The 555 bus route will be in charge of connecting the urban areas of Santiago with the Arturo Merino Benítez Airport from next weekvery positive news for those seeking to reach the capital’s air terminal.
As revealed by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT), the route -belonging to the Metbus company- will have a schedule of 06:00 and 23:00, will have nine stops and will link the Pajaritos metro station with the airport.
Your payment will be with the bip card! and will maintain the price of 800 pesos.
“We have a projection that indicates that it would be more than 15 thousand users per month“, he highlighted Third PM the portfolio minister, Juan Carlos Muñozwho also explained the four points that the tour will have: airport intermodal station, AENEAS, Barrancas and Pajaritos Metro stations.
It will be a fleet of 20 buses that will carry out this 13-kilometre route, in which a travel time of 30 to 40 minutes is expected. In addition, upon arrival at the intermodal, passengers can use the approach services of the Nuevo Pudahuel dealership -free of charge- to reach the main accesses of the enclosure.
“FOR PEOPLE IT IS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT”
The incorporation of these buses was highlighted by Franco Bassoan academic from the Catholic University of Valparaíso, who pointed out that “this is not the first time that an attempt has been made to arrive with a regular Transantiago service to the airport, however previous instances have been short-lived and with very sporadic services“.
“It is very important to have a public transport service that can reach the international airport, so that be able to provide people with a service that is low cost and ideally of a good standard of quality“, the Transport expert explained to the aforementioned medium, also assuring that”for people it is a tremendous impact“This tour.
In a similar vein, the architect and deputy director of Smart City at the University of Santiago, Rodrigo Martinassured that “the main positive factor of this is the integrated card, ie use the beep!to be able to go with a low amount to the airport area”.
