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Location | Pueyrredón and Corrientes | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°36′14″S58°24′19″W / 34.60389°S 58.40528°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
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Opened | 6 December 2010 | ||||||||||
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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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Once - 30 de Diciembre is a station on Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground and is located at the intersection of Pueyrredón and Rivadavia avenues in the neighbourhood of Balvanera. From here, passengers may transfer to the Plaza Miserere station on line A and, through it, transfer to the Once railway station, the central terminal of the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Railway and Sarmiento Line.
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Pueyrredón is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. Passengers may transfer from here to the Corrientes Station on Line H. The station was opened on 17 October 1930 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Federico Lacroze and Callao.
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Uruguay is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Corrientes and Calle Uruguay, near to the Courthouse and in the middle of the city's main theatre district. The station was opened on 22 July 1931 as part of the extension of the line from Callao to Carlos Pellegrini.
Carlos Pellegrini is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. From here, passengers may transfer to the Diagonal Norte Station on Line C and the 9 de Julio Station on Line D and Metrobus 9 de Julio. The station was opened on 22 July 1931 as the eastern terminus of the extension of the line from Callao. In December 1931, the line was extended further east to Leandro N. Alem.
Florida is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. The station was opened in December 1931 as part of the extension of the line from Carlos Pellegrini to Leandro N. Alem.
Retiro is a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Underground and is the current terminus. The station is a part of the larger Retiro railway station which connects to the Mitre, San Martín and Belgrano railways, as well as their corresponding commuter rail lines. The station was opened on 6 February 1936 as part of the extension of the line from Diagonal Norte.
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Córdoba Station is a station on Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, opened in 2015. It is located in the junction of Córdoba and Pueyrredón Avenues, in the limit with Balvanera and Recoleta neighborhoods. It is near to the University of Buenos Aires faculties of Economics, Pharmacy and Medicine. The station was opened on 18 December 2015 as part of the extension of the line from Corrientes to Las Heras.
Las Heras Station is a station on Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, opened in 2015. It is located near the University of Buenos Aires faculty of Engineering and the Recoleta Cemetery. The station was opened on 18 December 2015 as the northern terminus of the extension of the line from Corrientes. On 17 May 2018 the line was extended to Facultad de Derecho.
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