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title: Santiago inaugurates Line 3 of its metro with SYSTRA
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# Santiago inaugurates Line 3 of its metro with SYSTRA

![Santiago inaugurates Line 3 of its metro with SYSTRA](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/87250bc02e2dcdc3e796605baa52d4.png)

![img-20190122-wa0010](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img-20190122-wa0010.jpg)

SYSTRA teams provided basic design and specialised technical assistance for the
railway systems of Line 3 on behalf of our client Metro S.A., Santiago’s metro
authority. The line is driverless with a UTO GoA4 automatic train control
system, platform screen doors, rigid catenary, air conditioning and
non-turnstile access.

![20190109_160721](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20190109_160721.jpg)

The line, which runs from the commune of La Reina in the Santiago Metropolitan
Region northwards to the commune of Quilicura, will benefit 1.1 million
inhabitants, cutting many journey times in half. It brings the total length of
the Santiago Metro to 142km, making it the second longest in Latin America, just
behind Mexico, in which SYSTRA also played a significant role.

![ligne3-montage](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ligne3-montage.png)

## SYSTRA and the Santiago Metro: almost 50 years of involvement

SYSTRA has been working with the Santiago Metro since the end of the 1960s. in
July 2016, we completed the migration of Line 1 to CBTC, thereby raising the
level of performance of this line. We are also collaborating with Metro S.A. to
produce the basic systems design for the Line 2 extension.

In November 2017, Line 6 was inaugurated, the country’s first automatic metro
line designed to be driverless. SYSTRA was involved at all stages of this
project, from producing the studies to testing and commissioning, for all
systems and rolling stock.

Commenting on this latest stage in SYSTRA’s work on the Santiago Metro, Hervé
Laurain, Chile Managing Director, said: “The opening of Line 3 represents
another major achievement for SYSTRA in our cooperation with our client Metro
S.A. For all our assignments on the Santiago Metro, effective collaboration
between the local and international teams of SYSTRA is always a key success
factor.”

### Facts & figures

- 21.7km
- 18 stations
- Planned extension to include 4 new stations by 2022
- 1967: start of SYSTRA’s collaboration with Metro S.A.
- A network of 6 lines