Nuestra Señora de Fátima (commonly known as Fátima) is a station on the
Buenos Aires Premetro
The Premetro is a light rail line 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 ...
. It was opened on 13 March 2000 by the
Buenos Aires Underground operator
Metrovías
Metrovías S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. 90% of Metrovías' shares are held by Grupo Roggio.
History
On 1 January 1994, Metrovías took ...
and is one of only two Premetro stations (the other being
Pola Pola or POLA may refer to:
People
*House of Pola, an Italian noble family
*Pola Alonso (1923–2004), Argentine actress
*Pola Brändle (born 1980), German artist and photographer
*Pola Gauguin (1883–1961), Danish painter
*Pola Gojawiczyńska (18 ...
) to have been opened after the original inauguration of the Premetro in 1987. The station is located in the
Barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
of
Villa Soldati
Villa Soldati is a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the South-West of the city. It has a population of approximately 41,000 people, 40% of which live in Barrio Soldati, a public housing development built between 1973 and 1979.
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In 2015 the City of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
presented plans to refurbish the station and underwent renovation (along with the remodelling of the
Intendente Saguier terminus) to serve as the model station on which all the other Premetro stations will be based once they too are renovated. The station was reopened on 23 April 2016.
References
External links
Buenos Aires PreMetro stations
Buenos Aires Underground stations
Railway stations opened in 2000
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