station The Faculty of Medicine on Line D is the only one in the network still affected by improvement worksThis is after the completion of the strengthening work on the remaining stations included in the first phase (Castro Barros, Aquiti, San Martin, Bolnes and Jujuy), and a few days ago it was confirmed that the tender for the seven stations was suspended. .
com. enelSubte I contacted the Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE) to find out the progress of the work. From the Buenos Aires company, they explained in detail that the contractor currently in charge of the work – the construction company SES, which was also responsible for the work in Bolnes and San Martín, as well as in the Obelisco node – He is working on “dismantling advertising signs and some furniture.” At the same time, “During the overnight hours, progress is being made regarding the electrical installation.”
At the moment, all work is being carried out without affecting the service.Because although the temporary closure of the station was originally planned – as happened in the rest of the stations intervened on – the measure had to be withdrawn due to resistance from the university community.
They canceled the tender to improve seven subway stations
They confirmed from SBASE that the station should close soon To advance the work of replacing floors and repairing leaks, Although they avoided confirming a specific date for this.
As these media learned, One possibility being analyzed is that the closure occurs during the summertaking advantage not only of the decline in the year and university holidays but also of the possible temporary closure of Line D in the last section of business on new CBTC signals.
In addition to painting, blacksmithing, electrical work, replacing floors and furniture, and installing new signs, In the case of the Faculty of Medicine in particular, it is planned to proceed with a restoration that will restore the dilapidated station to its original appearanceAs these media outlets explained months ago.
This includes the restoration of the station’s majolica -Greenish blue color-, It dates back to the 1930sAnd It is currently covered with a layer of plastic. It was put through a renovation by a Metrovías franchisee in the 1990s.
From SBASE they break it down The contractor, working with a heritage specialist, carried out “searches to assess heritage status”. Of pieces. It is estimated that some pieces can be restored, but other damaged pieces will have to be replaced with copies.
It is worth noting that one of the projects of the Centenera Heritage Laboratorywhich also operates under the orbit of SBASE, It is a workshop installation for the reproduction and restoration of historical tileswhere a ceramic kiln was purchased to manufacture spare parts.
It is worth noting that School of medicine It was declared a National Historic Monument in 1997, in conjunction with many stations in the network. In this case, protection came too late: by that time it had already been interfered with by the “modernization” that it now seeks to reverse.
More than 90% of the signaling work on Line D has already been completed
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