The Americas’ Most Advanced Metro | Santiago Metro
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- The Santiago Metro is arguably one of the most modern in the world, with two fully automated lines, express service, and far more under construction. Come break it down with us in the latest video!
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Probably you missed to tell that the santiago metro system is electrified with solar electricity
Reece, I'm almost sure this is your second video on Santiago's Metro. What happened to the first one?
One last thing, the construction is even harder since Chile is the second most sismic place in the world, and so the construction had to be able to withstand eartquackes without collapsing or bending
Ayer se inauguró las obras de la extensión de línea 6 hacia lo Errázuriz donde combinará con el tren Santiago Melipilla, y la línea 9 fue modificada y se extenderá tanto al norte como al sur de su trazado original que era de 17km y 12 estaciones pasó a uno de 27km y 19 estaciones llegando por el sur a plaza de puente alto combinación con linea 4 y por el norte en cal y canto combinación con líneas 2 3 y 7 siendo la única estación que cruzan 4 líneas bajo tierra y convirtiéndose cal y canto en la estación de metro subterránea más grande del mundo cuando este lista en 2033
An interesting fact about stations in Santiago Metro is that many of them contains massive artworks. Some stations are living art galleries.
metro arte is a blessing and so are bibliometro libraries.
by far one of the best things of our metro.
The paintings of metro La Moneda are simply gorgeous
also: Metro Grecia. One of the best stations, filled with donations from Greece and other classical greek artworks
if only universidad de chile didn't smell like sewer all the time
My "bruh" moment in Santiago was "Oh, you can see the tops of the Andes!" and my hubbo replied "No, that's the cloud level, _that's_ the tops of the mountains" and he angled my head up like another 15 degrees xD
And the tops you see aren't even the highest tops. Those are behind your sight.
The Andes are TALL indeed. Once I went skiing with some england kids and during the ascent they were terrified to say the least
I think the "cloud level" is more like the smog level
that wasn't clouds it was smog
I read that as "hobo".
CHILE IS THE BEST COUNTRY 👽
SALUDOS DE CHILE
Wena dylan ql te amo, don viejas
Chile, el mejor país de chile 👈🏻‼️
@@e.m5214 forzado el acento
Tienes razon. saludos desde Santiago, Rusia.
VERDAAA!!! saludos desde santiago, finlandia
I'm originally from the States, but moved to Santiago about a decade ago. Honestly not just the metro, but the entire public transportation network in Chile puts the US to shame. It's not without its own problems, but I find it incredible that even in a rural as hell town I can still find a bus that will connect me to the rest of the country. I honestly haven't felt the need to drive once here, but the times when I travel to the States to visit is a whole other story.
Geographically, we are just a line. It would be extraordinarily inept not to have a proper transportation system. The US is like a four-dimensional continent itself😂
@@dieglhix Compare the size of Chile with European countries that have old and poorly designed subways, the Chilean subway and transportation, as the traffic laws are made for pedestrians, they have priority over vehicles, in a pedestrian crossing they always let you pass, it is the law
@@user-yj6ul9kz3p We do it for courtesy, never because law. Nobody does actually get fined for not letting pedestrian pass. It also depends on the location. Some areas it happens more, some others honk at you a lot from behind if you let them pass.
@@dieglhix compara chile con paises europeos chico el transporte chileno le da mil patadas siendo unos de los mejores del mundo, chile sin corrupción de la derecha asquerosa como la izquierda seria una maravilla
@@dieglhix and in fact we are inept enought to not make a north-south train to connect everything
I am from Santiago, incredible that a TH-camr from Canada noticed our system.
Chile es buenisimo y admirado internacionalmente en muchos sentidos, lo que pasa es que en nuestro país siempre ha habido mucha propaganda que nos incita a odiarlo
@@ttominable La política lo único que ha hecho es dividirnos con falsa propaganda, históricamente casi todos nuestros conflictos han sido internos, no importa de donde venga la propaganda, siempre ha sido con motivos egoístas, debemos apreciar a nuestro país, nuestra cultura y nuestra gente.
Beautiful indeed, lets burn it down over 30 pesos (1/100 the price of a burger)
@@ttominable Lo unico malo es que en toda america latina no somos mas que mano de obra barata para pagar las deudas de los gringos.
@@Mipetz38 it's not thirty pesos, it's thirty years
Hi, great video! As someone from Santiago, I can say the Metro has become one of our core identitary milestones in a city that is markedly segregated and isn't very good at architectural preservation (that's not counting the earthquakes). Several stations have murals and artworks integrated within the architecture, or have libraries. I would add the following: 1) Over the last two decades, we have also been infected by Urban Highway developments, however, they were constructed at the same time as these new Metro lines and extensions, which helped compensate their impact.
2) Santiago is very compact for a city closing in on 7 million people: Most reside in the urbanized 700 kms2 without going all in on vertical expansion (with some notorious exceptions, the extreme of densification), that's mostly because of the Metro.
3) The Public Bus system (now called RED) is still... problematic, but has improved tremendously over the last two decades, which leads to an interesting irony: Public transport is relatively regular and accessible in most of the city, even in the poorest and most "complex" neighborhoods, but is a complete pain in the ass to find a bus in the wealthier, easternmost districts, which are very much car-dependent.
4) A criticism made of the newer lines and extensions is that the gaps between stations might be too long.
5) Could this Metro provide a roadmap for Los Angeles? I think so, as LA 's geography and weather are almost exactly the same as Santiago's.
I love the kind of filiation with Paris.
I've spent nights on GMaps visiting stations (virtually), watching footage of the Santiago Metro, and articles and videos about it...
Another common point with Paris : some are also criticizing the station spacing of parts of the new orbital line 15 being built.
Lines 1 of both cities are the East-West workhorses of their respective cities, and as said in the video line 7 will help line 1 with a faster, more express service (like M14 in Paris).
The twin sister lines from half a world apart !
I hope to get the chance to visit Santiago some time.
