Santiago Metro Line 5

Santiago Metro Line 5
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Locale	Santiago
Termini	Plaza de Maipú Vicente Valdés
Stations	30
Service
Type	Rubber-tyred metro
System	Santiago Metro, Transantiago
Services	1
Operator(s)	Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.
Depot(s)	Ñuble metro station
Rolling stock	Alsthom Groupe Brissonneau NS 74 [es], GEC-Alsthom Metropolis NS 93 and Alstom Metropolis NS 2016 [es]
Daily ridership	396,100 (2015)
History
Opened	April 5, 1997
Technical
Line length	29.7 km (18.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Trench-Underground-Viaduct
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail (guide bars)
Operating speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map Legend R G Plaza de Maipú R Santiago Bueras G Del Sol R Monte Tabor G Las Parcelas R G Laguna Sur R Barrancas R G Pudahuel R G San Pablo G Lo Prado R Blanqueado G Gruta de Lourdes R Quinta Normal Libertad (unopened) G Cumming R G Santa Ana R G Plaza de Armas R G Bellas Artes R G Baquedano ( 2028) R Parque Bustamante G Santa Isabel R G Irarrázaval R G Ñuble R Rodrigo de Araya G Carlos Valdovinos R Camino Agrícola R G San Joaquín G Pedrero R Mirador R G Bellavista de La Florida R G Vicente Valdés This diagram: view talk edit

Santiago Metro Line 5 is one of the seven lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has 30 stations and 29.7 km (18.5 mi) of track. The line intersects with Line 1 at Baquedano station and San Pablo station, with Line 2 at Santa Ana station, with the Line 3 at both Plaza de Armas station and Irarrázaval station, with Line 4 at Vicente Valdés station, and with line 6 at Ñuble station. It will also intersect and the future Line 7 at Baquedano station. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is green.

In 2015, Line 5 accounted for 20.8% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 396,100.