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June 12, 2025 | Commuter Rail

Bidders line up for Chilean ERTMS contract

Tendering proceeds as Santiago Metro awards consultancy contract for Line 9.

December 18, 2024 | Central/South America

New tunnels serve Santiago’s growing commuter network

Tendering is now underway for the first of three tunnels that will eventually enable commuter trains to run under the centre of the Chilean capital Santiago from north to south. Robert Preston reports.

January 11, 2023 | Metros

Thales to supply operations control centre for Santiago metro Line 7

The line is due to open in 2027.

November 16, 2022 | Light Rail

Chile to tender light rail line to Santiago Airport

12km route to be built under 35-year concession.

August 8, 2022 | Infrastructure

Egis Rail and Systra win contracts for Santiago metro Line 7

Line 7 is to be fully automated and will be designed by Systra and project managed by Egis.

July 7, 2022 | Metros

Two bids for Quito Metro operating contract

Winner to be announced on July 15.

November 7, 2019 | Metros

Repairs to Santiago metro could cost $US 380m

THE Santiago Metro is continuing to recover after the network was badly damaged during protests last month, but the effects of the protests and the resulting social changes could have a long-term impact on the expansion of the network.

October 24, 2019 | Metros

Santiago Metro slowly recovers, but long-term issues remain

SERVICES on Santiago Metro have slowly began to recover after the network was badly damaged during protests against a 4% fare increase on October 20.

October 22, 2019 | Metros

Santiago metro suffers serious damage in fares hike protest

SANTIAGO’s 140km seven-line metro network suffered serious damage on Saturday October 20 during protests against a 4% increase in fares.

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