Los Angeles is more heavily investing in light rail/trams than full metro, mainly due to high construction costs. Other than the under construction Purple Line subway extension, the only likely new full metro line is one running through the Sepulveda Pass, although the power that be may still choose an inferior monorail instead.
@elfrjz Maybe because it's a common Spanish word meaning a network (or mesh, grid...) and that is quite a descriptive name for bus and transportation lines and services ?
There have been a low-cost mobile network provider in France called RED for years too.
And I'm pretty sure countless other companies or services with this name around the world.
That's the thing when someone names a company, service or product with a common word used in one or several of the most spoken languages.
They can't expect copyright and trademark for everything...
I can say that it is completely true that the richer neighbourhoods are much more car dependent, as someone who lived in Las Condes, I can say from experience that unless you are not in walking distance of your destination, you’ll most likely drive or take a taxi/Uber. Due to this I am very excited with the future line 7 which will provide service to a very car dependent area!!
I've always thought that the increasing car dependency of rich suburbs in Santiago but also all along Chile is by design. Rich people and uppity new money types like it, it makes them feel like american suburbanites (why having to take your oversized suv to a supermarket every time you need eggs is aspirational to them is beyond me) and, theoretically, it keeps us poorsies out.
It is incredible to read posts like this, where positive comments are made about what Chile has achieved. Unfortunately, the people of my country are always dissatisfied with the infrastructure that has been developed for decades, you just have to leave the country to really appreciate what we have achieved.
A big hug from Chile.
En mi tiempo en Chile, el transporte publico era de los mejor. Nunca espera mas que unos 2-3 minutos para un bus o tren. Increible pais, abarzo's de la E.E.U.U
Man, it's such a shame that this metro isn't talked about more in America (or at least the States). It's such a stellar system, both robust and thoughtfully-planned, it really ought to be an inspiration for what other systems can look like.
It's not, I mean it is better than many you have in the US but is definitely not as depicted.
@@eleSDSU What parts of it do you think fall short or aren't as depicted?
@@user-xsn5ozskwg let him be, I've got nothing bad to say about our Metro, the oldest lines (1,2 and 5) are usually very crowded during rush hours but nothing that can't be handled or expected (even Tokyo's Metro is crowded and it's the best). The one thing that could certainly improve on the older lines are AC units for the trains, besides that it's amazing, the service is incredibly quick. There are trains coming in every 3 or 4 minutes during rush hour.
@@Maxibaluco Recuerdo algo de que el metro consiguió su gran uso gracias a qué se sacrificaron las liebres/micros que en su momento movían mejor a la gente por todo Santiago, y la eliminación de estás causó una grave congestión en el transporte público (ésto si no me equivoco sucedio con la implementación de la L4).
Un dato!!! No es las Americas se dice America, este es un continente, desde tierra del fuego, hasta Alaska, no se dice, las Europas, las Africas!!!! Se dice AMERICA.!!!un solo continente,AMERICA,!!!!
Very good and insightful video. As you mentioned, the two new suburban rail services that are being built (from Santiago to Melipilla and Batuco) are going to be connected via a tunnel under Estación Central/Alameda, with two new through platforms and then connecting with Quinta Normal, making a Batuco - Melipilla (87 km) service possible.
An interesting thing about Santiago's Metro is that it has been a priority for every government, regardless of political alignment, which has secured its continuous development.
I didn't think the through tunnel was happening quite yet? If it is that's awesome!
@@RMTransit it's still a long way to go (close to a decade), but it should happen.
@@RMTransit It hasn't been confirmed yet, though it would be an obvious extension once the Batuco train is completed.
However, building such a tunnel and through platforms shouldn't be taken lightly. There is debate about rebuilding part of Chile's freight and passenger intercity rail network (which is almost non-existent). Currently, the only connection between the north and south networks is a one-track tunnel under Alameda Central Station, and there are no through platforms in that station, so any serious improvement of the intercity network would need a tunnel and underground through platforms capable of funneling all the potential traffic, and not just Batuco-Nos commuter traffic.
@@a2falcone I wish. Blame the bus and trucking mafias.
Such a rare thing to have both sides of the political spectrum be aligned that this needs to happen and we're gonna make everything in our power to make it happen. I'm pretty sure if we ever get started with our own metro system in Montevideo and the national government is right wing, it'll be a pain in the ass for the local government to get it done since they're usually left wing and the rivalry would get in the way of most things
As someone from Santiago, I would like to add that the metro system also has direct connections with many major ''Bus Terminals'', both within Santiago and also to other cities. Actually, close to my house is ''Del Sol'' Station, which was planned to connect the metro network to busses going directly to the coast and having an express way to the beach (Santiago is separated from the ocean by a mountain range), but sadly it did not work out :(
Pajaritos nomas po xd
@@nicolasantinao6397 Bellavista de la florida
Aún espero el día en que la L4A conecte Del Sol con La cisterna, así la Florida y Maipú seremos panas 🤝
La wea es literalmente construir por la autopista donde siempre ha estado el espacio listo
Wena, aguante del sol ctm
@@BlackZodMaster es pura cuestion de tiempo noma
Chilean raised in the states here! A few years back I moved back to Chile and learning to travel within Santiago's metro system was amazing. I loved the decorations or small stores within the stations, the fluidity of how it all worked, and how clean it was. certain stations are definitely older/aged compared to newer ones, but their functionality remains the same. A lot of people never understood when I would compliment the metro system here on Chile, having experience taking both NYCS and DCs horrific metro systems. Public transport in Chile I find enjoyable, even in the most rural areas in coastlines there are public buses or traveling buses (similar to greyhounds) that function all week. Chiles general development follows being able to easily walk to stores and commercial districts from housing districts, since they are built around each other!
