Bulnes (Buenos Aires Underground)

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Bulnes
Linea D (SBASE) bullet.svg
Estacion Bulnes.jpg
General information
LocationAv. Santa Fe between Bulnes and Anasagasti
Coordinates 34°35′17.8″S58°24′40.5″W / 34.588278°S 58.411250°W / -34.588278; -58.411250 Coordinates: 34°35′17.8″S58°24′40.5″W / 34.588278°S 58.411250°W / -34.588278; -58.411250
Platforms Side platforms
History
Opened23 February 1940
Services
Preceding station Subte gcba logo.png Subte Following station
Scalabrini Ortiz Linea D (SBASE) bullet.svg Line D Agüero
towards Catedral

Bulnes is a station on the Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground at the intersection of Avenida Santa Fe and Bulnes Street. [1] The station was opened on 23 February 1940 as part of the extension of Line D from Tribunales to Palermo. [2]

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Overview

It is an underground station and is located in neighbourhood of Palermo in Buenos Aires right beneath the Alto Palermo Shopping Centre; one of the exits from the station lead directly into the mall. In 1997 the station was declared a national historic monument. [3]

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References

  1. Bulnes [ permanent dead link ] Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E. 2008.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
  3. (in Spanish) Decreto 437/97

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