Premetro (Buenos Aires)

This article is about the modern tram system in Buenos Aires. For the city's historic tram system, see Trams in Buenos Aires.

Premetro
Materfer tram at General Savio station.
Overview
Termini
  • Intendente Saguier
  • General Savio and Centro Cívico
Stations17
Service
TypeLight rail[1][2]
Operator(s)Metrovías
Daily ridership2,300[3]
History
Opened28 April 1987[1]
Technical
Line length7.4 km (4.6 mi)[3]
CharacterSurface level
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationCatenary, 750 V DC[1]
Route diagram

 Intendente Saguier
Balbastro
Mariano Acosta
Somellera
Workshops
 Ana María Janer
Fátima
Fernández de la Cruz
Presidente Illia
Belgrano Sur Line
Belgrano Sur Line
 Parque de la Ciudad
Cecilia Grierson
Escalada
Pola
Ana Díaz
Centro Cívico
Larrazábal
Nicolás Descalzi
Gabino Ezeiza
General Savio
This diagram:

The Premetro is a 7.4-kilometer long (4.6 mi) light rail line[1] that runs along the outskirts of Buenos Aires, connecting with the Buenos Aires Underground line E, at Plaza de los Virreyes station and then to General Savio, with a short branch to Centro Cívico. It opened in 1987 and is operated by Metrovías. Originally, the Premetro was to include many more lines, but shortly after the privatisation of the railways the projects were postponed and never materialised and only "Premetro E2" was built.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference T&UT-2001Apr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MT-1989aug was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Nuestra compañía - ¿Qué hacemos?" [Our Company - What We Do] (in Spanish). Metrovias. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  4. ^ Premetro a Puente de la Noria, en el olvido por el Metrobus del Sur - EnElSubte, 16 August 2013