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The Polvorín Workshop (Spanish: Taller Polvorín) is a
The workshop was built in 1914 by the ANEXO de la LEY Nº 2.796
- CEDOM In recent years, the workshop - which had once also served - has had a diminishing role in the Underground following the construction of new workshops on Line D and Line E and is increasingly shifting its focus to its function within the AAT and on storing and refurbishing La Brugeoise cars.
File:Flota de Brugeoise en Polvorín.jpg, CTAA La Brugeoise cars before underground conversion (1913)
File:Palanganas 122 y 123.jpg, La Brugeoise cars being converted (1928)
File:La Brugeoise 12.jpg, La Brugeoise cars after conversion (1939)
File:Tallerpolverin.jpg, An AAT tram in the workshop
File:Tallerpolverin4.jpg, An AAT
The Polvorín Workshop (Spanish: Taller Polvorín) is a rolling stock
The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can b ...
storage and maintenance workshop in 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 ...
that primarily serves Line A 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 ...
. It also serves as the main storage and restoration area for the Association of Friends of the Tramway (AAT), who run a heritage tramway in the neighborhood of Caballito
Caballito (; Spanish for "little horse") is a ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only ''barrio'' in the administrative division ''Comuna'' 6.
It is located in the geographical centre of the city, limited ...
, near to where the workshop is located.
History
The workshop was built in 1914 by the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company
The Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (Spanish: ''Compañía de Tranvías Anglo Argentina''), known simply as ''La Anglo'' in Argentina, was a large transportation company which operated the majority of the trams in the Buenos Aires network, wh ...
(AATC) to repair and house its underground tram network, which later became Line A of the Underground. At the same time, it also served the much of Buenos Aires' then vast tram network, albeit only the lines operated by AATC.
In 1980, the workshop became the headquarters of the AAT, who house and restore their growing collection of antique trams there. In 2008, the Buenos Aires City Legislature granted the workshop protection status as part of the city's national patrimony National patrimony is the store of wealth or accumulated reserves of a national economy. In addition to monetary reserves and other financial holdings, national patrimony also encompasses a nation's non-monetary wealth or reserves, such as its natio ...
, which includes its rails and section of tunnel which join the workshop to Primera Junta
The Primera Junta ( en, First Junta) or ''Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata'' (''Provisional Governing Junta of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata''), is the most common name given to the first government of ...
station.- CEDOM In recent years, the workshop - which had once also served - has had a diminishing role in the Underground following the construction of new workshops on Line D and Line E and is increasingly shifting its focus to its function within the AAT and on storing and refurbishing La Brugeoise cars.
Gallery
UEC Preston
The UEC Preston is a tram/subway car built by the British manufacturer United Electric Car Company for the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (AATC) in 1912 for use on its then newly built underground tramway in Buenos Aires, which was later to be ...
at the workshop
File:Tallerpolverin2.jpg, Current interior of the workshop
File:Tranway5.jpg, Defunct rolling stock next to current Line D Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
train
See also
* La Brugeoise cars *Trams in Buenos Aires
The first trams in Buenos Aires began operating in 1863 in what quickly became a vast network of tramways with the city being known as the "City of Trams" for having the highest tramway-to-population ratio in the world.Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company
The Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (Spanish: ''Compañía de Tranvías Anglo Argentina''), known simply as ''La Anglo'' in Argentina, was a large transportation company which operated the majority of the trams in the Buenos Aires network, wh ...
References
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