{"id":7018,"date":"2017-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/news\/michelle-bachelet-officially-opens-line-6-of-santiago-de-chiles-underground-system\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T08:24:29","slug":"michelle-bachelet-officially-opens-line-6-of-santiago-de-chiles-underground-system","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/en\/news\/michelle-bachelet-officially-opens-line-6-of-santiago-de-chiles-underground-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Bachelet officially opens line 6 of Santiago de Chile\u2019s underground system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On November 2, Chile\u2019s<\/strong> president<\/strong>, Michelle Bachelet<\/strong>, officially opened the new Line 6 of Santiago de Chile\u2019s underground system<\/a><\/strong>, which commenced regular operations that same afternoon. Many of Chile\u2019s leading authorities were present at the event. Accompanying President Bachelet were Paola Tapia, Transport Minister, Alberto Undurraga, Minister for Public Works, and Claudio Orrego, Intendant of the Metropolitan Region, as well as Rodrigo Az\u00f3car, president of the Santiago metro, and the mayors of the city districts through which the new line runs. \u00a0Present on behalf of Ferrovial Agroman<\/a> were \u00c1ngel Luis S\u00e1nchez, Construction Director Zone I, Juan Ram\u00f3n P\u00e9rez, Building Director Zone I, Joaqu\u00edn Torres, Director for Chile, and Ricardo Mungu\u00eda, Chile Buildings Manager, amongst others.<\/p>\n

A ride was taken along the 15 km of this new line<\/strong> to mark the event, with stops at several stations. The official opening itself was held at Cerrillos station<\/a> and included the unveiling of a military aeroplane<\/strong> which will remain on show at the station to commemorate the old airport<\/strong> which used to stand close to this station. All of Chile\u2019s media outlets were present to broadcast the event live. There was widespread agreement after the event highlighting the quality<\/strong> and functionality<\/strong> of the new stations and the line itself, and the lack of incidents.<\/p>\n

Ferrovial Agroman has carried out civil works on stretch 2 (3km of tunnels<\/strong>) and has built 7 of the new line\u2019s 10 stations<\/strong>: Cerrillos, Lo Valledor, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Franklin, B\u00edoB\u00edo, \u00d1uble and \u00d1u\u00f1oa. It has also designed and carried out inner cladding<\/strong> in all of the stations, and as such has been the main construction company<\/strong> working on this new infrastructure and a leading player in its delivery.<\/p>\n

The contracts carried out by our company in this new Line 6 are:<\/p>\n