Intendente Saguier (Buenos Aires Premetro)

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Intendente Pedro Luis Saguier
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General information
LocationAvenida Eva Perón and Avenida Lafuente
Coordinates 34°38′45″S58°27′36″W / 34.64583°S 58.46000°W / -34.64583; -58.46000
Platforms Side platforms
History
Opened29 April 1987
Services
Preceding station Subte gcba logo.png Buenos Aires Underground Following station
Balbastro Premetro
Transfer to: Linea E (SBASE) bullet.svg Plaza de los Virreyes
Terminus

Intendente Pedro Luis Saguier (commonly referred to as Intendente Saguier) is a station on the Buenos Aires Premetro. It is the terminal station and connects with Line E at Plaza de los Virreyes. It was opened on 29 April 1987 together with the other Premetro stations. [1]

It was announced in 2015 that the station would be completely rebuilt as part of plans to renew and refurbish the Premetro. [2] The refurbished station was opened on 14 October 2015 and it was revealed that a second phase of construction will add a third set of rails and extend the existing platforms, as well as improving the area surrounding the station. [3]

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References

  1. "La extensión del Premetro a Lomas de Zamora". EnElSubte (in Spanish). 20 October 2014.
  2. "Realizan contratación directa para renovar la terminal del Premetro". EnElSubte (in Spanish). 13 March 2015.
  3. "Renovamos el Centro de Transferencia Intendente Saguier". Buenos Aires Ciudad (in Spanish). 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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