Villa Frei metro station

Santiago metro station

Preceding station	Santiago Metro			Following station
Chile España towards Plaza Quilicura		Line 3		Plaza Egaña towards Fernando Castillo Velasco

Villa Frei is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Chile España and Plaza Egaña stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Irarrázaval Avenue with Ramón Cruz Avenue. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco.^[3]

Etymology

The station is close to the Villa Frei, a residential complex inaugurated during the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1968 and that was later declared a Typical Zone in 2015. The pictogram of the station represents the characteristic design of the stairs They own the buildings of the Villa Frei together with a group of trees.

Initially the station was going to be called "Diagonal Oriente" because it was located at the corner of said street.

References

^ "Ministra de Transportes confirma que Línea 3 del Metro abrirá sus puertas el próximo martes 22 de enero". EMOL (in Spanish). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "[VIDEO] Línea 3 del Metro estará lista antes del 15 de enero". Canal 13 (in Spanish). T13.cl. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.