Leandro N. Alem–Correo Central (Buenos Aires Underground)
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Line E platform in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Leandro N. Alem and Corrientes | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°36′11″S 58°22′13″W / 34.6030°S 58.3702°W | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform (Line B) 1 island platform (Line E) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Line E only | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 1931 (Line B) 3 June 2019 (Line E) | |||||||||||||||
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Leandro N. Alem and Correo Central are two stations on the Buenos Aires Underground that serve as a station complex. Leandro N. Alem station is the eastern terminus of Line B, and Correo Central is a station on Line E. The platforms of Line B opened on 1 December 1931 as part of an extension of that line from Carlos Pellegrini,[1] while the platforms of Line E opened on 3 June 2019 as part of an extension of that line from Bolívar to Retiro.[2]
The Corrientes tram stop on the Tranvía del Este, which was located adjacent to the station complex, operated from July 2007 to October 2012, when the line ceased operations due to low ridership.
Overview
The stations are located at the intersection of Corrientes and Leandro Alem, near the Luna Park stadium and the Puerto Madero district, and is a short walk from Plaza de Mayo. The Line B station is named after Argentine politician Leandro N. Alem and is situated at the bottom of a steep incline at sea level; hence the name el bajo (the lowlands), which is historically linked to the bars and night clubs that were in the area at the time of the station's 1931 opening. The zone has been mostly for office buildings since the 1950s.
The Line E station, Correo Central, is situated 17 m (56 ft) below Leandro N. Alem due to the station's location near the original coast of the Río de la Plata.[3] Although Correo Central was expected to open in August 2012 as a temporary terminus for line E,[4] the station's opening was postponed as a result of construction-related issues in other areas of line E's extension from Bolívar to Retiro.[5] By mid-2013, Correo Central was 90% complete, with most of the completed work being structural; however, its elevators and escalators would not be completed until sometime after the installation of the station's electrical substation in May 2015.[6][7] Correo Central would ultimately open on 3 June 2019, together with the other stations of the extension of Line E from Bolívar to Retiro.
While Correo Central was under construction, Leandro N. Alem received a renovation in 2014 which involved artwork from artist Ignacio De Lucca.[8][9]
References
- ^ "La linea B del subte cumple 78 años- su historia" [Line B celebrates 78 years of operation]. Taringa (in Spanish). 2008.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
- ^ "Informe de obras: línea E" [Construction update on the extension of Line E (2011)]. enelSubte.com (in Spanish). 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Cristina quiere inaugurar Correo Central sin terminar, otra vez" [Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has a desire to open Correo Central without stopping, again]. enelsubte.com. 19 September 2012.
- ^ "Subte: 5 nuevas estaciones a fin de año" [Underground: 5 new stations at the end of the year]. La Nación (in Spanish). 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Informe de obra: extensión línea E" [Construction update on the extension of Line E (2013)]. enelSubte.com (in Spanish). 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Licitan obras de potencia para la extensión de la línea E" [Bids for electrical substation for extension of line E]. enelSubte.com (in Spanish). 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Nuevas pinturas para renovar el arte en el subte porteño" [New paintings to renovate the art on the underground]. Clarín.com (in Spanish). 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Seguimos sumando arte a la Línea B" [Continuing to add art to Line B]. GCBA (in Spanish). 11 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
External links
- Media related to Leandro N. Alem (Subte de Buenos Aires) at Wikimedia Commons
- Media related to Correo Central (Buenos Aires Underground) at Wikimedia Commons