Sáenz Peña (Buenos Aires Metro)

Metro Station Sáenz Peña is a station on line A of the Subterráneos de Buenos Aires and is part of the section Plaza de Mayo Plaza Miserere, which was opened as the first of the network on 1 December 1913. The metro station is located below the western end of Avenida de Mayo between the eponymous Calle Luis Sáenz Peña and Calle San José. The namesake of the street as the train station is Luis Sáenz Peña, Argentine President 1892-1985.

History

Metro Station Sáenz Peña was taken together with the section between the Plaza de Mayo and Plaza Miserere on 1 December 1913 in operation. This station also received the usual side platforms, the station furniture, columns and moldings were a dark blue livery. The walls are tiled in white.

In 1997, the Metro Station as a National Historic Monument ( monument histórico nacional ) was classified.

In recent years, various remedial measures at the station took place, including a renewal of wall tiles, an increase of the platforms and the installation of an escalator.

Connection

At the subway station connecting flights to numerous buses ( colectivos ).