Though Buenos Aires has a sprawling bus network that runs 24 hours a day and tens of thousands of taxis, for most tourists the subway or Subte offers the best combination of affordability and ease of use during their visit to the Argentine capital. Here’s a short overview of the Subte lines you might use during the best tours to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A line
The oldest line opened in 1913 and connected Plaza de Mayo with Plaza Miserere in Once below Avenida de Mayo and Avenida Rivadavia. Nowadays it goes on all the way to Flores and further expansion towards Liniers is planned in the coming years. It still uses some of the old wooden carriages attracting train enthusiasts from around the world. They will be changed in january and february of 2013, so if you want to get one of the last rides on the original Belgian carriages, hurry up.
B Line
The B Line follows Corrientes Avenue from the edge of Puerto Madero towards Villa Urquiza in the suburbs and is the most widely used subway line passing along the Obelisco but also the large Abasto shopping mall for example. It used carriages that were formerly in operation in the Tokyo subway in Japan.
C line
Opened in 1934 it was the first north-south line to be opened, connecting the A,B,D and E lines, as well as the tow main train stations in the city, running from Retiro towards Constitucion.
D line
Leading from Plaza de Mayo’s Cathedral in downtown towards the upscale neighborhoods of Palermo and Belgrano with their many bars and restaurants plus the Plaza Italia station next to the Buenos Aires Zoo, this is one of the lines most used by tourists visiting the city during the best tours to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
E line
Running almost parallel to the highway on the southern side of the capital, away from most tourist attractions, this line is used almost exclusively by locals getting to and from work in the center.
H line
The newest line and only the second to run north to south, this line is supposed to link the southern urban renovation neighborhood of Parque Patricios all the way to Retiro with a controversial stop being planned directly in front of the Recoleta cemetery, making it a potential hit with foreign visitors from 2014 onwards.
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