Growing up in USA, it's saddening the lack of people you see walking in the majority of cities and towns, with sparse or unsafe public transport. Canada and the states could easily learn from most European, Asian, and South American countries for their transport! Amazing video
Yeah, people in Chile who have never travelled to other places will often complain about how the system is too crowded. It is a bit of a surprise to see how well our trains compare when you visit other places.
I never really complained too much (just a few times) about our metro. but when I visited NYC, I realized how good our system is.
I will never complain again.
The US is a very bad example when it comes to public transport except for some cities on the east coast and Chicago. Bart in San Francisco is also okay but otherwise is horrific. All lobby from car industry has torn down any attempt to build up a decent network of public transport across big cities The US. This also goes hand by hand with the American mentality of owning cars as a fundamental right, as a result of marketing campaigns from car industry brainwashing American people completely.
Well, I live near a capital city in another country where there isn't even metro🚇!!! 😔 As a chilean, I miss it!
In what way is the DC metro horrific? Context, explanation?
i could no imagine how my life would be without the metro system. having the entire city at a bikeride's distance at a literal 1 dollar ticket is legitimately life changing. it makes the huge capital feel more compact than the smaller cities, and one thing that car centric cities seem not to understand is that metros and public transit doesn just get you to places of interest but it creates places of interest. anywhere around a station will inmediately become extremely traversed, thus making local business boom.
i actively preffer using the metro than going by car in most cases
Id rather drive my cars than be a sardine, to each its own I guess
@@SKC_car Well, over here that's a privilege most people can't afford. Plus, is the fastest way to get to your job, for 1$ you can spare like 20-40 minutes of surface traffic.
@@jsalinasbarros Try living in texas u can Drive for 8 hours yet not a single car nor human u will see; in the states a car is not a privilege its a necessity and no ammount of public transportation will fix that why make a railroad + all the pollution of the heavy machine only for 10 - 20 ppl to use it, as I said to each its own, these kind of train life can only be seen in NYC, metro area and D.C
@@SKC_car But the metro is always being used? And at least you can get home , without wasting time in rush hour.
@@thepedrothethethe6151 As I said, not everywhere in the world there is a huge urban sprawl, imagine driving for 8 hours and u dont find a human being
The diversity of weathers in this metro is so unique. You can travel to Los Dominicos, which is almost next to the mountain range and then going to the other side of the city, where it’s completely arid in less of 1 hour.
Rather than arid, its just water consumption, there's a nation-wide drought (probs climate change) and green-ness of a city is directly related to money 😅
i go to the mall in los dominicos with my friends all the time since the mall is about a 5 minute walk from the metro. its really nice
Excellent video, I forgot to mention that the Santiago metro is an art gallery open to all passengers, in each station there is art, paintings, sculptures, large murals, interventions, there are some stations that look like a small museum, that you have on your way, the Universidad de Chile station, was chosen as one of the most beautiful stations in the world, this station is intervened almost in its entirety with large murals, "Visual Memory of the Nation", which tell the history of Chile, of the artist Mario Toral. The "Bibliometro" project, libraries to be used by passers-by, is also incorporated into various stations. Cheers
As a chilean living in Santiago, I didn‘t really appreciate how good our metro was until I traveled to big cities in Europe and the US
Yo soy Iquiqueño de NY y para ser la cuidad más rica del mundo el metro de aca de pura vergüenza comparado con el de Santiago
Great video. Having taught students from Chile, I can concur that Santiago’s Metro is quite incredible - interesting to note that Chille is the least corrupt country of the Americas according to my students which is perhaps why the metro has been built so well and extensively. Honestly - the rubber tired metros are growing on me and those underground stations really mimic the ones of the Montreal Metro
@@katcedou6278 JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ no
@@katcedou6278 el plan del metro inició 3 gobiernos atrás de pinochet…
@@matiasfabiancuevaspizarro4799 pero para el futuro económico sí, no es tan buena la constitución que hizo pinochet, pero tuvo puntos y aportes fundamentales para el chile actual.
@@katcedou6278 chistoso agradecer por la "baja corrupción" a uno de los gobernantes más corruptos que ha tenido el país en el último siglo
@@matiasfabiancuevaspizarro4799 que es mejor o peor? cegarnos del pasado, no recordarlo ni estudiarlo y ver el futuro, o recordar el pasado para mejorar en el futuro?
The second suburban rail line will pass near my house!! I'm so excited
Such a terrific system. Is the triple diamond on the front of the trains the symbol for the metro as a whole? It's very stylish!
yes it is! i love it too
Yes, is the logo of the Metro
The triple diamond is the symbol of the metro system, it's supposed to represent "the indissoluble connection of the three elements: the surface (the road), the circulation above the surface (buses) and the subterranean circulation (metro itself)". Also, the circle that encloses the triple diamond it's supposed to represent "the end of a cycle and the insertion of Metro in the community".
Yes it is.
Yeah, it is! And it's the symbol you see on the street at the entrance of (almost?) every station, very handy to find your way around!
I've wanted to visit Chile, and now I have an additional thing to take a look at when there.
You will be very welcome here !
¡Take a pisco sour! ✌️🇨🇱🤣
If you have the possibility visit the south of Chile! and also try piscola coctail
Go to the south instead, santiago and Valparaíso are death traps
You have plenty of beautiful places here in Chile, from Atacama to patagonia. Here in Santiago lives 40% of chilean population and many industries, institutes, education centres, etc. in this country are centralized here. So people forget that “Santiago is not Chile”. Santiago is an awful city.
i live in santiago, and i use the Metro line everyday to commute to work. It is a key piece in the lives of nearly every Santiaguino.
My route is in the Line 4, and a quick combination to Linea 1, since i work in the bussines district in Providencia. I live less than 1km away from the station, about as the same distance the station is from my office. Door to door, it takes me around 40minutes. In bus, it would take easily an hour fifteen, and more or less the same if i used my car. But the cost, would be around 5 times bigger, not considering the hassle to get a parking spot (there are limited spaces in most of the office spaces, and street parking is very expensive). So there's a good incentive to use public transit. Since the Covid outbreak, the car ownership rate exploded, and there are some parts of the city that have gridlocks from 7am to 8pm. So driving here sucks.
