Juan Manuel de Rosas (Buenos Aires Underground)

Juan Manuel de Rosas - Villa Urquiza is a terminus station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. It is placed beneath Avenida Triunvirato, between Avenida Monroe and Avenida Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the Villa Urquiza barrio, and is an important transfer center with General Urquiza station in the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre. It is named after Juan Manuel de Rosas, a politician, army officer and caudillo who ruled the Argentine Confederation almost uninterruptedly from 1829 until 1852.

Juan Manuel de Rosas
LocationTriunvirato and Monroe
Coordinates34°34′26″S 58°29′12″W
PlatformsIsland platforms
ConnectionsMitre Line
History
Opened2013
Services
Preceding station   Subte   Following station
Terminus Line B

The station opened for use on July 26, 2013 as part of the extension of the line from Los Incas - Parque Chas.[1] It had previously been planned to open in 2011.[2][3][4] It also connects with General Urquiza station on the Mitre Line commuter rail service.

References
  1. Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
  2. Subte: retoman las obras para terminar 7 estaciones (Spanish) by clarin.com, February 10, 2010.
  3. Subte: 5 nuevas estaciones a fin de año (Spanish) by lanacion.com.ar, July 3, 2012
  4. Echeverría y Rosas, inauguradas (Spanish) by enelsubte.com July 26, 2013.

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