Once railway station
| Estación Once de Septiembre September 11th Station | |||
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| City | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Location | Av. Pueyrredón & Av. B. Mitre at Plaza Miserere, Barrio Balvanera | ||
| Date of Opening | ? | ||
| Management | ? | ||
| Aerial Photo | Google Maps | ||
| Served by: | File:TBA-logo.PNG TBA File:Ferrobaires-logo2.PNG Ferrobaires
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Estación Once (pronounced "ohn-say") is a large train station in central Buenos Aires, Argentina. The facility is located in the barrio of Balvanera immediately north of a large public square called Plaza Miserere. The full official name of the terminal is Estación Once de Septiembre, Spanish for "September 11th Station". In this case, the date of September 11th refers to the date of the death of celebrated Argentine President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who died on September 11, 1888. In honour of Sarmiento, a former teacher, this date is recognized as Teachers' Day in Argentina.
Estación Once handles both long-distance and local passenger trains. The publicly-owned railway company Ferrobaires operates trains over four principal rail lines which fan out west over surrounding Buenos Aires Province. Destinations include Pehuajó, Bragado, and points between. Additionally, the commuter rail company Trenes de Buenos Aires operates multiple hourly trains into the Buenos Aires suburbs along the branches of its Sarmiento Line to destinations including Moreno Partido, Luján, Lobos, and Mercedes. The station is accessible by numerous public bus lines and by the A line of the Buenos Aires Metro subway via its "Plaza Miserere" stop. Estación Once will also be served by the subway's new H line when construction is completed not earlier than 2007.
