Line B (Buenos Aires Metro) - Events and Highlights

Events and Highlights

• The Ferrocarril Terminal Central de Buenos Aires of Lacroze brothers would be access to the centre of Buenos Aires, but ended up the B line subway.

• Line B connects –through a ramp at Federico Lacroze– non-revenue service into the electrified track of Urquiza Line, where the metro rolling stock heads to the Urquiza Railway workshops in Ruben Darío (Hurlingham) for wheel, gear and axle maintenance.

• Until the privatization of subte in the 1990s, the B line was identified by the green color, whilst the D line used red.

• Florida and Carlos Pellegrini stations are the two busiest stations on the line, as most commuters alight there in the morning to work in the downtown financial district. They also provide easy access to the entertainment district in the evening (see also Florida Street). These two stations have a central andén (platform) serving both directions, and their crowded access ramps and stairs are a boon for pickpockets.

• Carlos Pellegrini and Pueyrredón are the only stations that allow transfers to other subway lines.

• Carlos Pellegrini station can be reached from an underground commercial gallery located right below the Obelisco landmark, used by pedestrians to avoid crossing 9 de Julio Avenue at street level.

• Uruguay station is located near the Tribunales (Courthouse) and many famous restaurants and theaters.

• Pasteur, Pueyrredón, and Carlos Gardel stations are located in the Balvanera neighborhood. The latter is located near the Abasto shopping mall, in the neighborhood where Carlos Gardel grew up.

• Since the 1940s, the line used to end in Federico Lacroze Station, near Chacarita Cemetery, where commuters could board the suburban bound Urquiza Line. In the 1990s, work began to expand the line to Villa Ortúzar and Villa Urquiza.