access to Quinta Normal Park and Museum of Memory and Human Rights. Two glazed street-level entrances provide natural lighting for a portion of the station.
The station was opened on 31 March 2004 as the western terminus of the extension of the line from Santa Ana. On 12 January 2010, the line was extended further to Pudahuel.[2]
References
- ↑ "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ↑ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.
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