Los Leones metro station
 Los Leones | ||||||||||||||||
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| Santiago Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
 The station in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nueva Providencia Avenue / Ricardo Lyon Avenue | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°25′18.19″S 70°36′34.80″W / 33.4217194°S 70.6096667°WCoordinates: 33°25′18.19″S 70°36′34.80″W / 33.4217194°S 70.6096667°W | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Line 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Transantiago buses | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | August 31, 1980 | |||||||||||||||
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Los Leones is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station is named for the nearby Los Leones Avenue. Located in the heart of the commercial area of Providencia, some of its entrances are integrated into the retail lower levels of buildings.
A ceramic mosaic by the artist Ramón Vergara Grez was installed in 1993.[1]
As of 2011, the original tiles on its walls have been completely removed. The station will be renovated as a part of the its upgrade into a transfer station between the Line 1 and the new Line 6. Because of this, for now its walls will be only painted pending the final line's opening,[2] which is expected in 2016.
References
- ↑ "Estación Los Leones". Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Estaciones Manuel Montt y El Golf del Metro serán remodeladas en febrero". La Tercera (in Spanish). January 24, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
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