Corrientes (Buenos Aires Underground)

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Corrientes
Linea H (SBASE) bullet.svg
Estacion Corrientes.jpg
General information
Location Pueyrredón and Corrientes
Coordinates 34°36′14″S58°24′19″W / 34.60389°S 58.40528°W / -34.60389; -58.40528 Coordinates: 34°36′14″S58°24′19″W / 34.60389°S 58.40528°W / -34.60389; -58.40528
Platforms Side platforms
History
Opened6 December 2010
Services
Preceding station Subte gcba logo.png Buenos Aires Underground Following station
Córdoba Line H
Transfer to: Linea B (SBASE) bullet.svg Pueyrredón
Once
towards Hospitales

Corrientes Station is a station on Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground. [1] The station was opened on 6 December 2010 as part of the one-station extension of the line from Once. It served as the line's north terminus until the extension of the line to Las Heras was completed on 18 December 2015. [2] From here, passengers may transfer to the Pueyrredón Station on Line B.

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References

  1. Line H Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.

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