Cab Ride Buenos Aires Subway Line A (part 2 of 2)

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf3wIo8_kj4

Line A

Opened 1913
Operator: Metrovías
Line length 10.7 km (6.65 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ½ in)
Electrification Catenary

Stations
Part 1

Plaza de Mayo
Perú
Piedras
Lima
Sáenz Peña
Congreso
Pasco
Alberti
Plaza Miserere
Loria

Part 2:

Castro Barros
Río de Janeiro
Acoyte
Primera Junta
Puan (2008)
Carabobo (2008)

The construction and operation of Line "A" was granted to the "Cía. de Tranvías Anglo Argentina", which took 26 months to finish the project.


It was President Roque Sáenz Peña who, together with the City Mayor Mr. Joaquín de Anchorena, inaugurated the construction of Line "A" on September 15th, 1911.

On December 1st, 1913 the first stage which reached Plaza Miserere was opened; on April 1st, 1914 Río de Janeiro Station was inaugurated, and 90 days later the last section of Line A until Primera Junta, was completed totaling a tunnel length of 7.035 meters with 14 stations.

It should be remarked that the construction of this line was the only one carried out "under open sky". 1.500 persons were employed and 440.000 m3 of land were dug out and used to fill the low areas surrounding the cemetery of Flores and Velez Sarsfield Avenue. 31 million bricks; 108.000 barrels of 170 kg. of cement; 13.000 tons of iron chords and 90.000 m2 of isolating coating, were used for the structure.

Ventilation, light, esthetics and final details were carefully designed. It should also be mentioned that different colors of tiles were used for the design of each station, so that people who could not read, were able to easily identify the different stations.

During that time, newspapers commented in great detail on the ongoing of the construction work and its opening on December 1st, 1913.

The following day the subway was opened to the people, and 170.000 passengers traveled by this new transport means.

Also, during between 1915 and 1926, the trains reached Lacarra and Rivadavia streets. In this section the trains ran on surface.

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[geoff189d]

Great! I've rode this line but only as far as Plaza Miserere. Glad to see it's being extended.