4 national corridors linking 11 cities, about 3,200 km measured city to city in straight lines (about 3,800 km built, at a route factor of 1.2), with 5 cross-border links. From Arica to Coyhaique, with the Andes base tunnel to Mendoza and links to Bolivia, Peru and Argentine Patagonia.
The Network Concept
The national corridors.
Each corridor is listed below in order of its cities.
MMC Chile network concept, schematic. Dark lines are national corridors; grey lines are neighbouring national corridors; gold lines are cross-border links; the wide gold band marks the spines. Routes are indicative.
Routes are indicative. Corridors are drawn city to city, through the cities on the existing railway wherever a line exists: MMC corridors follow those lines, upgrading the line or running above it on viaduct. Where no line exists, the corridor is new build. Final alignments are set at detailed design by terrain survey, geotechnical analysis, environmental and cultural heritage assessment, and agreement between the nations they connect.
CL-1 North: Santiago – La Serena – Copiapó – Antofagasta – Iquique – Arica
CL-2 South: Santiago – Concepción – Temuco – Puerto Montt
CL-3 Valparaíso: Santiago – Valparaíso
CL-4 Austral: Puerto Montt – Coyhaique
Engagement
To initiate the programme in Chile.
The MMC platform is available to any nation building to the standard. If your government, agency, or capital partner could initiate a project in Chile: Make contact.
