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The Buenos Aires Underground (Spanish: Subterráneo de Buenos Aires), locally known as Subte (Spanish:), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Buenos Aires Underground (Subterráneo de Buenos Aires-locally known as Subte) is a metro system that serves the city of Buenos Aires, the network was inaugurated in 1913 by the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, being the first of its kind in Latin America and in the entire Southern Hemisphere and Spanish speaking world. [127]
As part of the opening ceremony for the two stations, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri drove one of the La Brugeoise trains. [13] Later in September 2013, the San José de Flores and San Pedrito stations were opened, bringing the length of the line up to 9.8 km (6.1 mi) and the total number of stations to 18, while adding an additional 35,000 ...
Its gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) is the same as the rest of the Buenos Aires underground system. The rolling stock currently used on the B line are former Tokyo Metro (formerly Eidan Subway) 300/500/900 stock, which was used on Marunouchi Line, and CAF 5000 stock.
The Buenos Aires PreMetro is a 7.4 km-long tram line which opened in 1987 with the intention of it functioning as a feeder service for Line E of the Buenos Aires Underground. [14] It is currently operated by the private company Metrovías , who also operate the Underground and the Urquiza Line in the city. [ 15 ]
As of 2015, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with an underground metro system, nonetheless there is a project to build a system in the city of Córdoba (Córdoba Metro) making it the second underground system in Argentina. [12] The Buenos Aires Underground (Subterráneo de Buenos Aires) has currently six lines, each labelled with a ...
A map of Buenos Aires Underground lines currently in operation. The Buenos Aires Underground (locally known as subte, from "subterráneo") is a mass-transit network that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Buenos Aires Underground has one of the most diverse metro fleets in the world, and has had some of the oldest models in operation on any network. The network began with a relatively standardised fleet, but throughout its over 100-year-long history, it has seen numerous purchases which have created cases where some lines operate numerous models.