As we know, the Santiago Metro It is the most important means of transportation in the capital of our country and it has the advantage of connecting many parts of the city in a shorter time and without the need to waste so many minutes traveling by bus. Although it has more than one hundred stations, it can have some disadvantages such as cleaning, maintenance of the units and now a new problem is added and we are talking about the noise. For this, the experts analyzed and determined which is the noisiest season and which affects noise pollution.
He Santiago Metro It is one of the most modern train systems in Latin America and is managed by the state company Metro SA, being the first of the two metropolitan railway systems in our country that is part of the Metropolitan Mobility Network. It currently has 143 stations and an extension of almost 150 kilometers.
Beyond being one of the most effective transportation systems in our country, it has some disadvantages and one of them is that some stations are very noisy. Because of this, a company dedicated to improving people’s hearing health, known as GAES, created a list of the seasons of the Santiago Metro with more noise.
According to what this study could determine, the station of the Santiago Metro The loudest is the Latin American Union (ULA), which registered 95.2 decibels, much higher than what the World Health Organization indicates, which states that the maximum decibel limit is 55, so it far exceeds it.
María Paz Fáunez, member of GAES, explained how the noise at this station for those who use the Santiago Metro: “While most public transportation trips are short in duration and are less likely to cause immediate hearing damage, their impact on hearing depends on the intensity of the sound.” The other loudest stations are The Dominicans with 94 decibels and University Catholic with 93.3.
