Line F | |
Type: | Rapid transit |
System: | Buenos Aires Underground |
Status: | In development |
Start: | Constitución |
End: | Plaza Italia |
Stations: | 13 |
Open: | 2022/2023 (planned) |
Operator: | Metrovías |
Character: | Underground |
Linelength: | 8.6km |
Line F is a planned addition to the Buenos Aires Underground. After some delays, the budget was announced in 2015 for the first phase of construction from Constitución to Córdoba at a total cost of between 700 and 800 million dollars.[1] [2] As of 2015, it was not yet known if construction would be done as a turnkey project or build to order, however construction was due to start in 2016.
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.[3] The line is also expected to have the highest ridership figures when compared to the existing lines.
Currently, the second phase of the development is still being defined, since a new railway station is being considered to complement the Retiro railway station, and if Line F is to have access to it, it would mean altering the northern part of the route to connect Line F with Line H further north at the proposed station.[4]
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.[5]
P. Italia - Constitución: