Elisa Correa metro station
Santiago Metro station | |||||||||||
Location | Vicuña Mackenna Avenue / Elisa Correa Street | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°34′10″S 70°35′02″W / 33.56944°S 70.58389°WCoordinates: 33°34′10″S 70°35′02″W / 33.56944°S 70.58389°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 4 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 30, 2005[1] | ||||||||||
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Elisa Correa station[2] is an elevated metro station located on the overhead section of Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. 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 south.
The station’s surroundings include a filling station, a medical centre, local stores and a supermarket. The station is located on the boundary between the communes of Puente Alto and La Florida, and is frequently used by commuters of this two communes.
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.[3]
References
- ↑ "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ Elisa Correa metro station data sheet www.metrosantiago.cl retrieved May 20, 2013
- ↑ Historia Política Legislativa del Congreso Nacional de Chile, Reseña Biográfica Parlamentaria Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile BCN, Retrieved May14, 2013