Las Mercedes   | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Concha y Toro Avenue / Independencia Street | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°36′5.67″S70°34′38.82″W / 33.6015750°S 70.5774500°W /-33.6015750; -70.5774500 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Line 4 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 30, 2005[1] | ||||||||||
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Las Mercedes[2] is an undergroundmetro station located onLine 4 of theSantiago Metro, inSantiago,Chile. It lies oppositeConcha y Toro Avenue between Independencia Street and Domingo Tocornal Avenue. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line betweenVicente Valdés andPlaza de Puente Alto.[3]
The area around the station, which in the past held fields and empty land, has become a commercial hub with business and real estate development. The station has exits connecting directly with two shopping centres, one on either side ofConcha y Toro Avenue, and the Independencia Square and Espacio Urbano shopping malls. Between both malls lie two movie theaters, several department stores, three supermarkets, along with banks, drugstores and fast-food chains.
Thecommune ofPuente Alto petitioned to the Metro board to naming the station Las Mercedes in honor of the Nuestra Señora de la Merced Church, also known as “Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes”, located at Puente Alto downtown.
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