Introduction
El The first way of mechanic transport by land that worked
out in Argentina was the railroad. The Ferrocarril del Oeste (West Railroad) was inaugurated on August 29 of 1857 between the Parque (where today is the Colón Theatre) and Floresta stations, with two twin railway engines that went though a 10 Km distance of only one rail, with 4 intermediate stations (11 de Sptiembre, Almagro, Caballito y Flores).
The 14th of July of 1863 a blood traction tramway is fitted out that enlarges the North Railway line between its terminal at Retiro and the actual Plaza Colón, and on February 27th, 1870 the two first urban tramway lines had their opening, also pulled by horses: the Tramway Central of Lacroze brothers and the Once de Septiembre of Méndez brothers. A few years went by and the tramway and railroad companies multiplied y formed a dense net that congested the narrow roads of Buenos Aires. Soon, projects of elevated or subway lines with systems of funicular traction and the incipient electric traction came up. In a decade the electric tramways replaced almost the whole other street systems, and the railroads started to electrify their traction since 1908, and to elevate or depress their rails, since 1899
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The Line A
(Distance 1,435 m – DC at 1100 V by airline)
The line connects the Plaza de Mayo to Primera Junta, following Mayo and Rivadavia avenues. It´s length is 6,800 meters (between centres of terminal stations).
In 1909 the National Congress, by law 6,700, authorizes the West Rail to build a line between Once and the port, below the Rivadavia Avenue, with an intermediate station. That same year the Municipality gives the Anglo-Argentina Tramways Company (CTAA) grant to build an subway network that includes the stretch Once-Plaza de Mayo, together with (at the first level of depth) to the grant given to the FCO. After a lawsuit, it was agreed that the CTAA would build its line and the FCO would change theirs, only for charges and with a single track, beneath the other; and in addition there would be a transhipment station at Once.
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The Line B
(Trail 1.435 m - DC at 550 V by 3rd rail)
The Line B unites the Correo Central (central post office) –Leandro Alem station- with Parque Chas –Los Incas station-, through Corrientes and triunvirato avenues. It’s length is 10.186 meters (between station centers). This line does not splice with other subway lines, but it connects –through a ramp at Federico Lacroze- with the General Urquiza railroad line.
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The Line C
(Trail 1,435 m - DC at 1500 V by air line)
It united the railroad stations Plaza Constitución of the Roca line and Retiro of the Mitre line, underneath the streets Bernardo de Irigoyen, Carlos Pellegrini, Sarmiento, Esmeralda, Maipú and the avenue Ramos Mejía. Its length is of 4.288 meters (between centers of stations).
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La Línea D
(Trocha 1,435 m – Corriente continua a 1500 V por línea aérea)
La línea D une la plaza de Mayo con el barrio de Belgrano (esquina de Cabildo y Congreso). Su longitud es de 10.308 metros (entre centros de estaciones).
La concesión que obtuvo la CAPYC en 1930 incluyó una línea con su extremo en Cabildo y Monroe, cuya otra terminal estaba en San Juan y Jujuy siguiendo el recorrido por Cabildo, Santa Fe, Plaza Italia, Las Heras, Pueyrredón y Jujuy. Más tarde, al no poder la Anglo Argentina construir su propia línea a Belgrano, la CHADOPYF consiguió la aprobación de un nuevo trazado de su línea 4 entre Plaza de Mayo y la esquina de Cabildo y Manzanares , con el trayecto: Diagonal Norte, Plaza Lavalle, Talcahuano, Córdoba, Pueyrredón, Santa Fe y Cabildo.
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