Santiago Metro, The Most Modern Subway In America!

[gronier]

Santiago Metro was inaugurated in 1975, and nowadays is the longest subway in South America, with 88 kilometres, by 2009 it will have 105 kilometres.





























Even Jaques Chirac visited it with the chilean President Michelle Bachelet






So what do you think?

[samsonyuen]

Looks beautiful! I thought BA, Sao Paolo or Rio would've had it. But looking into, they actually don't have that long subway systems!

[laizard]

Originally Posted by samsonyuen

Looks beautiful! I thought BA, Sao Paolo or Rio would've had it. But looking into, they actually don't have that long subway systems!

But anyway we (BA) have the oldest mass transport system of the southern hemisphere! The rolling stock is still there, functioning which lots of metro lovers (me included) consider much more fascinating than travelling in anonymous contemporary french stock....

[DarJoLe]

These new metro systems always have such clean tracks compared to the UK's. Even the Jubilee Line Extension, albeit six years old, already look like they have been coated in decades of grime.

[gronier]

Originally Posted by DarJoLe

These new metro systems always have such clean tracks compared to the UK's. Even the Jubilee Line Extension, albeit six years old, already look like they have been coated in decades of grime.

Santiago subway has over 30 years.

[Isaac Newell]

Originally Posted by laizard

But anyway we (BA) have the oldest mass transport system of the southern hemisphere! The rolling stock is still there, functioning which lots of metro lovers (me included) consider much more fascinating than travelling in anonymous contemporary french stock....

I remember travelling on Subte Line D and all the signs in the train were Japanese.

[JDRS]

Looks like a good, clean system with lots going for it!

[hellolazyness]

Originally Posted by gronier

Santiago subway has over 30 years.

But most of it has been built and extended recently. I used the Santiago metro for a few months and it was fine (much better and cleaner than BA) but perhaps a little too sterile.

[hellolazyness]

The trains are straight from the Paris metro arn't they? They look and sound the same.

[laizard]

Originally Posted by hellolazyness

The trains are straight from the Paris metro arn't they? They look and sound the same.

Frog-Industry! Everything was imported from France (Alstom).
You quoted something which I perceive in every modern network: sterile atmosphere....
Better that of Santiago? Of course.. a network built from 1974 onwards must be better than other built mainly before 1930....I you take BA´s Line A (the "Anglo-Line") it was already full-functioning before the Great War started (1913)!
Buenos Aires also owns a impressive Suburban Railway Network with big yet impressive Terminals. Certainly everything has fallen in decadence after decades and decades of investment lack...

Isaac: the rolling stock in Line B was bought in the 90´s directly from Tokyo´s Maronouchi Line; exquisite inoperant as the private Subway system operator in BA is, they didnt even remove japanese warning stickers.....then as the general need for stock increased, some of these were distributed over D and C lines....

[Minato ku]

Originally Posted by hellolazyness

The trains are straight from the Paris metro arn't they? They look and sound the same.

It have the same subway trains (exept for the line 4)
But Santiago versions are better than Paris version
(automatic doors and clim)

A part of Santiago subway was financed by the RATP (Transportation company of Paris)

For BA subway It is old trains of Tokyo metro (1950's)

[laizard]

Originally Posted by minato ku

It have the same subway trains (exept for the line 4)
But Santiago versions are better than Paris version
(automatic doors and clim)

A part of Santiago subway was financed by the RATP (Transportation company of Paris)

For BA subway It is old trains of Tokyo metro (1950's)

There is still older rolling stock than that; I mean the wooden belgian beauties "La Brugeoise" Stock from 1919, one can still enjoy them at anytime travelling on the Line "A" (opened 1913); soon they will be replaced by some stainless-steel&plastic junk...

[Minato ku]

Yes I know in the line A (beautiful old style)
but I spoke about Train of Tokyo in BA subway

[Minato ku]

Originally Posted by Isaac Newell

I remember travelling on Subte Line D and all the signs in the train were Japanese.

It is not a big problem the south america has the second biggest japanese community in the world

[laizard]

Originally Posted by minato ku

Yes I know in the line A (beautiful old style)
but I spoke about Train of Tokyo in BA subway

And someone (ME) answered YES, FROM MARUNOUCHI LINE....
read above please...
Anyway what the heck have Sampa´s million Liberdade Nikkeis to do with BA´s Line D?????
This might be of your interest: the biggest Community of Okinawa aexpats is to be found in Buenos Aires....They are kind of Japans´s independentist Basques....

[santiaguin]

why always comparing??? Santiago is not the best subway system in south america, Buenos Aires neither... stop comparing us... we are so differents... Buenos Aires is one of a kind... and Santiago is getting beatiful nowadayas... but stop comparing us!

[lilili_always]

Originally Posted by laizard

But anyway we (BA) have the oldest mass transport system of the southern hemisphere! The rolling stock is still there, functioning which lots of metro lovers (me included) consider much more fascinating than travelling in anonymous contemporary french stock....

Yes, Buenos Aires has the oldest subway in L. America and the second oldest in America it's getting better and better with the new proyect. But wow! Santiago subway looks fantastic definetely still better than New York and Buenos AIres subways

[lilili_always]

Originally Posted by scodiani

why always comparing??? Santiago is not the best subway system in south america, Buenos Aires neither

what? He said in AMerica nor in S. AMerica

And New york and BA subways were the best for me till now.

[lilili_always]

Originally Posted by minato ku

It is not a big problem the south america has the second biggest japanese community in the world

haha South AMerica is not a country how can it have the second japanese community?

Argentina has many Koreans and Chinese mostly in Buenos Aires, but i'm sure that Toronto has more in AMerica they are everywhere!

[Salif]

Looks like a lot of thought, investment and skill has been put into that - wish the same could happen in the UK.