A few notes about the video, which have been announced during this month:
01:15 an electric light railway was announced earlier this month, to connect the International Airport with the metro station "Pajaritos" (this station is currently connected to a bus station that takes you to the coast, and it's heavily demanded in the summer time).
07:50 the skip stop can not be implemented in line 1 because every station is very busy at rush hour, since they can all be considered "mayor stations". Also, it would be risky and tricky to manage, since the office workers and students enter non stop, and it would cause an overflow of people in the platform.
2 days ago, the minister of Transportation announced bikes would be allowed in the Metro carts, but only on sundays, to allow people to travel to the main parks without using their cars. Most of the main streets in the Sanhattan area are shut for car use on sunday mornings, and are used to recreational activities .
And today, it was confirmed that the future line 7 will not have stations along the Parque Forestal, one of the main green areas of the downtown. This measure was taken to protect the park.
Very good video, first video i caught and i love the style!
Buen google traductor.
Its impressive how much has been added recently and is planned in the near future
That is some incredible system. Best wishes from India
From Chile here, as much as I love the Metro system of my country I can't deny I kinda appreciate the old lines (1 and 2) due it's architecture design due it's attention to Artistic detail. You can find in those stations a lot of small tiles forming hundred of patterns across the board while the newer lines have forgotten most of that old craft and have delivered just ordinary cement walls just in order to deliver these project within time. I know, it's just some random nitpicking from my part, but something I always have in mind when using the "modern" metro lines.
hopefully they can become more artistic in the future, migh just need a few projects to fill the lines with beautifull displays
Si cierto, pero creo que porque el proceso de las pequeñas cerámicas también es muy caaro
no viajé en la 1 cuando estuve en santiago pero la 2 me pareció tan linda! después fui a buenos aires y cuando me subí al subte me quería matar aprecien su metro que se hace extrañar
Hi. I’m chilean, i’ve lived my whole life in Santiago. In my adulthood i’ve been in holidays to many cities around the world, and by comparison i think our Metro system is great and every day better. Without as many stations as London, Paris or Tokyo, but very good. It’s great to see this analysis in a foreign youtube channel 👌🏼👏🏼. A problem though is that some lines of our Metro get extremely crowded in rush hour. Specially the original Line 1 (which is why they’re planning line 7), Line 4, and line 5.
Nice video! Some facts:
- L1 runs full length from San Pablo to Los Dominicos. During morning and evening peak hours services work in two short routes: Pajaritos (2 stations after San Pablo) to Los Dominicos and San Pablo to Manquehue.
- L5 was originally to be extended south to today's L4 terminus in Puente Alto. Then it was decided that L4 would have 2 services: Tobalaba to La Cisterna and Tobalaba to Plaza de Puente Alto (the one we know today). During the construction plans changed to the routes we know.
- There are plans, no still confirmed, to extended L4A through the motorway to the west to give potential more connections to the south of the city and L6 is to be extended from its current terminus one stop to the west to connect with the new suburban service from the south west.
Greetings from Santiago!
su bucle, vez me quede dormio en hora pik ls wns no tan ni ay 1na vez me quede dormio apareci x el otro lao XD
@@Androbott me quedé dormio en plaza Egaña y terminé en puente alto, créeme entiendo tu wea xd
@@Androbott Chileno chanta nro 1 no se merece este metro.
I support the loop line!
When in Chile I use this metro system regularly. Is so useful and convenient given the Bus Transit System is slower and not to reliable... Best Metro of Chile and South America by far😍😍😍
The Americas as a whole probably! Lots of lines and very modern!
Never use the bus service. Although kudos on all the new electric buses.
the bus service is pretty reliable tbh but in peak hours its better to use the metro sistem
@@Federico_Cahis The bus system is also pretty good. A lot of people prefer not to pay though lol
santiago's metro is one of the few things of this country that make me whole-heartedly proud of it.
it's very modern even in its oldest lines, expansive and massively useful nowadays it helps to get almost anywhere in the city, and despite the illegal hawkers and scars of the unrest from some years ago, it is very well cared of, being quite clean and well maintained (much better maintained than the buses at the very least). and all is run by a huge single and very weird mixed-ownership company that somehow manages to blend the efficiency and efficacy focus of a private corporation with the thorough planning and deep pockets of a central goverment agency. probably the only flaws of santiago's metro is there isn't enough lines of it, that and the ticket being kinda pricey.
The one time I hate riding the Metro is when you get a rapper next to you blasting shitty freestyle xD
@@CoTeCiOtm dame una palabra hermanito
amigo estoy en el metro de madrid y la tarifa es de 1,5 euros, el doble que el metro de santiago
@@pepelota4351igual caro, y además en España la gente gana mas dinero. el sueldo mínimo allá equivale $1.000.000 de pesos, en chile es $400.000, menos del doble que en Madrid.
@@ernstschmidt4725 eso mismo, hay que compararlo con el poder adquisitivo de la gente, recuerdo que hicieron una encuesta sobre en que gastaban el dinero las familias chilenas y casi la mitad se iba en transporte :/
Hi, i am from Santiago. Great video! I like to mention that the government its planning a tram to connect line 1 to the airport. Also they are already starting to design line 10 and a new cable cart that passes over the Parque Metropolitano. Hope to see and update video some time in the future!
But boric.... He will make a dumb scene.
@@Nn.65juk what's the deal with bringing him out for no reason lol
yeah, the drafts for the tram project have been finished by the company that presented them to the authorities (Engie), it just needs to be open for bidding by the Ministry of Public Works. The cable cart is in the engineering phase, it should start construction soon-ish.
@@Nn.65juk now call him "merluzo", I'm playing bingo
This is a great video, and i got a few things to say about the best metro in the world.
