The line to get to the Conference is LINE 1. Universidad de Santiago de Chile is located between 2 stations of LINE 1: “Estación Central” and “Estación Universidad de Santiago de Chile”.

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Metro de Santiago is South America's most extensive metro system. The metro system serves the city of Santiago, Chile. It is a network of five lines connecting a total of 107 stations, some of which are still under construction. The system carries around 2,500,000 passengers per day.

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The Metro de Santiago sells tickets from 6:00 to 23:30 Monday through Saturday, and 8:00 to 22:30 on Sundays. The fare depends on the time of the use of the Metro. The cost of a ticket in the unitario (rush hour, 7:00-8:59:59 and 18:00-19:59:59) is $420 (US $ 0.76) and in the unitario rebajado (6:30-7:14:59, 9:00-17:59:59, 19:30-22:30 and Sat–Sun) is $380 (US $0.69). Senior citizens (65 and older) and school and university students pay $130 (US $0.24). There it is also another way to pay: a cash card called BIP card. Even though, we recommend our visitants to buy tickets.

How to get to the Conference each day:

We recommend taking off the subway in the following stations of LINE 1 (depending on the day):

● Monday 12 January: The sessions will be held in Aula Magna, so we recommend you to take off in UNIVERSIDADDESANTIAGO Station.

See AULA MAGNA access

● Tuesday 13 January: The sessions will be held in CENICITECAMP/QUEZADA, so we recommend you to take off in ESTACIÓN CENTRAL Station.

● Wednesday 14 January: The sessions will be held in CENI-CITECAMP/FROEMEL/ QUEZADA, so we recommend you to take off in ESTACIÓN CENTRAL Station.

● Thursday 15 January: The sessions will be held in CENI-CITECAMP/FROEMEL/ QUEZADA, so we recommend you to take off in ESTACIÓN CENTRAL Station.

● Friday 16 January: The sessions will be held in CENI-CITECAMP/FROEMEL/ QUEZADA, so we recommend you to take off in ESTACIÓN CENTRAL Station.

See CENI-CITECAMP/FROEMEL/QUEZADA access

The path to reach Aula Magna and Ceni-Citecamp will be indicated by ICU Posters. If you get lost, please follow those ICU posters or ask one of our students with ICU T-shirt.

2009 ICU International Congress on Ultrasonics
January 11 - 17, 2009, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Physics Department, USACH
ICU home page: http://icu2009.usach.cl
e-Mail: icu2009@fisica.usach.cl
President of the ICU Board: Prof. Luis Gaete-Garretón

- Last modified : Dec. 29, 2008