Urquiza Line (Buenos Aires)

Urquiza Line (Buenos Aires)

The Urquiza Line is a 25.5 km (16 mi) suburban electric commuter line operated by the subway operator Metrovías, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It runs from the Federico Lacroze terminus in the barrio of Chacarita, to General Lemos terminus, Campo de Mayo in Greater Buenos Aires, a total journey time of 46 min. The line uses third rail current collection and, at present, is used by an average of 75,400 passengers daily and operates 20 hours a day, 7 days a week at 8 to 30 minute intervals. This suburban line runs on track once operated by Ferrocarril General Urquiza before railway privatisation.

In earlier times the line was planned to run into the centre of Buenos Aires, through a long tunnel. But when the tunnel was finally built in 1930, it was taken over by the subway system, so that suburban passengers had to change at Federico Lacroze, named after its builder, about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the centre. Today Federico Lacroze has a direct connection to the line B subway station of the same name.

Like the Buenos Aires Metro system, the Urquiza line uses the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge rather than the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge used in other interurban railways of Buenos Aires.

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