Buenos Aires Underground
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rapid transit railway in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key facts
- Native name
- Subterráneo de Buenos Aires
- Owner
- Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E. ( government corporation )
- Locale
- Buenos Aires
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 6 heavy rail, 1 light rail (Line P)
- Number of stations
- 90 (108 including Line P)
- Daily ridership
- 545,523 (2024)
- Annual ridership
- 199,116,074
- Website
- City of Buenos Aires
- Began operation
- 1 December 1913 ; 112 years ago ( 1913-12-01 )
- Operator s
- Emova Movilidad S.A.
- System length
- 56.7 km (35.2 mi) , 64.1 km (39.8 mi) including Line P
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- : Overhead line , 1,500 V DC : Overhead line and third rail , 550 V DC : Overhead line , 750 V DC
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Encyclopedic overview
The Buenos Aires Underground (Spanish: Subterráneo de Buenos Aires), locally known as Subte ( Spanish: [ˈsuβte]), 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–Plaza Miserere) opened in 1913, making it the 13th earliest subway network in the world and the first underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere, and the Spanish-speaking world, with the Madrid Metro opening nearly six years later, in 1919. As of 2025, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with a metro system.
Currently, the underground network's six lines—A, B, C, D, E, and H—comprise 56.7 kilometers (35.2 mi) of routes that serve 90 stations. The network is complemented by the 7.4-kilometre-long (4.6 mi) Line P, an 18 station premetro line. Traffic on subterranean lines moves on the left because Argentina drove on the left at the time the system opened. Over a million passengers use the network, which also provides connections with the city's extensive commuter rail and bus rapid transport networks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buenos Aires Underground” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.