The B-line subway to Parque Chas. (Photo: Beatrice Murch)
Subte B Line to Reduce Service For Works: From next Monday until February 2015, the B Line on the Buenos Aires subte will operate a reduced service due to construction work. On weekdays, the service will begin one hour later and end one hour earlier than normal, running from 6am-10pm. Trains will stop running at 1pm on Saturday. and the line will be closed completely on Sundays and public holidays. The changes are part of works to incorporate 86 new carriages into the service by next year. Subte owner Sbase, of the city of Buenos Aires, said a reduced service was “essential” to make necessary modifications to the power system and prepare the line for new the carriages arriving from Madrid. The company said the new carriages will include improved safety features, as well as air conditioning and security cameras. The incorporation of new carriages should also increase the frequency of trains on one of the city’s busiest subte lines. However, the planned changes have also drawn some criticism. The website enelsubte.com said extensive and costly plans to broaden platforms, change the power system, and alter the line’s gauge were “incomprehensible” for “second-hand and insufficient” trains.
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