Primera Junta (Buenos Aires Underground)

Primera Junta is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground.[1] It lies at the intersection of Rivadavia Avenue and Del Barco Centenera street, in the neighborhood of Caballito and connects with Caballito station on the Sarmiento Line commuter rail service. The Buenos Aires Historic Tramway (Spanish: Tramway Histórico de Buenos Aires) operates tram cars on a 12-block loop of street tracks used by rapid transit trains en route to the Polvorín Workshop. The station was opened on 1 July 1914 as the western terminus of the extension of the line from Río de Janeiro. It served as the line's terminus until 23 December 2008, when the line was extended to Carabobo.[2]

Primera Junta
General information
LocationAvenida Rivadavia and Del Barco Centenera
Coordinates34°37′14.6″S 58°26′29.2″W / 34.620722°S 58.441444°W / -34.620722; -58.441444
PlatformsIsland platforms
ConnectionsSarmiento Line
History
Opened1 July 1914
Previous namesCaballito, Centenera
Services
Preceding station Buenos Aires Underground Following station
Puán
towards San Pedrito
Line A Acoyte

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References edit

  1. ^ Information about Primera Junta station on Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Spanish) Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.

External links edit

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