Perú (Buenos Aires Underground)

Perú
General information
LocationAvenida de Mayo and Perú
Coordinates34°36′31″S 58°22′29.4″W / 34.60861°S 58.374833°W / -34.60861; -58.374833
PlatformsSide platforms
History
Opened1 December 1913
Services
Preceding station Buenos Aires Underground Following station
Piedras
towards San Pedrito
 Line A
Transfer to: Catedral
Transfer to: Bolívar
 Plaza de Mayo
Terminus

Perú is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground.[1] Passengers may transfer from here to the Catedral Station on Line D and to the Bolívar Station on Line E.

History

This station belonged to the first section of line opened on 1 December 1913, linking the stations Plaza Miserere and Plaza de Mayo.[2] The name corresponds to the street that is above the intersection with Mayo Avenue.

In the 1970s it became Argentina's first metro A line equipped with a pair of escalators.

References

  1. ^ Perú Station Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E.
  2. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
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