The City of Buenos Aires plans the construction of one mega station train in the land surrounding the Faculty of Law from the University of Buenos Aires that would allow connect four railway branches and the H subway. The objective is improve passenger circulation. For the final design of the project they launched an ideas contest.
The initiative promoted by the Ministry of Infrastructure porteño who drives Pablo Bereciartua contemplates the development of a transshipment center in which the branch will be linked Miter-Tiger, the line Mitre-José León Suárez, the railway Belgrano North and the Saint Martin with the Buenos Aires underground.
The transfer node will be located in the land surrounding the UBA Facultyso it will be constituted as a new stop prior to the terminal. That is, it will be located between Retiro and the stations Lisandro de la Torre (Mitre-Tiger), Three of February (Mitre-Mitre and Mitre-José León Suárez), You went out (Belgrano Norte) and Palermo (Saint Martin).
From Infrastructure they assured Scope that development would allow decompress Retiro station. Users of train lines traveling from the northern part of the AMBA to neighborhoods like Eleven, San Cristobal either Patricios Park, They will be able to disembark there and connect with the subway to avoid the downtown area.
The new work will optimize the use of Line H. The Buenos Aires authorities consider that today it is a subway “underutilized”but with the projected changes, its location could be used more. It would also allow reduce the use of private vehiclesthe main “culprits” of the saturation of the avenues and streets in the area.
In the government of Jorge Macri they assure that they also will allow improving the accessibility of the northern sector of Barrio 31 to the subway and trains, as well as to the surrounding green spaces.
“For the City It would be good in many wayshow to add passengers for the line h. The railways would also benefit from the station. It’s something we want to do but it depends on several things.“explained sources from the CABA Ministry of Infrastructure.
The project to create a new train station in the City
One of the factors that still remains to be resolved is the financing. The project does not yet have the allocated funds. However, the Macrista administration considers that it will not be an impediment. “We are calculating between US$20 and 25 million. It is something more or less payable,” they pointed out.
Another aspect that must also be addressed has to do with the location of the land, given that it does not belong to the Buenos Aires State but to the Nation. “The land is national. It depends on them agreeing and giving up the land”Infrastructure sources explained to this medium.
In any case, there is already an open dialogue channel with national authorities to discuss the project in detail. However, in Ciudad they affirm that the first impression of the counterpart is good. “In principle they think the idea is good”they pointed out, although they are aware that negotiations have just begun.
He plan includes two stages. The first will connect the new station with the railway Belgrano North and the Miter (Tiger branch). In addition, it will favor the connection with the bus lines that transit through the area: 17,61,62,67,97,92,93,110,124,130. This phase it will take two years until its conclusion.
The second stage will cover the rest of the Miter line, that is, the José León Suarez and Bartolomé Miter branches, and the incorporation of the San Martín line. In their final sections, these railways have proximity to the subway in the neighborhoods of Villa Crespo and Palermo (Saint Martin) and Schoolboys and Carranza (Mitre).
Once the work is completed, they estimate that the subway could incorporate a total of 25,000 passengers to its daily circulation, while the trains would benefit from 30,000 new users per day.
They called a competition for ideas about a future station in Ciudad
Meanwhile, At the beginning of December the call for a competition was finalized organized by the Central Society of Architecture (SCA), the Ministry of Infrastructure and Underground of Buenos Aires SE (SBASE). “It is a contest of ideas and is not binding,” Buenos Aires sources explained.
The opening took place on December 12 and will close on April 3, 2025. The jury will give its verdict on April 11, while the opening of envelopes and the awards ceremony will be on the 16th of that month. The winner will take home $30 million, while second will get $12 million and third $5 million.
Once this stage is completed, the bidding process must be opened and the budgeted expense determined. And, because these are lands belonging to the Nation and the railways, the approval of the libertarian Executive, the railway operator, will be required. Sofse and of the Railway Infrastructure Administration.
Source: Ambito
