Elisa Correa metro station explained

Symbol Location:santiago
Symbol:metro
Elisa Correa
Type:
Style:STGO
Address:Vicuña Mackenna Avenue / Elisa Correa Street
Coordinates:-33.5694°N -70.5839°W
Line: Line 4
Other:Transantiago buses
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Opened:November 30, 2005[1]
Accessible:yes

Elisa Correa station[2] is an elevated metro station located on the overhead section of Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is located on the boundary between the communes of Puente Alto and La Florida, and is the last station of the line 4 on the Cordillera province heading into the center of Santiago. It is named after the street where it is located, the junction of Elisa Correa Sanfuentes Street to the west, Los Toros Venue to the east and Vicuña Mackenna Avenue to the north and Concha y Toro Avenue to the south.

The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicente Valdés and Plaza de Puente Alto.[3]

The station's surroundings include a filling station, a medical centre, local stores and a supermarket.

Etymology

Elisa Correa Sanfuentes was the wife of Enrique Sanfuentes Andonaegui, a lawyer and minister of finance, minister of industry, minister of public works and minister of the interior in the government of José Manuel Balmaceda.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historia . Metro S.A . History . Metro de Santiago . August 31, 2012 . es.
  2. http://www.metrosantiago.cl/estacion/elisa-correa Elisa Correa metro station data sheet
  3. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Santiago . urbanrail.
  4. http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Enrique_Salvador_Sanfuentes_Andonaegui Historia Política Legislativa del Congreso Nacional de Chile, Reseña Biográfica Parlamentaria Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui