- Colectivo 60
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Línea 60
The Colectivo 60 (the number 60 bus) runs from Constitución station, in the centre of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Tigre Club in the partido of Tigre. The service is operated by MONSA (Micro Ómnibus Norte Sociedad Anónima) and the identifying color of the buses is yellow, with red and black details.
Known locally as El Sesenta (The [Number] 60), the service is sometimes dubbed El Internacional (The International) because it passes through (or close to) a large number of landmarks of the city and of the northern suburbs, to wit:
- Boca Juniors stadium
- Constitución station
- Avenida de Mayo
- Liceo theater
- Argentine National Congress
- Confitería El Molino tea room and the Savoy hotel and ballroom
- Callao y Corrientes commercial district
- Tribunales (courthouse)
- Obras Sanitarias building, Córdoba y Ayacucho
- Buenos Aires university complex:
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Odontology
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
- Faculty of Social Science
- Faculty of Engineering, Las Heras building
- Clínicas university hospital
- Embassy of Uruguay
- La Recoleta Cemetery
- Recoleta entertainment district
- Automóvil Club Argentino
- Plaza Las Heras
- Rivadavia Hospital
- Fernández Hospital
- Buenos Aires Zoo in Palermo
- Buenos Aires Botanical Garden in Palermo
- SRA exhibition grounds (La Rural)
- Plaza Italia
- United States embassy
- Pacífico train station
- Palermo racetrack
- Military hospital
- Barrancas de Belgrano park and transportation hub
- Chinatown, Bajo Belgrano
- Club Atlético River Plate Stadium
- Cabildo y Juramento (Belgrano high street)
- Cabildo y Congreso (terminal of the subte D line)
- Saavedra bridge
- Olivos city center
- Club Atlético Platense stadium
- San Isidro hospital (San Isidro Partido)
- San Isidro racetrack
- San Isidro cathedral (San Isidro cathedral)
- Tigre stadium (Tigre Partido)
- Tigre fruit market
- Tigre tourism center (gateway to the Paraná Delta).
One branch of the service reaches Tigre through the Pan-American Highway.
On November 13, 2006, MONSA contract drivers went on strike demanding better conditions [1].
See also
External links
Mass transit systems in Greater Buenos Aires Trains Belgrano Norte Line • Belgrano Sur Line • Mitre Line • Roca Line • San Martín Line • Sarmiento Line • Urquiza LineMetro
(List of stations)Line A • Line B • Line C • Line D • Line E • Line F • Line G • Line H • Line ILight Rails/Trams Buses 60 Line • 64 LineCategories:- Transport in Buenos Aires
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