Meet halfway in Santiago
For a group meeting in Santiago, the fairest points are usually Baquedano, Los Héroes, Tobalaba or Ñuñoa - Metro stations where two lines cross, so most of the city reaches them with one change at most. Which one is fairest depends on where everyone starts: togather times each person door to door and finds the spots where nobody is stuck with a much longer trip.
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- Car
- Bike
- Cycling
- Walking
Where groups actually meet in Santiago
Interchanges that work as a fair midpoint for most groups. togather will not always land on one of these - it answers for your actual starting points - but they are the ones that come up again and again.
Baquedano
Metro lines 1 and 5
The crossing at Plaza Italia, between the centre, Bellavista and Providencia, and the most reachable single point for a group spread east and west of it.
Los Héroes
Metro lines 1 and 2
Where the main east-west line meets the north-south Line 2, just west of the centre, and the fair answer for a group with people coming up from the south.
Tobalaba
Metro lines 1 and 4
The gateway to Las Condes and the financial district, and fairer than the centre for a group living in the eastern comunas or along Line 4 towards Puente Alto.
Universidad de Chile
Metro lines 1 and 3
On the Alameda in the heart of the centre, joining Line 1 to Line 3, which makes it a good middle for a group split between Ñuñoa, Independencia and the west.
Plaza de Armas
Metro lines 3 and 5
The historic centre, and the natural pick when the group is split between Line 5 towards Maipú and Line 3 towards the north, with plenty of places to sit nearby.
Los Leones
Metro lines 1 and 6
In the middle of Providencia, and the fair choice for a group spread between Providencia, Ñuñoa and the southern comunas that Line 6 reaches.
Ñuñoa
Metro lines 3 and 6
A neighbourhood crossing with bars and cafés around Plaza Ñuñoa, and fairer than anything downtown for a group living on the eastern side south of Providencia.
Franklin
Metro lines 2 and 6
Where Line 6 crosses Line 2 south of the centre, which keeps a group from San Miguel, Santiago Centro and the south-east out of the busiest stretch of Line 1.
How to pick a fair meeting point in Santiago
Santiago spreads across a wide valley, and the instinct to split the distance on a map breaks down quickly. The Metro is the fastest way across, but its lines meet in a limited number of places. Two friends a few kilometres apart can sit on lines that never touch, so the map’s midpoint can leave both of them riding into the centre and back out again.
What makes a point fair here is a two-line crossing. Baquedano joins lines 1 and 5 at Plaza Italia, Los Héroes joins lines 1 and 2, and Tobalaba joins lines 1 and 4. The newer Line 6 adds crossings at Los Leones, Ñuñoa and Franklin that let a group skip Line 1 entirely, which matters at rush hour.
Las Condes groups are better off at Tobalaba
The city also tilts. The eastern comunas climb towards the Andes foothills, and the people living up in Las Condes or La Reina are often further in time than in kilometres. A group weighted that way is better served by Tobalaba or Los Leones than by a trip down to the Alameda. A group spread across Maipú, Independencia and the centre is better off at Plaza de Armas or Universidad de Chile.
Plenty of trips here are by Red bus or car, and short ones are on foot or by bike. Since rush hour can stretch a trip on Line 1 and on the roads alike, togather times each person on their own transport and finds the places where everyone’s travel time is about the same. Enter where each person starts and how they get around.
Meeting halfway in Santiago - questions
- Where is a fair place to meet halfway in Santiago?
- Usually a Metro interchange rather than the map's middle - Baquedano and Los Héroes for a group spread across the city, Tobalaba or Los Leones if most people live east, Franklin if they live south. togather works out which.
- Does it work if some of us drive in from the eastern comunas?
- Yes. Set the mode per person. Driving times come from real road routes, so someone crossing the city on Costanera Norte or Vespucio is not treated as though they were as close as the map suggests.
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