Escuela Militar metro station explained

Escuela Militar
Type:
Style:	STGO
Address:	Apoquindo Avenue / Américo Vespucio Avenue
Coordinates:	-33.4143°N -70.5847°W
Line:	Line 1
Other:	Transantiago buses
Platform:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Opened:	August 31, 1980 ^[1]
Accessible:	yes

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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historia . Metro S.A . History . Metro de Santiago . July 31, 2012 . es . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114653/http://www.metrosantiago.cl/corporativo/historia . dead .
2. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Santiago . urbanrail.
3. Web site: Estos son los heridos y su estado de salud tras el bombazo en Escuela Militar. La Cuarta. L4. September 8, 2014. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001809/http://www.lacuarta.com/noticias/cronica/2014/09/63-173258-9-estos-son-los-heridos-y-su-estado-de-salud-tras-el-bombazo-en-escuela-militar.shtml. September 11, 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Bomb explosion injures eight in Santiago. BBC News. BBC. September 8, 2014.