On the morning of Tuesday, August 13, 2024, representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Santiago Metro attended the breakthrough of the future metro Line 7 of Santiago in the Parque Araucano area

The tunnel  was excavated using  the NATM method and the breakthrough occured at a depth of 40 m between the shaft at the intersection of Av Manquehue Norte with Cerro Colorado and the future station at Parque Araucano. This is at the intersection of Cerro Colorado and Rosario Norte, in the municipality of Las Condes: click here. 

This breakthrough is the second of 23 planned for Line 7 between March 2024 and the second half of 2026. The first breakthrough took place on March 5, 2024 between the shafts of the future Baquedano L7 station and shaft n. 10 near the ex Café Literario, inside Parque Balmaceda, in the Providencia municipality. 

To date, the tunnelling has reached 19%  and 5 km of tunnels have been excavated so far for Line 7, which will serve over 1.5 million people in the municipalities of Renca, Cerro Navia, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Recoleta, Providencia, Las Condes and Vitacura. 

The new route of Line 7 of the Santiago metro will be 26 km long with 19 stations and its entry into service is scheduled for 2028. 

For further information please click here and cl/38 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.metro.cl/. 34/24.