History Line B (Buenos Aires Underground)

terminal central de buenos aires bronze plaque in federico lacroze railway station



eidan 500 train @ juan manuel de rosas station.

the construction done argentine builder dwight p. robinson & cía, , line called ferrocarril terminal central de buenos aires (buenos aires central terminal railroad). first section between federico lacroze , callao opened on 17 october 1930 , measured 7.021 km. maiden voyage made president de facto josé félix uriburu.

on 22 june 1931, extended carlos pellegrini station. finally, line completed on 1 december 1931 when subway reached station leandro n. alem. these 3 sections carried out entirely below corrientes avenue, including 19 curves , 13 stations.

according depth of line, sections made open ditch (cut-and-cover method) or gallery or tunnel. performed @ open skies stations federico lacroze, dorrego, canning, (now malabia), río de janeiro, (now Ángel gallardo) , medrano . when reach tunnel @ maipu street maximum depth reached 17 metres. underneath rancagua (today los andes) park, in chacarita, workshop , 10 track garage (with capacity 110 wagons) built.

this line had escalators , turnstiles payment of coin-operated service, manufactured in united states, formerly controlled guards. deeper line a, , it, each station decorated friezes of characteristic colors.

an underground link subsoil of mercado central de abasto (central wholesale fruit , vegetable market) made available on 12 july 1933, goods wagons freight ferrocarril central de buenos aires (buenos aires central railroad) arrive, driven electric locomotives. lifted after fire occurred on 27 november 1952. beginning circulation protected automatic luminous signalization, devices mechanic trains, substituted in 1980 others of magnetic induction, replaced in 1998 electric system atp.