Line F (Buenos Aires Underground)


Line F
Network with line F, H and I complete
Overview
StatusIn development
Termini
Stations13
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBuenos Aires Underground
Operator(s)Metrovías
History
Opened2022/2023 (planned)
Technical
Line length8.6km
CharacterUnderground
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Line F is a planned addition to the Buenos Aires Underground. In 2019, the government of Buenos Aires was looking for a group to create a plan of the line,[1][2] but this study was cancelled in 2022.[3] The city decided to create a study with their own staff, which is still underway as of 2024. The estimated cost of the project has risen from 800 million dollars,[4] to 2 billion USD.[5]

Overview

Permission to construct the line was originally granted in 2001,[1] in a sanction which also included lines H (partially completed) and line I (not started).

The line is set to be the most modern in the network, using automatic trains, a communications-based train control system like the one being installed on Line C, and platform screen doors.[6][2]

The line is also expected to have the highest ridership when compared to the existing lines, at 600,000 riders annually.[7] In the 2019 tender, eight of the thirteen stations were connected to other lines on the network.

Line E ghost stations

In 2006, it was considered whether the two Line E ghost stations (San José vieja and Constitución) could be used as the southern point of Line F, considering they overlapped the line's trajectory. However, it was later decided that Line F would use a completely new tunnel with new stations given the frequency the line is expected to have.[8]

Line plan

P. Italia - Constitución:

References

  1. ^ a b "BA City opens call for tenders for Subte Line F | Buenos Aires Times". www.batimes.com.ar. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ a b "CALL FOR TENDERS: SBASE opens call for tenders for the engineering of future Line F of the Buenos Aires metro". Embassy in Canada Argentine Republic. August 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Después de casi tres años y 14 postergaciones, la Ciudad dio de baja la licitación de los estudios de la línea F". enelSubte (in Spanish). 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  4. ^ "Piccardo anuncia la construcción de la línea F". enelSubte (in Spanish). 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  5. ^ "Línea F del subte: cómo será y cuándo arrancaría la obra". Perfil (in Spanish). 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  6. ^ Confirman proyecto para desviar la línea F a Facultad de Derecho - EnElSubte, 25 November 2014.
  7. ^ electricbloomhosting (2019-07-16). "Buenos Aires offers first tender for $2bn metro line". Global Construction Review. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  8. ^ Realizarán estudios en Constitución para ubicar la cabecera de la línea F - 1 August 2011