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 On-going projects.
      Subway de Buenos Aires.
      Line Urquiza.
 Projects completed.

 
 
Projects completed and underway within the frame of the Concession Contract (1994/2001):
   Instalación de un circuito cerrado de televisión (CCTV) en las estaciones
   Installation of a new force draught system.
   Installing an emergency lighting system at stations.
   Modernization of pumping equipment.
   Installation of new signaling/sign systems
   Installation of 53 new escalators.
   Installation of a train-ground radio communication system.
   Building of the Centralized Traffic Control Center (PCO) to operate the whole system.
   Total renewal of Line B fleet.
   Ventilation System in Subway
   Installation of a new signaling system.
   80 New Coaches.
    Adapting stations for access of physically challenged people.
   Acquiring 32 new escalators to replace fixed staircases.
   Construction of a Transfer Center at Plaza Miserere.
   Renewal of electric power substations.
   Track renewal
   Building a tunnel to access Metrovías future central shop
   More Trains for Line 'D'
   Rail grinding equipment

On-going projects at the Urquiza Line:
   Level Crossing works at L.N. Alem street, Martín Coronado station (Tres de Febrero county).
   Air Compresors Asembly.with electric command.
   Relaying of rail tracks.
    Accessibility requirements works for stations.

Projects done on Metrovias own initiative and risk (1994 / 2001):
   Lateral seat arrangement on Line 'D'
   Installed a TV closed circuit.
   Build new ventilation inlets on Line 'B'
   Reopened ventilation grids on Lines B, C, and D.
   Reconstructed fixed staircases at all stations.
   Reduced intervals by 2 minutes at rush hours.
   Recovered system’s installations and facilities.
   Doubled the running fleet (number of coaches in service increased from 188 to 376)
   Installing an anti-flood system in the tunnel.
   Restoration of Historical Tile Murals and Majolica
   Implemented an Overall Station Rebuilding program.

In relation to the Urquiza Line system we completed:
   Renewal of telephone exchanges throughout the system.
   Start-up of a test bench for pneumatic valves.
   Titulo
   Replacement of main conductors for electroautomatic signaling.
    Setting up a wheel trueing machine at Rubén Darío shop
    Overall renewal of grade crossings.