Retiro (Buenos Aires Underground)
Retiro | ||||||||||||||||
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Line C platforms | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Jose Ramos Mejía and Libertador | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′28.5″S 58°22′26.5″W / 34.591250°S 58.374028°W | |||||||||||||||
| Line | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform and 2 side platforms (Line C) 1 island platform (Line E) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Mitre Line, Belgrano Norte Line and San Martín Line at Retiro | |||||||||||||||
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| Depth | 25 metres (82 ft) (Line E) | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Line E only | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 February 1936 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Presidente Perón (1949–1955) | |||||||||||||||
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Retiro is a terminus station on Lines C and E of the Buenos Aires Underground. The station is a part of the larger Retiro railway station which connects to the Mitre, San Martín and Belgrano railways, as well as their corresponding commuter rail lines. The station first opened on 6 February 1936 as part of the extension of Line C from Diagonal Norte; a second set of platforms for Line E opened on 3 June 2019 as part of that line's extension from Bolívar.[1]
Overview
The station serves as a connection point to the Retiro railway station, which serves as the central terminal for the General San Martín Railway and General Mitre Railway and their respective commuter rail services, as well as the Belgrano Norte Line.
Prior to the opening of the platforms for Line E in 2019, Retiro functioned as a terminus of line C for the station's first 74 years of operation. Future plans for the station would have made it a transfer hub between lines C, E, G, and H, but the extension of line E was given a higher priority. The platforms serving Line E were originally planned to be opened in August 2012, but the opening was repeatedly delayed due to numerous construction-related issues.[2][3] Although the project reached 95% completion by May 2014, construction was suspended shortly thereafter due to delays in the procurement of rails and electrical components.[4] Construction of the platforms would resume in December 2015 with the installation of tracks and the finishing of the station's elevators and escalators. In March 2018, an opening date of May 2019 was announced;[5] the Line E platforms would ultimately open on 3 June 2019, nearly seven years after the originally planned opening date of 2012.[6]
Gallery
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The station in 1940
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Line C exit platform
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Entrance from Retiro railway station
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Line E platform shortly before opening in 2019
See also
References
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sin fecha de estreno avanza la línea E" [No new date for construction of Line E]. La Nación (in Spanish). 30 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Roggio suspende obras de ampliación de la línea E" [Roggio suspends expansion works on line E]. EnElSubte (in Spanish). 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Confirman que la extensión de la línea E a Retiro se inaugurará en mayo de 2019" [Confirmation of May 2019 opening date for extension of Line E to Retiro]. enelSubte.com (in Spanish). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Fueron inauguradas las estaciones Correo Central, Catalinas y Retiro" [Correo Central, Catalinas, and Retiro stations opened]. enelSubte.com (in Spanish). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
External links
Media related to Retiro (Buenos Aires Underground) at Wikimedia Commons