Federico Lacroze is an underground station on Line B of the

Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaz ...

named after the Argentine railway entrepreneur, located at the intersection of

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and Federico Lacroze avenues in the Chacarita neighbourhood and near the

La Chacarita Cemetery Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is known as the National Cemetery and is the largest in Argentina. Location The cemetery is in the barrio or district of Chacarita, in the western part of Buenos Aires. Its main entrance i ...

. The station was opened on 17 October 1930 as the western terminus of the extension of the line from Federico Lacroze to

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. It was a terminal station of line B from its inauguration and the inauguration of the extension to the Incas station on 9 August 2003. This station has connection to

Federico Lacroze railway station Federico Lacroze railway station (Estación Federico Lacroze in Spanish) is a passenger railway station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is located in the city's outlying ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) of Chacarita in a predominantly residen ...

, the central station of the

General Urquiza Railway The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aire ...

and terminus of the

Urquiza Line The Urquiza Line is a suburban electric commuter rail line in Buenos Aires, Argentina, operated by the Buenos Aires Underground operator Metrovías. It runs from the Federico Lacroze terminus in the neighborhood of Chacarita, to General Lemos ...

suburban electric commuter line operated by the underground operator

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History

Originally, the underground station was intended to be the central terminal for Federico Lacroze's

Buenos Aires Central Railway The Buenos Aires Central Railway (BACR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Buenos Aires) was an Argentine railway company which built and operated a railway line from Buenos Aires to the city of 4 de Febrero in Santa Fe. History On 2 Octobe ...

, however years later when construction of Line B began, it became an underground station. When the

was built, the

and

were moved permanently above ground.Primer Subterraneo de Buenos Aires Historia de su Construcción
- Historia y Biografias

Gallery

File:Terminal Central de Buenos Aires.jpg, Original

plaque File:Mural Lacroze (GCBA) Hiperrealista (2).jpg, Modern mural File:Federico Lacroze, rampa del subte al ferrocarril.JPG, Ramp that leads to the

Nearby

References

External links

Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Official Page)
Federico Lacroze Underground Station {{Buenos Aires Transit Buenos Aires Underground stations Railway stations opened in 1930 1930 establishments in Argentina