Line A (Buenos Aires)

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Vintage subway entrance on original Line A on Avenida de Mayo
Vintage subway entrance on original Line A on Avenida de Mayo
Interior of a preserved 1919 (refurbished circa 1926) wagon still in use
Interior of a preserved 1919 (refurbished circa 1926) wagon still in use

Line A is the oldest line of the Buenos Aires Metro. It runs from Plaza de Mayo to Primera Junta, and is scheduled to be extended towards Nazca.

Opened to the public on 14 December 1913, at a length of 7.13 km, Line A is the oldest underground line in South America and one of the oldest in the world. It still uses the same cars used in 1930, and there are no plans for their replacement at this time. These cars were built by Belgian company La Brugeoise in 1919, and were refurbished in 1926 when their wooden structure was replaced by a metal one. The Perú station is also preserved as it was in the 30s, including old advertising on the walls.

The original "pantograph" cars on the "underground tramway" had both low doors at the ends for boarding from the street and high doors in the middle for loading from platforms in the tunnel. For this reason, "Subte" line A might also be considered one the continent's first "light rail tram" lines.

  • Plaza de Mayo (at Plaza de Mayo)
  • Perú (Bolivar (E), Catedral (D))
  • Piedras
  • Lima (Avenida de Mayo (C))
  • Sáenz Peña
  • Congreso (Argentine National Congress)
  • Pasco
  • Alberti
  • Plaza Miserere (Plaza Once (H))
  • Loria
  • Castro Barros
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Acoyte
  • Primera Junta
  • Puán (under construction)
  • Carabobo (under construction)
  • Plaza Flores (under construction)
  • Nazca (under construction)

v • d • e
Mass-Transit systems in Buenos Aires
Metro
List of Stations		 Line A • Line B • Line C • Line D • Line E • Line F • Line G • Line H • Line I
Buses 60 Line • 64 Line
Trains / Light-Rail Tranvía del Este • PreMetro
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