1. The metro system is really a backbone of all of Santiago's transportation, because of its connectivity between communes. It connects a lot of the popularly dense areas or "working class living areas", to the financial centers, universities and other important landmarks.
2. It has an integrated payment system with public buses and regional railways so that you could theoretically go anywhere with any combination you want while still paying 800 pesos, around 90 cents.
3. Sadly it has some inconvenients like some communes not really connecting directly with any metro lines and resorting to using populated buses, and recently a plan to up the price of every trip because of recent inflation.
I love Santiago's Metro really much, because it gives a lot of freedom and accesibility to move throughout the city, and i hope it will stay the best for a long time :).
I'm from Santiago and I've actually talked to some friends from the US about it, most of them use cars to go around and I used to ask them "why don't you take the metro instead?" Assuming they should have a similar or better system than here. But they tell me the service sucks or it doesn't even exist! In the United States!
Wow, as a born and raised in that city i feel impressed and somehow complimented 😹 i'm so used to live here that i can't value our system, still kinda expensive for us if we need to travel every single day and pay the price two times per day 😮💨 but the modern metro lines deserve it, the aircon and how pretty it is 💘
As a Santiago hater i must say that the metro system is magnificent, it's very sad that this level of public transport is basicly non existant in other parts of the country, especially in the north
I'm amazed by the network Santiago has built. I think it's probably the best system in South America, although São Paulo and Buenos Aires have a lot more suburban rail (CPTM and Trenes Argentinos). But the amount and quality of lines being built is unmatched in the Americas (NA and SA).
As always, great video Reece, as a South American who's lived in Toronto, I'm exited to see someone really looking into our cities and seeing that they have a lot of great things to offer!
Since you covered São Paulo and Santiago, I'm looking forward to a Buenos Aires explained video, it has a really old and historic system, that's really affordable, well used and has a fantastic suburban rail.
Idk, as a Brazilian living in Santiago and having used both the Sao Paulo and Santiago metro a lot, I think it's hard to say which system is best. Both are very modern and have lines with cutting-edge technology and lots of lines, I still think Sao Paulo's system is a bit better in my personal opinion
@@RodrigoDavy i am chilean. Born here and well mybe we are good in metro but we suck in many things.
I have seen the Argentinians sub urban transport and it's not as clean and modern than the EFE line from Estación Central.
@@Nn.65juk it'a cultural and political
@@Nn.65juk comparado con el resto de sudamerica eramos un eden
While logical from a financial perspective to not extend line 4A as it is the least used service. When looking at Google maps, I highly appreciate that they keept space for an extention in the highway median.
And not just a minor short extention.
The right of way is reserved for a 9km extention nearly all the way to the Line 5 Station at Del Sol.
extending the line 4A to maipu would be so awesome, i could finally visit my friends in the other bedroom suburbs without going through the congested city center
this video is way more important now considering what's happening in NYC... as a Chilean, I'm just thrilled because we got more announcements of extensions and new lines and even trans-regional lines being also integrated into the metro in the near future being announced! it's just amazing
One of the best metro systems on the world. We have to keep caring of it.
Somehow, you've managed to make me feel nostalgia for the city I lived in during almost 20 years. I spent so much time traveling through the Metro it just became second nature. Now I realize how good it was.
Big news this week. Metro announced changes to line 9, it will be extended to connect with lines 2/3/7 in Cal y Canto and with line 4 in Plaza de Puente Alto. Also, EFE announced that they awarded CRRC the contract to provide 32 three-car trains for the new suburban rail lines, similar to the ones used for the Santiago-Rancagua service.
Great video Reece. I'm from Melbourne, Australia but have been living in Santiago for a number of years. As a daily user of the metro here, I have a couple of things to point out. In peak periods on line 1, frequency is often better than every 2 minutes, sometimes just 30 seconds or so. But it isn't consistent. Sometimes 3 trains come very quickly, then there can be noticeable gap of several minutes or more. Also, the legacy lines (1, 2, 4, 4A and 5) can get really, really hot in summer, especially line 1. Not much planning was given to keeping the tunnels cool when they were originally built, and the heat generated by the trains is substantial. it's gotten even worse now that the trains have air-conditioning, as while it's okay inside the train, the platforms and other waiting areas are absolute saunas now. The stations are also now full of huge digital screens for advertising, which also give out a lot of heat considering there are so many of them. Plus all of the air-conditioning systems for the ticket offices expel their heat into the tunnels, not up to the surface.
Secondly, while a lot of money is being spent on the metro and buses here, virtually nothing is being spent on better pedestrian or cycling infrastructure. It's a shame because most of the city is relatively flat, and it rains very little here. So cycling should be easy, but there are few cycling paths, and they are narrow, poorly-designed and frequently used by drivers to park in.
Hi, I had some questions about living in Chile as a foreigner. How has your experience been, is it relatively safe? the culture, how much expensive is it compared to western countries?
@@Astro_Rohan I can answer that right now it is not a very safe city, Santiago and Chile es expensive to live in like any big European city for example one big mac is around 5 dollars a coffee in Starbucks is approximately 4 to 5 dollars, and rent houses or depts depends the zone go to from 300 dollars to 3 or more thousand
@@carlosmaynier is it not safe like Mexico or just like any general European or US cities are?
@@Astro_Rohan it's probably safer than mexico (gang related violent crimes), but if you walk around with your phone on your hand or your bag open you're gonna get robbed.
@@veronicavieyra4392 Okay I see. But I should be fine once I get accustomed to practices locals follow right
What a great system well done on shedding light on it Reece!
What a great video!, as a person living in Santiago i like a lot our metro, is really easy to ride, quite clean and a fast service with trains every 40 seconds up to 5-7 minutes😊
Yeah... Sure.
@@Nn.65juk it is tho! I'd say the only thing that may be a problem are the amount of hawkers inside the trains and on the platforms
3:50 "Trains come as often as every two minutes in peak periods." If only Los Angeles could have transit that frequent...or anywhere in America for that matter.
actually is faster than 2 minutes
In rush hour or peaks, they do come packed with people to fullest (exceeding) capacity. But after a couple of trains go by you might be able to sneak in aboard, so the point still stands.
