Santiago bus 212 (Red): route map, stops and timetable

Route 212 is a Red Movilidad bus (locally a “micro”), part of the system formerly known as Transantiago, that links the Mall Costanera Center area with La Pintana. Unlike other long services, it does not use the Alameda: it heads down Av. Los Leones, Avenida Macul and Av. Departamental, then runs along almost the whole of Av. Santa Rosa. It is 28.8 km long outbound. In the ranking of the most used services of 2025 published by Red it came 12th, with an average of 18,063 transactions per working day between January and November, listed as a Providencia – La Pintana service. Many people search for it as “micro 212” or “212 recorrido”. Below you will find the route by section, the timetable, the journey time and how to see where the bus is.

Route 212: from Costanera Center to La Pintana

Los Leones. In the schedule the service is named Mall Costanera Center – La Pintana; the first outbound stop is the Hospital Metropolitano. From there it takes Lota and Avenida Los Leones south, crossing Carlos Antúnez, Av. Eliodoro Yáñez, Avenida Pocuro, Av. Francisco Bilbao, Bustos and Av. Diego de Almagro.

Chile España and Av. Macul. It continues along General Artigas (Hernán Cortés, Avenida Sucre, Av. Simón Bolívar) and Chile España street to Chile España station. It then takes Av. José P. Alessandri, with stops at Av. Castillo Velasco, the UMCE, the Pedagógico and UTEM Macul, and moves onto Avenida Macul: Colegio San Marcos, the Municipalidad de Macul, Punta de Rieles, Av. Escuela Agrícola, Plaza Pinto Durán and Liceo Camilo Ortúzar, up to Macul station.

Av. Departamental. At Macul station it turns onto Av. Departamental: it passes the Estadio Monumental, Pedrero station, the Persa Departamental and Av. Las Industrias, and via Juan Griego and Pirámide reaches the junction with Santa Rosa.

Av. Santa Rosa and La Pintana. The longest stretch is Av. Santa Rosa southbound, following the numbered stops (Paradero 13 to 35): it passes Santa Rosa station, the Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santo Tomás and the Agronomy and Veterinary faculties. At the end it runs via Lo Martínez, Patagonia, Baldomero Lillo, Porto Alegre, Avenida Gabriela and Julio Barrenechea, and ends at Avenida Lo Blanco and Tte. L. Cruz Martínez.

The return trip starts at Julio Chávez and Sargento Aldea and comes back along the same axis. In La Pintana it passes the Estadio La Pintana, Avenida Lo Blanco, Paradero 38 de Santa Rosa and the Plaza de La Pintana, and in the north it ends via Av. Los Leones and Lota, with stops at Liceo Tajamar and Hard Rock Café.

Route 212 timetable

According to the current DTPM operating schedule (October 2026), the 212 runs every day from 05:30 to 01:00 (first and last scheduled departures). On weekdays it has about 150 departures, and on Saturday and Sunday about 80 each day. It is not a 24-hour service: between the last departure at night and the first in the morning there is no 212, so if you travel in the early hours look for another option in the App Red.

In the morning peak (07:00 to 09:00) on a weekday, the shortest scheduled interval is 7 minutes. At weekends there are about half as many departures as on weekdays, and waits are longer.

How long the 212 takes

According to the operating schedule, a full outbound trip from the Hospital Metropolitano to La Pintana has a scheduled time of 110 minutes for 28.8 km. It is a reference time: at peak hours, on Av. Departamental and Av. Santa Rosa, it can take longer. If you only ride part of the route, for example from Macul to Santa Rosa, work out your trip with the planner in the App Red or on red.cl.

Bus stops and Metro connections

The 212 has 86 stops outbound and 81 on the return. It passes four Metro stations: Chile España, Macul, Pedrero and Santa Rosa. The rest of the route runs along avenues without Metro, so the 212 is mainly useful for neighbourhood-to-neighbourhood trips, for example to the Municipalidad de Macul, the Estadio Monumental, the Hospital Padre Hurtado or the Agronomy and Veterinary faculties on Santa Rosa.

How to find out where the 212 bus is

To see how long until the next 212, use the App Red (in the app stores, “Red Metropolitana de Movilidad”), which is free and has an arrival predictor for each bus stop (paradero). You can also use “¿Cuándo llega?” on red.cl. Enter the bus stop code, printed on the stop sign: it starts with P, followed by a zone letter and a number. If you are travelling late, check the predictor before you leave: there are no scheduled departures after 01:00.

Fare and tarjeta bip!

Since 22 February 2026 the adult fare on Red buses is CLP 795 at any time. Secondary and higher-education students pay CLP 260 with the TNE, primary school pupils ride free and seniors with the bip! Adulto Mayor pay CLP 390. You can pay with the tarjeta bip! (it costs CLP 1,550) or with bip!QR from the App Red and other apps.

A single payment covers up to two transfers (three legs) within 120 minutes of the first validation, as long as you do not repeat the same bus route. There is no extra charge between buses; if you transfer from the 212 to the Metro during peak hours, you pay the difference up to CLP 895.

Tips for travelling on the 212

• To reach La Pintana from the north, the 212 avoids the city centre: it goes down Los Leones and Macul without using the Alameda.
• On Av. Santa Rosa the stops are numbered (Paradero 13 to 35): use them as a reference for where to get off.
• The last 212 leaves at 01:00; if you are coming back later, plan another route in the App Red.
• On the return the bus passes the Plaza de La Pintana, which is not on the outbound direction.