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| Location | Av. Rivadavia y Av. Nazca/Av. San Pedrito | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 September 2013 | ||||||||||
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San Pedrito is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground and it is the current terminus of the line. [1] The station was opened on 27 September 2013 as a part of the extension of the line from Carabobo. [2]
The Buenos Aires Underground, locally known as Subte, is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network opened in 1913, making it the 13th subway in the world and the first underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere, and the Spanish-speaking world, with the Madrid Metro opening five years later, in 1919. Currently, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with a metro system.
Line A is the oldest line of the Buenos Aires Underground. Opened to the public on 1 December 1913, the first underground line in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Spanish-speaking world. It made Buenos Aires the 13th city in the world to have an underground transport service. The line stretches 9.8 km from Plaza de Mayo and San Pedrito and runs under all of the Avenida de Mayo and part of the Avenida Rivadavia, and is used by 258,000 people per day.
Constitución railway station is a large railway station in Constitución, a barrio in central Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full official name of the station is Estación Plaza Constitution reflecting the fact that the station is located opposite Constitution Square, two kilometers to the south of the Obelisco landmark. The ground floor of the station has fourteen tracks and the floor below has two tracks for the Buenos Aires Underground.
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Carabobo is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. It is located at the 6300 block of Rivadavia avenue. It is near the Koreatown of Buenos Aires. The station was opened on 23 December 2008 as the western terminus of the extension of the line from Primera Junta. On 27 September 2013 the line was extended to San Pedrito.
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The 200 Series is a set of underground cars manufactured by China CNR Corporation and CITIC Construction for use on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground in Argentina. The cars were made in order to replace the 100-year-old La Brugeoise cars which operated on the line up until 2013. The Buenos Aires Underground ordered 45 of these units, followed by a further 105 which are currently being integrated into the line.
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Coordinates: 34°37′51″S58°28′11″W / 34.63083°S 58.46972°W
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