The fastest i have seen trains arriving consistently (in Line 1) is about 40 seconds
Line 1 at peak hour operates at maximum possible capacity.
@@pato.pumarinoYeah, I remember that from the Time I visited Santiago, like a train every 1.5 minutes. The good thing about Metro is that it heavily improves mobility on tourists and students.
Great video!
A very simple explanation why line 1 can't have express services: most of the stations trough the line are highly demanded the entire day, in opposition to lines 2/4/5, that carried people from the "end of the line", so the stations in between can be skipped and will not get crouded.
And also you just missed the L4 extension to Bajos de Mena (south west). :P
Greetings from Valparaíso, Chile. (I'm a user of both Valparaiso and Santiago metros)
Government's always talking about reducing the emission but not investing in to metro and train networks always struck me as a bad joke
good job to Chile
As a daily user of Santiago's Metro, I really enjoyed your video!
I'm currently in Santiago and I was amazed by the metro, the algorithm did a good job
As a santiaguine who routinely travels on the metro, i never really thought about how good the metro system is. It's streamlined enough to just blend into the background of your day. it's honestly rare arriving late to some place by metro, at least in the trips i take.
it'd be a crime not to mention just how often performers hop on the trains to run their show- I've seen all kinds of arts, from the usual rappers singing about societal issues or playfully freestyling, to Saxophones, Tap dancing and a Rockstar skeleton puppet! It's a real stage, that's for sure.
Impressive level of detail! I take line 3 on a daily basis and have never noticed that the screens tell you the occupancy lvl of the cars.
It'd be great if you could make a video about Cairo's metro. What makes it interesting is that it's been open for decades and expands at a glacial pace, but most of the third line is now finally open and it's starting to become a proper near-citywide network. It has super high ridership and frequencies despite its limited coverage. It's got converted commuter rail lines, cut and cover tunnel through the centre, bored tunnels and elevated sections. Another fun fact is that the main central transfer station called Sadat was closed for several years to prevent protests and the trains would pass through it like a ghost station and some connections required you to ride in a loop around the city centre.
I would love to see a video on Brussels’ Metro and Premetro Network. The system isn’t huge with only 4 lines but the Premetro is very interesting. And Brussels also has a huge tram network.
Brussels system is fascinating and will definitely get a dedicated video!
It would be great to see you do a video about Dublin's public transport. It's lagging quite a bit behind the rest of Europe at the moment but we have a light rail system and an S-Bahn type commuter rail system as well as a long, long overdue automated metro in the works.
Did Brussels improve their train and platforms? I was there in 2005 and some of them were very dangerous ands trains were old and small.
Metro's basically the jewel of the city. I've been able to get around the city almost exclusively by Metro around the whole city.
It's amazing.
Great timing for the video, just arrived on vacation in Santiago from Canada and I'm indeed impressed by it!
Nice to see more of my footage! CDMX and Santiago had very similar begginigs but Chile has managed to keep their system more up to date.
Wow Santiago's metro system looks so clean and efficient, greetings from Puerto Príncipe, Estacion Central
Very good video!
I'd like to see video about Sofia metro.It's one of the youngest and fastest growing metro systems in Eastern Europe.Also, our metro have very beautiful stations, like "Lavov most" and "Medical university".
Again, thanks for this interesting video! Greetings from Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 😀 👋
I've just been in Sofia for the first time for a few days. The system is pretty solid. I really liked that you can just tap your contactless creditcard to ride the metro (and even the trams and busses!) What I also found interesting were the sliding gates at some stations to prevent falls to rails. Probably a lot cheaper than the automatic gates, which are also installed at some stations, but still pretty effective.
I'll have to cover Sofia and other Eastern European metros more in the future!
Finalmente, el episodio que estaba esperando, sobre mi querido metro :D
Pd: comentario obligatorio en español :d
Espero el pais siga avanzando....
Pero con boric scw jajaja lo dudo...
@@Nn.65juk ?
@@Nn.65juk a Boric le gusta Nine Inch Nails. Estamos salvados.
El metro de santiago murió hace unos 4 años atrás, los jóvenes idealistas que iban a cambiar el mundo lo destruyeron, muchos se saltan los torniquetes, y fuerzan las puertas automáticas, se enfrentan a los guardias y a la gente honesta que los insta a pagar su pasaje y a no destruir el metro, los inmigrantes y los chilenos sinvergüenzas terminaran de sepultarlo. Hoy es una verguenza, QEPD, se llenó de vendedores ambulantes ilegales, los accesos y pasillos interiores están llenos de vendedores ilegales, de delincuentes, de ser necesario como ya ha ocurrido no hay una via expedita para evacuar porque estos delincuentes tienen todos los pasillos de acceso tomados, aprendices de cantantes paseandose al interior de los carros repletos con parlantes a todo volumen, mendigos que simulan ser vendedores ilegales , etc., todo ello agravado por la congestión permanente de pasajeros, el metro ya perdió todo encanto, nadie cede un asiento a un anciano o a una mujer embarazada o con un bebe en sus brazos. Si pueden evitar tomar el metro háganlo, prefieran un bus de superficie q es mas lento pero mas amigable y hasta mas tranquilo, la mayoría de los buses del sistema red es eléctrico y con aire acondicionado. En buen chileno , el metro se chacreó, el falite, el vendedor ilegal, el delincuente, el contestatario, el antisistema y los irreverentes se adueñaron de el. Hay dos cosas que temo en chile.. temo a los estudiantes y a los usuarios del metro.
los mismisimos que no se pierden una para hablar de su postura politica, les recuerdo que es un video acerca del metro >:c
wow, ¿enserio el metro es tan impresionante?
como alguien que vive aqui nunca pienso mucho sobre lo avanzado que es el metro y mas en lo molesto que es irse en la hora pico con todos apretados como sardinas
es que en Chile solo sabemos mirarnos el ombligo y no cachamos lo que hay en otras ciudades y en otros países
As someone from Santiago, I have to say that I loved your video. I am quite proud and fascinated by our metro system and how quickly it has grown since the 00s, and how it continues to expand. My dream is that it reaches the airport, but we'll have to wait for that.
