Grecia metro station explained

Symbol Location:santiago
Symbol:metro
Grecia
Type:
Style:STGO
Address:Américo Vespucio Avenue / Grecia Avenue
Coordinates:-33.4692°N -70.5765°W
Line: Line 4
Other:Transantiago buses
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Opened:November 30, 2005[1]
Accessible:yes

Grecia is an underground metro station on Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station features a steel-framed skylight. The northernmost portion of the tracks and platforms are laterally curved, which is a distinctive feature of this station.

The station opened on the 30th of November 2005 as southern terminus of the inaugural section of the line between Tobalaba and Grecia. It was briefly the southern terminus of the northern section of the Line 4 until the stations along of the median of Vespucio Sur were put in service on 2 March 2006 and the line has been extended to Vicente Valdés.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historia . Metro S.A . History . Metro de Santiago . May 16, 2013 . es.
  2. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Santiago . urbanrail.