Line E of the subway of Buenos Aires

The Line E or Línea E of the Subway of Buenos Aires (of which the initials is), goes since the Plaza of Mayo, in Microcentre of the city (station " Bolívar") to the district of Flora at the station " Plaza of los Virreyes" (in French Place of the Viceroys ). Its course follows the avenues Avenida President Julio Argentino Roca , Avenida 9 of julio , and the avenues San Juan , Directorio and Eva Perón .

As the Lines has, C, and D, the trains of the line collect catenary electrical energy by air flexible device, the line B being the only one with overhead line of third rail. This line was opened with the public the June 20th 1944.

Description

The line has a correspondence with the Línea C in station " Independencia" and with the lines has and D at the station Bolívar. It is also connected with Prémétro of Buenos Aires (light Train) in the Plaza station of los Virreyes.

The line has a 9,6 km length, and a total of 15 stations. It transports more 104.000 passengers per business day. It was the fifth line of the network to offer a service to the public, and the first to do it in the south Avenida Rivadavia, in the most proletarianized part the least prosperous and city.

History

Construction was done in several stages. Work began in 1938 and its first section from 3,08 kilometers, between Plaza Constitución and the intersection of the streets Calle San Juan and General Urquiza , was inaugurated in June 1944, to succeed 6 months later with the provisional terminus of " Boedo". This last station remained terminus until 1966.

As from April 1966, the línea E modified its course at its two ends, starting in the east with the new terminus of Plaza of Mayo and finishing in the west " Avenida Plata" , using for that two new sections of tunnel, one, between " Bolívar" and " San José" , and the other between " Boedo" and " Avenida Plata" thus leaving a station-phantom in a piece of tunnel of the old layout (" San Jose vieja").

With this new layout inaugurated by President Arturo Illia, the tunnel reached an overall length of 7,4 km.

The second stage was inaugurated the June 23rd 1973, when its terminus d'" Avenida Plata" was prolonged to the current station " Jose María Moreno".

The last prolongation was carried out in 1985, when the stations " were inaugurated; Emilio Miter" , " Medalla Milagrosa" and " Varela" , finishing in 1986 with the station " Plaza of los Virreyes".

Stations

Bolívar (correspondence with the station " Catedral" Línea and with the station " Perú" Línea ).
Belgrano
Independencia (correspondence with the station " Independencia " Línea ).
San Jose
Between Ríos
Pichincha
Jujuy (correspondence with the station " Humberto Primo" Línea ).
General Urquiza
Boedo
Avenida Plata
Jose María Moreno
Emilio Miter
Medalla Milagrosa
Varela
Plaza of los Virreyes

National historic buildings

Were declared " Historic building national" following stations of line a: San Jose, Between Ríos, Pichincha, Jujuy, Urquiza and Boedo.

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