I'd love to see São Paulo's metro!
Currently we are expanding Line 2-Green and 15-Silver.
Under construction Line 6-Orange and 17-Gold.
Future projetcs Line 19-Sky Blue, 20-Pink,16-Violet.
Future extensions
Line 2-Green to Dutra
Line 4-Yellow to Taboão da Serra.
Line 5-Lilac to Jardim Ângela and Ipiranga.
Line 15-Silver Ipiranga and Hospital Cidade Tiradentes.
Here is some good info for your vídeo!
Great work btw!
Would love to see a video on Bangkok's metro one day. There are different operators for different lines, and consists of both underground metro and skytrain, and there's also new lines opening next year as well
I plan on covering it! I just need to put more footage together first
@@RMTransit Awesome! I'm a big fan of your videos and I'm looking forward to it!
@@RMTransit As a Bangkokian, I'm really looking forward to see a video explaining a metro system of the world's most visited city in the world
As I’m watching this I’m riding the Santiago Metro, amazing
Having lived in Santiago for the last months, I can only confirm that the metro here is amazing. What's also interesting is the pricing of the metro system. You pay one price to basically "gain access" to the system - no matter how long the ride. You only check in and pay upon checking in, but never check out. Also, subsequent bus rides won't cost extra (within a certain time window). That means, especially longer trips are quite economic. The only thing I don't like about the metro here is that it's already closing at 11 pm :/
4A looks like it should keep continuing west to meet the southern Suburban railway lines
It should but probably won't, some south areas of santiago have a different legislation and makes the implementation of RED (Of which Metro is part of) kind of hard. Thats why the big trains are being used for it. It's very dumb tho... My family lives just in the limit and they don't even have public bus transit because of it😓
@@kyokugo6460 Que susto
Perhaps in the future it will!
The metro system is a very interesting, efficient and cheap way to travel, and if it continues growing and adding even more lines and stations, it could really make a huge difference and drastically reduce car use and traffic, as well as obviously money and time for those who use it. As someone who lives around 9 km away from the Manquehue station, the new Estoril station will be only around 5 km away from me on Line 7, and hopefully they can expand it more with time. Having a station at a hopefully walkable distance from home would be really cool and useful!
we are the best country from chile
Greetings from chile
I'm from Chile and I loved this video! Problem is most of the people from Chile doesn't appreciate the metro, you will always hear people complaining about it, because of the price and how crowded some lines are, but it's because they don't know the reality for other countries I suppose..
Thanks for teaching me a piece of my city that gets pretty little recognition from the citizens and is just like "normal" to us but every tine I read or hear about it they find it remarkable. We need more appreciation for our Metro from us Chileans and Santiaguinos!
An interesting characteristic of the metro in Chile is its cleanliness, which is not due to the culture of the users but rather to the zero tolerance policy of the company that does not limit expenses when it comes to keeping its cars and stations clean and free of all kinds of graffiti
Been in Santiago (formerly lived outside NYC and have experience with NYC subway) for a month and I have to say their metro is wonderfully cheap, pretty clean, smooth, and the trains come very often. Extremely pleased. Thanks for the video!
i've ride a lot of subways across south america and Chile have by far the best of all. With modern wagons and beautiful stations. I hope my brothers chileans appreciate and take care this.
As someone from Santiago can confirm that Line 4 terminal at Tobalaba in Line 1 absolutely collapses every rush hour
Metro in Santiago also influenced bus services, the scheme of vehicles are now red and white (as the corporate colours of metro de Santiago), added AC, closed windows, better seating and they give a very modern look. Problems in Santiago public transport is overcrowding, delays because of traffic, and fares (a societal problem because of the inequality), almost 1/3 of the minimum wage is used for transportation. Also if necessary people avoid older infrastructure, like the rubber tire lines and old system buses because of the heat and annoying illegal sellers.
Usas el metro? Yo la línea 6 (morada) y la café (creo que 3) a diario. En estas el problema
De ambulantes es cien veces peor, los trenes sin neumáticos son muchísimo mas lentos y con menor frecuencia. De qué chucha estás hablando? Jajaj
who the heck can avoid the rubber-tired lines because they don't wanna ride on them. people go where they need to go and the trains having rubber wheels is probably the least of their concerns. also illegal sellers are an annoyance network-wide but of course they concentrate in the exchange stations like baquedano, vicente valdes and tobalaba.
@@ernstschmidt4725 so you keep doing the interchange in Los Héroes if you go from La Cisterna to Manquehue for example? People use line 6 now to avoid line 1. Why do you people have to make a discussion out of everything???
@@ignaciotorovillacura6342 it depends, but indeed that's a good route and example of what you say, using L6 to avoid the city center, you could also have taken L4A and L4, but tbh L4 is quite congested anyways.
As a Chilean who doesn't live in Santiago (yet) is pretty amazing to travel around all of the Metropolitan Region on Metro and taking maybe 1 or 2 buses while staying there. Is fascinating how advanced it is and could be for someone outside the country since most people here don't look at Santiago's public transport with good eyes.
I really love it
As a daily user of this system, it's great knowing that channels like this one show the world how our Metro works, I love it!
What a tremendous video on my city. Train and metro nerds down here know how cool our metro is, but the stressed out average user of linea 1, 2 and 5 (the most used ones) is usually not appreciative of our metro heh
You can do a short video on Yerevan's metro!
It is unique in its size (it is pretty small, in its soviet influance, and the areas it coveres in Yerevan, and why it coveres those areas in particular. The trains are really beautiful, too, some older ones are blue in color!
