139  subway system in Buenos Aires

Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:40:54 -0300
From: SMC Administracion <adm@SMCAR.COM.AR>
Subject: subway system in Buenos Aires

DEar friends from tango list
Yesterday I send a posting concerning safeguards , IRA taxi cabs & remise
cabs.

Now I think I forgot to mention the subway system .

It has improved a lot, since it is now in private hands.

Lines are identified with letter : A , B., C. D . E .

Now two new lines are going to be built , but they will not be opened until
2002, so
there is not much to say about them.

There are second hand wagons recently purchased to Japan ( Tokyo and Nagoya
lines), but
still in good condition.
The token costs $ 0,70 , and it allows to conmute from one line to the
other. The token is
being replaced by a magnetic card , unfortunately valid only for one travel.
Metrocard is still
pending to be adopted, as the subway system of New York .

As a general reference, the subway lines run straight from the downtown area
to the
neighbourhoods .There is only one line ( C line ) that links other lines, to
allow conmuting.
C line runs from Retiro area (near the docks of Puerto Madero, Sheraton
Hotel ), up to
Constitucion area ( near the Roca railway to the south,Riachuelo ) .C line
allows conmuting
with B line, D line , A line & E line .

Not all the subway stations are near milonga venues, but there are many
milongas where it is
possible to go by subway. Also, evening milongas are increasingly popular
El arranque, Confiteria
Ideal, Las Mireyas, El Morocco,Salon Canning on wednesdays,etfc.).These
evening milongas have
a time table, usually from 2pm /3pm to 9pm /11pm.
Now the suwbway deadline hour have been extended to 11 pm , so it is a good
way of transport.
Also quick,since it is underground.
Taxis and remises, had to fight against the surface traffic, which is
increasingly crazy this days.There
are also "piquetes" , cat calls protesting against economic measures of the
governments , that cut the streets
and therefore prevent the traffic to go steady.

Warm regards
Alberto Gesualdi
Buenos Aires