Line H (Buenos Aires Underground)

Line H
300 Series train at Córdoba station
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Buenos Aires Underground
Termini	Las Heras Hospitales
Stations	11
Daily ridership	14,093 (2008) 23,852 (2009)[1] 41.4% 80,000 (2015)
Operation
Opened	18 October 2007
Operator(s)	Metrovías
Character	Underground
Rolling stock	300 Series
Technical
Line length	8-kilometer (5.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Catenary
Route map Legend Retiro Terminal de Ómnibus Padre Mugica ↑ planned extension   Facultad de Derecho under construction Las Heras Santa Fe Córdoba Corrientes Once - 30 de Diciembre Venezuela Humberto I Inclán Caseros Colonia Workshops Parque Patricios Shops Hospitales Sáenz under construction

Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, is the first entirely new line built in Buenos Aires since the opening of Line E on 20 June 1944. The first phase, between Plaza Once and Caseros, opened 18 October 2007, currently it stretches over 8 km between stations Hospitales and Las Heras.^[2]

According to projections, the line will stretch a total of about 11.85 km and will run from between Retiro to Sáenz once the remaining sections are constructed. It connects the southern part of the city with the north, improving the flow to the centre of the city. It is also designed to serve as a transversal line and provide cross-connections across all radial lines, mainly under the axis of Jujuy and Pueyrredón avenues.

Rolling stock

The 300 Series (right) is set to replace the Siemens O&K stock (left).

Line H is currently served by a temporary fleet of refurbished vintage Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel train sets originally introduced on line C, with electric current supplied by overhead lines. The cars feature 42 seats and 4 doors per side.^[3]

As the line is extended and passenger numbers increase, the rolling stock will be replaced by brand new Alstom Metropolis units ordered from that company in 2012 in order to make up the entirety of the Line's rolling stock. The first 6 of the 120 new Alstom cars arrived In August 2015, with the remainder arriving gradually, in time for the inauguration of the section of the line which connects it to Line D.^[4][5][6]

Further expansion

Visitors at Las Heras station before its inauguration.

An initial extension to Corrientes station was inaugurated on Monday 6 December 2010.^[7] The Córdoba and Las Heras stations opened in December 2015 with Santa Fe (which links Line H to Line D) set to open in April 2016. This will also mean that the extension will be inaugurated along with the line's new Alstom Metropolis rolling stock, which arrives in the country before then.^[8]

The Facultad de Derecho station (located at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Law) was originally intended to be located across the road next to Plaza Francia, however concerns that it would damage the prestigious Recoleta Cemetery necessitated the revisal of these plans and therefore delayed construction of the station, which is now set to open in 2017.^[9] The final stretch to Retiro is not set to open until some time after since its trajectory must also be revised following the relocation of the Plaza Francia station.

Chronology

Date	Text
2007-10-18	Line H was inaugurated between Once and Caseros.
2010-12-06	The line is extended northbound from Once to Corrientes.[10]
2011-10-04	Parque Patricios station opened.
2012-01	Works in the extension towards Plaza Francia (North) and Nueva Pompeya (South) began.
2013-05-27	Hospitales station opened.
2015-12-18	Las Heras and Cordoba stations opened.
2016-07-12	Santa Fe station opened.

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References

1. Subte récord: ya transporta 1.7 millón de pasajeros por día. Clarín - (Spanish) - Retrieved 2011-01-20
2. Línea H - Buenos Aires Ciudad
3. La Línea C Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE) (Spanish) – Retrieved 2010-11-29
4. Licitan inspección técnica de coches Alstom para la línea H - EnElSubte, January 2015
5. Así son los nuevos trenes Alstom para la línea H - EnElSubte, 2015-03-25
6. Llegaron al país seis coches nuevos con aire acondicionado para la línea H - La Nacion, 27 August 2015.
7. Macri led opening ceremony The Buenos Aires Herald – www.buenosairesherald.com–Retrieved 2010-12-06
8. Ahora prometen la inauguración de la ampliación de la H para septiembre - EnElSubte, 19 May 2015.
9. Nuevos retrasos en la extensión de la línea H - EnElSubte, February 2015
10. El 6 de diciembre abre la estación Corrientes de la línea H de subte The Clarín– www.Clarin.com (Spanish)–Retrieved 2010-11-29

External links

• Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Official Page)
• Metrovías S.A. Subte Operator (Official Page)
• Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, H Line
• System map