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Line C (Buenos Aires Underground)

Línea C (SBASE) bullet.svg
Line C
Boca de acceso Gral San Martín 02.jpg
General San Martín entrance
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Buenos Aires Underground
Termini Retiro
Constitución
Stations 9
Daily ridership 338,618 (2009)Increase.svg 6.7%
Operation
Opened 1934
Operator(s) Metrovías
Character Underground
Technical
Line length 4.3 km (2.67 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification Catenary
Route map
Retiro Línea E (SBASE) bullet.svg Línea H (SBASE) bullet.svg General Bartolomé Mitre Railway
General San Martín
San Martín Workshops
Lavalle
Diagonal Norte Línea B (SBASE) bullet.svg Línea D (SBASE) bullet.svg Metrobus9dejulio.png
Service tunnel
Avenida de Mayo Línea A (SBASE) bullet.svg Metrobus9dejulio.png
Moreno Metrobus9dejulio.png
Independencia Línea E (SBASE) bullet.svg Metrobus9dejulio.png
San Juan
Line E
San José Workshops
Constitución Metrobussur.png General Roca Railway

Line C of the Buenos Aires Underground, that runs from Retiro to Constitución terminus, opened on 9 November 1934, and it has a length of 4.3 km. It runs under such streets as Lima Sur, Bernardo de Irigoyen, Carlos Pellegrini, Esmeralda, la Plaza San Martín and Avenida Ramos Mejia. It not only connects to every other line on the system (with the exception of Line H, which will be connected at a later date), but its termini at Retiro and Constitución also connect it to some of the most important commuter rail networks in Buenos Aires, such as the Mitre and Roca lines and also long distance passenger services. It is thus an important artery in Buenos Aires' transport system. At the same time, it is also the shortest line in both terms of length and number of stations.

It was the third line of the network to provide service to the public, after Line A and Line B. Up until 2007 with the aperture of line H, it was the only line in the system providing a North-South service.

The line was constructed by the Hispanic-Argentine Company for Public Works and Finances (CHADOPyF), headed by a Spanish nobleman, the Count of Guadalhorce after the Great Depression of the 1930s had meant the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (which owned most of the then-vast tram network in the city) pulled out of its construction. The line was subsequently opened in 1934 and extended from the present terminus at Constitución to Diagonal Norte in the centre of the city. The stretch from Diagonal Norte to its present terminus at Retiro was then opened in 1936 and marked the last expansion of the line, which remains the only line not to be extended since then.


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