The Subway System aka "El Subte"

[Northsider]

Is there an online map site that shows streets and intersections (like google maps/google earth, wikimaps, etc) that has a map of ba with the subte stations marked? Or maybe an online version of the pocket guia that shows the collectivos as well?

Best substitute so far is the pdf file that can be download at

[your]http: /www. Subte. Com. Ar/mapas/subte. Asp[/url]

[MCSE]

Can you please explain about subway pass? Something which will will be good for many months? How to buy it? Where to buy? What would be its costs? Any restrictions.

Thanks

Subte pass it's just the ticket, as used to be a token, they've changed the name and renamed the paper ticket as "subte pass" you can buy it at any station, cost ars 0,90 per ride, subtecard it's the magnetic card, and you can buy it only in some of the stations, in general in terminal stations. It cost the same per ride, and you can electronically recharge it, it's hard plastic like a credit card.

Photos:

http://www.barts.com.ar/barts/cityde...?recordID=1342
http://www.barts.com.ar/barts/cityde...p?recordID=142
http://www.barts.com.ar/barts/cityde...?recordID=2629
http://www.barts.com.ar/barts/cityde...?recordID=1867

[Member #3320]

There's no discount for the 2, 5, or 10 trip tickets but I usually buy a 10 tripper whenever it's not busy. Definitely packed at rush hour, especially the D line.

Can you please explain about subway pass? Something which will will be good for many months? How to buy it? Where to buy? What would be its costs? Any restrictions.

Thanks

[Dickhead]

There's no discount for the 2, 5, or 10 trip tickets but I usually buy a 10 tripper whenever it's not busy. Definitely packed at rush hour, especially the D line.

[Jes1959]

Bought a 10 trip ticket at the window. Didn't catch what it cost. 1 trip is advertised for 90 centavos. I handed the teller a 10 peso note and received change and 2 tickets good for 5 trips each. When you run it through the turnstile, it will come back up.

It gets packed. This was during rush hour.

Jes

[Mojito]

Can you take the subway from the airport?

No, you can't. Because the net doesnt reach there

[Mannyfesto]

But there is a collectivo, 1 peso 80 centavos I think. It takes forever though and even a cheap fuck like me uses a remis.

Good to know, I like to save where I can so I can splurge where I like but I'm not cheap to the point of torchuring myself.

[Daddy Rulz]

Can you take the subway from the airport?

But there is a collectivo, 1 peso 80 centavos I think. It takes forever though and even a cheap fuck like me uses a remis.

[Mannyfesto]

Can you take the subway from the airport?

[Daddy Rulz]

It has a subway map along with every colectivo route on the city. Get the big one 10 pesos and it's also a great city map. Indespensible for both public transportation riders and taxi people. For the Taxi people its a great way to know about where your going before you leave so you know if the Tachero is taking you out of your way.

[Guiller]

Hi,

There is an interactive subway map at the official subway site (http://www.subte.com.ar/contenido/home.asp ):

http://mapas.metrovias.com.ar/subte/.../recorrido.asp

Unfortunately, I believe that the site is only available in Spanish (at present at least , if I am not mistaken) The map, however, is self-explanatory.

The official timetable is here:

http://www.subte.com.ar/horarios/horarios.asp

All the best

[Smuler]

I used the Subte from Belgrano (Juramento) into the city every day and back. Easy way to get around.

Much cheaper than taxis (25 cents USD vs 5-7 USD for taxi every time)

After my 10 rides, that saves me about 50 to 70 USD for chicas.

Observations on the D line since I cannot comment on the other lines.

Nice stations, but no A / C in the subway cars. A long ride can turn into a sweaty one if the train is packed as in rush hour.

I had a "date " with a Platynum girl one night, and the fucking D line died on 3/22 at rush hour. Try to get a fucking taxi back at this time to Belgrano.

I made it finally with the help of Mr Magoo (my taxi-driver) He was constantly consulting a map in his car with no interior lights.

Smuler

[Nibu Raphael]

I have used al the lines of the subway before check out this guys www.urbanrail.net for listings of subways worldwide.

[Andres]

BA was considered a formidable rival to NYC as the "capital" of the Americas at that time. Its interesting to see some pictures of BA from that era - it looks like possibly the wealthiest, most sophisticated city in the world.

Off on a tangent - I speculate that many early European immigrants during that time came here to live the high life in the Paris of America, whereas the masses went to (probably less prestigious) USA to work in sweatshops. It just seems that a different class originally came here, generally speaking. Argentina is a severe left turn in the Atlantic coming from Europe. There must have been something significant that caused some Italians around 1900, forex, to choose USA and others Argentina. I believe that was before they had strong immigrant enclaves in either place.

Most immigrants were very poor peasants from Europe. In fact, the perennial stereotype of the "gallego" (our version of the dumb, ignorant person, such as the Polish for the Americans) is based on the countryside profile of that immigration group, which lacked advanced education and carried hygienic traditions closer to farming than to city life.

Unfortunately, most BA pictures avalable from the early XX century are those showing the upside of the city. Those pictures showing frantic living conditions in slums are rarely published.

Export of crops provided very high income to Argentina, especially during WWI, so many immigrants were enticed by opportunities there. Most of them came back after these opportunuties vanished with the gread depression of the 1930s.

Hope this helps,

Andres

[Rock Harders]

Moore and others-

The Buenos Aires Subte opened in 1913 and is the oldest subway in South America. The "A" line was built first, in 1913, as the antiquity of the train can be clearly seen by simply riding this line; the polar opposite of this is line "D" where some stations were built in the 1990's (estaciones Jose Hernandez and Juramento) and look similar to Washington, DC's metro. I think the fact that a subway was built here at such an early time (and continues to operate uninterupted to this day) pays tribute to the kind of truly affluent and world class city that Buenos Aires was in the early years of the 20th century.

Suerte,

Dirk