Catedral (Buenos Aires Underground)

Catedral
Location Av. R. Sáenz Peña between Rivadavia and Florida
Coordinates 34°36′27.9″S 58°22′26.3″W / 34.607750°S 58.373972°W / -34.607750; -58.373972Coordinates: 34°36′27.9″S 58°22′26.3″W / 34.607750°S 58.373972°W / -34.607750; -58.373972
Platforms Side platforms
History
Opened 3 June 1937
Services
Preceding station   Subte   Following station
Line D
Transfer at: Perú
Transfer to: Bolívar
Terminus

Catedral is a terminal station of the Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground.[1] From here, passengers may transfer to the Perú station on Line A and the Bolívar station on Line E.

Overview

It is located at the intersection of Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue and Florida Street, which gave the original name of the station. Its current name comes from the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, located in the vicinity of the station. This station had the name Florida, as recorded on maps of the network of 1955.[2]

The station was inaugurated on 3 June 1937. In 1997 it was declared a national historic monument.[3]

The station was used as a set in the 1996 Argentine science fiction film Moebius.

Nearby

References

  1. ↑ Catedral Station Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E.
  2. ↑ Subway network in 1955
  3. ↑ Decreto 437/97 (Spanish) Retrieved 2010-11-08

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