Plaza Miserere (Buenos Aires Metro)
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Plaza Miserere is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Metro
. The station is located between Alberti
and Loria
/ Pasco
stations on the A line
metro.
Plaza Miserere has interchange
with Once
metro station of the H line
and connection to the Sarmiento line commuter rail service within the large station.
It is located at the intersection of Rivadavia
and Pueyrredón avenues, under the popular Plaza Miserere
, in the neighborhood of Balvanera
. The station zone is a shopping precinct and in its vicinity are the French Hospital and the Once railway station of the Sarmiento Railway
. This station belonged to the first section of Line A opened on 1 December 1913, linking this station and the Plaza de Mayo
station.
In 1997 the station was declared a national historic monument.
(Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires, in Spanish)—Sarmiento today—it was possible the design and construction of the subway station with the possibility of being used in a synchronized manner for both modes of transport. To do this, it was built with 6 tracks (4 for the subway and 2 for the train) and 4 platforms (2 lateral and two central).
Buenos Aires Metro
The Buenos Aires Metro , locally known as Subte is a mass-transit system that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first station of this network opened in 1913, the first of its kind in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the entire Spanish-speaking world...
. The station is located between Alberti
Alberti (Buenos Aires Metro)
Alberti is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Metro....
and Loria
Loria (Buenos Aires Metro)
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/ Pasco
Pasco (Buenos Aires Metro)
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stations on the A line
Line A (Buenos Aires)
Line A is the oldest line of the Buenos Aires Metro. This historic line runs from Plaza de Mayo to Carabobo, and is scheduled to be extended towards San Pedrito station....
metro.
Plaza Miserere has interchange
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
with Once
Once (Buenos Aires Metro)
Once is a station on Line H of the Buenos Aires Metro and is located at the intersection of Avellaneda and Rivadavia avenues in the neighbourhood of Balvanera. From here, passengers may transfer to the Plaza Miserere station on line A and, through it, transfer to the Sarmiento Railway for...
metro station of the H line
Line H (Buenos Aires)
Line H of the Buenos Aires Metro, is the first entirely new line built in Buenos Aires since the opening of Line E on 20 June 1944. The first phase, between Plaza Once and Caseros, opened 18 October 2007, currently it stretches over 5.5 km between stations Parque Patricios and Corrientes...
and connection to the Sarmiento line commuter rail service within the large station.
It is located at the intersection of Rivadavia
Rivadavia Avenue
Avenida Rivadavia is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, extending from downtown Buenos Aires to the western suburb of Merlo.-History:...
and Pueyrredón avenues, under the popular Plaza Miserere
Plaza Miserere
The Plaza de Miserere is one of the main plazas of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the heart of the Balvanera neighborhood. It was supposed to be the name of the Line A—Buenos Aires Metro station located below it, but the station is more popularly known as Plaza Once, and is located...
, in the neighborhood of Balvanera
Balvanera
Balvanera is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Origin of Name and Alternative Names:The official name, Balvanera, is the name of the parroquia centered around the church of Nuestra Señora de Balvanera, erected in 1831.The zone around Corrientes avenue is known as Once after Plaza Once de...
. The station zone is a shopping precinct and in its vicinity are the French Hospital and the Once railway station of the Sarmiento Railway
Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
The Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , named after the former Argentine president, statesman, educator, and author Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the Argentine railway network in 1948...
. This station belonged to the first section of Line A opened on 1 December 1913, linking this station and the Plaza de Mayo
Plaza de Mayo (Buenos Aires Metro)
Plaza de Mayo is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Metro. This station belonged to the first section of line opened on 1 December 1913, linking the station with the station of Plaza Miserere....
station.
In 1997 the station was declared a national historic monument.
History
When the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (Compañía de Tranvías Anglo-Argentina, in Spanish) inaugurated on 1 December 1913 its Line 1 (Today, Line A of the subway), Plaza Once—today Miserere—was the terminus, and thanks to an agreement with the company's Buenos Aires Western RailwayBuenos Aires Western Railway
The Buenos Aires Western Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina...
(Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires, in Spanish)—Sarmiento today—it was possible the design and construction of the subway station with the possibility of being used in a synchronized manner for both modes of transport. To do this, it was built with 6 tracks (4 for the subway and 2 for the train) and 4 platforms (2 lateral and two central).