Congreso (Buenos Aires Underground)

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Congreso
Linea A (SBASE) bullet.svg
General information
Location Avenida Rivadavia and Avenida Callao
Coordinates 34°36′33.4″S58°23′34.1″W / 34.609278°S 58.392806°W / -34.609278; -58.392806
Platforms Side platforms
History
Opened1 December 1913
Services
Preceding station Subte gcba logo.png Buenos Aires Underground Following station
Pasco
towards San Pedrito
Line A Sáenz Peña
towards Plaza de Mayo

Congreso is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. [1] It lies at the intersection of Rivadavia and Callao avenues, in the neighborhood of Balvanera. It is located just metres from the Palace of the Argentine National Congress. The station belonged to the inaugural section of the Buenos Aires Underground opened on 1 December 1913, which linked the stations Plaza Miserere and Plaza de Mayo. [2]

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References

  1. Information about Congreso station on Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Spanish) Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.

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