Gran Santiago, the metropolitan area of the Chilean capital, has 6.1 million inhabitants. The city lies 110 km from the Pacific Ocean (Valparaíso). In 1968 the decision was taken to build a rubber-tyred metro system with 5 lines and totalling 60 km.

 History

15 Sept 1975 - Line 1 - San Pablo - La Moneda 8.2 km
31 Mar 1977 - Line 1 - La Moneda - Salvador 3.2 km
31 Mar 1978 - Line 2 - Los Héroes - Franklin 4.9 km
21 Dec 1978 - Line 2 Franklin - Lo Ovalle 4.8 km
22 Aug 1980 - Line 1 - Salvador - Escuela Militar 4.5 km
15 Sept 1987 - Line 2 - Los Héroes - Cal y Canto 1.7 km
05 April 1997 - Line 5 - Baquedano - Bellavista de la Florida 10.3 km
03 Mar 2000 - Line 5 - Baquedano - Santa Ana 2.8 km
31 Mar 2004 - Line 5 Santa Ana - Quinta Normal 2 km
08 Sept 2004 - Line 2 Cal y Canto - Cerro Blanco 1.6 km
22 Dec 2004 - Line 2 Lo Ovalle - La Cisterna 2.3 km
25 Nov 2005 - Line 2 Cerro Blanco - Einstein (1.9 km)
30 Nov 2005 - Line 4 Tobalaba - Grecia (7.7 km) and Vicente Valdés - Plaza Puente Alto (10.9 km)
30 Nov 2005 - Line 5 Bellavista de la Florida - Vicente Valdés
02 Mar 2006 - Line 4 Grecia - Vicente Valdés (6.1 km)
16 Aug 2006 - Line 4A Vicuña Mackenna - La Cisterna (7.7 km)
21 Dec 2006 - Line 2 Einstein - Vespucio Norte (2.4 km)
05 Nov 2009 - Line 4 San José de la Estrella station added
07 Jan 2010 - Line 1 Escuela Militar - Los Dominicos (3.8 km)
12 Jan 2010 - Line 5 Quinta Normal - Pudahuel (5.6 km)
03 Feb 2011 - Line 5 Pudahuel - Plaza de Maipú (8.6 km)

In July 2011, the government presented the final alignment for the driverless lines L3 and L6:

L3 - 22 km, 18 stations (2017-2018)
L6 - 15.3 km, 10 stations (2016)

See map with planned extensions.

Metro de Santiago (Official Page) incl. new extensions

Transantiago

Metro Santiago en Wikipedia (Spanish)

Alamys - Metro de Santiago Page

EFE - Metrotrén (Suburban Rail)

Photologs by Juan Pablo Arias (L1 | L2 | L4 | L4A | L5)