Line E (Buenos Aires Metro)

Line E
Bolívar station entrance
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Buenos Aires Underground
Termini	Bolívar Plaza de los Virreyes
Stations	15
Daily ridership	135,549 (2009) 5.4%
Operation
Opened	1944
Operator(s)	Metrovías
Character	Underground
Technical
Line length	9.6 km (6.00 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Catenary
Route map Retiro Catalinas Correo Central Bolívar Belgrano Independencia San José Constitución San José vieja original alignment Entre Ríos Pichincha Jujuy General Urquiza Boedo Apeadero Boedo Avenida La Plata José María Moreno Emilio Mitre Medalla Milagrosa Varela Plaza de los Virreyes Mariano Acosta Workshops This diagram:

Line E of the Buenos Aires Underground, which runs from Bolivar to Plaza de los Virreyes, currently extending a total distance of 9.2 km, with a further extension to Retiro due to be completed in 2017. Opened in 1944, the Line E was the last completely new line to be added to the Buenos Aires Underground, until 2007 when Line H was opened. The line has a history of being re-routed and extended due to having been historically the line with the lowest passenger numbers on the network.

Line E was opened on 20 June 1944, after construction began in 1938, with an original course that ran from Constitución railway station to General Urquiza. Soon after, it was decided to abandon the terminus at Constitución (which also served as the connection with Line C) and instead reroute the line towards the Plaza de Mayo.

Work began in 1957, and in 1966 the San José, Independencia, Belgrano and Plaza de Mayo (now Bolívar) stations were opened to the public by president Arturo Umberto Illia. For many years, the two stations closed during the re-route remained unused until the mid 1990s when one was converted into a workshop to service the rolling stock of the line.

The line was further extended in 1973 to José María Moreno and then again in 1985 to Plaza de los Virreyes. The PreMetro E2 tramway was completed in 1987 and was linked to Line E with the intention of connecting a larger Premetro network to the line, though this never materialised following privatisation.