It would be an interesting video, a unique and different one in your amazing channel!!!!!
Thank you so much for highlight our metro system. As a chilean and Metro user, I remember when I first travelled to the USA and after I visited New York's subway (a worldwide destination) I realized how lucky we are to have Metro as our main transportation system, because there's literally no comparison specially in terms of hygiene. It makes me proud seeing this video and knowing that people all around the world agrees with it.
Thanks Reece for an excellent video, which was certainly an eye-opener for me!
Awesome vid. Tehran's metro is another quickly expanding metro system roughly the scale of Santiago's. Hope you consider covering it in the future!
Love your videos
Thanks Michael!
This is such an awesome, in-depth analysis of not only the transit system..but also how it is adapted to the city itself! Love these kinds of videos..keep up the good work !
What I love about Santiago’s Metro, is that you can borrow books from Bibliometro for free (prior registering).
What a great country, i love Chile, Blessings from Villarica, Italia.
It would be great to see you do a video about Dublin's public transport. It's lagging quite a bit behind the rest of Europe at the moment but we have a light rail system and an S-Bahn type commuter rail system as well as a long overdue metro in the works.
This! Despite all its problems, the Dublin public transport system is so unique. Dublin bus doing the heavy lifting, but Dart and Luas are also pretty interesting..
Been hearing about the metro since before I hit puberty, I’m a doctor now and it’s still not even past the planning steps is it? 😂
New Luas lines vs waiting for the Metro discussion video would be awesome.
@@fahadalsaggar8376 The metro is a farce at this point. The original plan got planning permission in 2011 but was immediately cancelled by the same government that is now patting itself on the back for coming up with the latest plan 🤦
I was born and have lived in Santiago all of my life, and the metro has always been an important part of it. Some of my earliest memories are riding it with my mom to go visit my dad's office (just outside of Universidad de Chile station). I distinctly remember when Line 5 was inaugurated because we went for a day to the Museo Mirador in it; how "modern" it felt. And of course for most of my adult life I used the metro to commute, first to university and then to work.
Because I've been able to travel a lot, so I know for fact how lucky we are to have such a great metro system. We should feel proud to have a metro that's better than the ones in cities such as NY!
BTW, I was involved in drafting the plans to either extend the metro or build a tram to connect it to the airport. Recently the Ministry of Public Works announced it will go ahead with that project; one that is super necessary imho, since is not that easy to get to it.
Since january there is a bus (that you can take in Pajaritos metro station, line 1) that takes you to the airport. The paysystem of the bus (transantiago) is linked to the one in the metro, and when you pay, have two hours of time to move. The maximum transportation you can take within those 2 hours are two buses and one ride on the metro!
i'd love to see a video about warsaw, our metro maybe isn't that extensive (only two lines, with one still in construction, first opened in 1995) but our tram network and buses are a pretty extensive network which is undergoing some major expansions and fleet improvements at the moment
I'll have to visit Warsaw one day. I know that it has one of the most beautiful metro stations in Europe: Plac Wilsona.
@@DN-jm8us oh yeah that station is really nice, and the new stations on line m2 are really cool as well
Yes I would also like to see a vid on Warsaw metro
@@Bongrad i think a vid on just the metro would be too short, so i'd also include the trams in the video
Warsaw is definitely on my list for the future!
Nice video! You should check our Medellín's Metro in Colombia, which is the country's only Metro system. An interesting fact about it is that in 2004 it opened the world's first gondola line for massive transportation.
I live in Santiago and I honestly love the metro system. It's awesome.
Thank you for this video. Live in Santiago since 14 years and loved seeing an accurate and well researched video. 🙌
Part of the current succes of the metro and its demands relies in the integrated fare with other modes of trasportation, a lot of travels in the metro starts by bus, and Transantiago has many routes that connects the negighbourhoods with the station, and also many diesel buses are being replaced by full electric buses helping in reducing the emissions in the capital.
That beig said.
Even though the transportation system in the capital is amazing its institution and designed haven't been implemented outside the capital, so the majority of the country still relies in old, corrup, polluting and ineffective systems :c
*almost 50% of travels made by metro started in buses
Great video. It's nice to see analysis about transit in Latin America. I would like to see your perspective about the Bogota transit system. I think is a nice case of study because it's a city that have develop a transit system highly dependent on buses, mostly on BRT systems. It has one of the biggest BRT systems in the world mostly because it's cheaper to make, but became an excuse for many years for the politicians for not construct a metro despite the high demand of massive transport on the city. Because of that, a great system like Transmilenio is collapsed and people hate it (despite everyone use it) and the first metro line is just beginning it's construction. Also the metro is an eternal promise to the Bogotanos but the politicians delayed it for many years because an stupid argument about if the metro had to be underground or elevated. Sorry for the bad English
It's so weird having a video abour my country...
As someone which has recently started working in santiago (i live 100km to the north) i have to ride the L1 once a week and it just amazes me the sheer amout of people that moves and the consistency of the arrivals, if i miss one metro i can wal like half the platform and the next one arrives...
Jajajaja... TH-cam está lleno de videos de chile ..Al parecer es moda
Great video, I'm from Santiago and in this video I've learned many new things about our metro.
would love to see your perspective on the art on the metro system. it's a really big part of its identity.
Wow, I didn't realize how automated the AS-2014 trains on Line 3 and 6 are. They have no enclosed and seperate cabs, but they do have a control panel for emergencies. Reminds me a little of the PATH trains of New Jersey, where the conductor's control panel is out in the open and they must use a key to open it.
Después de que anduve en el metro de LA ahora amo demasiado el metro de Santiago ❤️
7:00 in Tobalaba Station, you can see the tallest building of South America, the Gran Torre Santiago, also known as the "Costanera Center". Well. It can be seen even from outside the city, as far as 30 km away with favorable weather conditions.
Could please do a video about Tehran metro transit system? It’s the largest metro system in the Middle East.