Colectivo
''Colectivo'' (English: collective bus) is the name given in Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay to a type of public transportation vehicle, especially those of Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires. The name comes from ''vehículos de tran ...
60 (the number 60 bus route) commenced operations in 1931 and runs from Constitución station, in the centre of the city of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, Argentina to the
Tigre Club
The Tigre Club stands on the banks of the Luján River, in ''Paseo Victorica'', Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club, built next to the Tigre Hotel (demolished in 1940), was financed by Ernesto Tornquist and was designed by the arch ...
in the '' partido'' of Tigre. The service is operated by Nudo S.A., Azul S.A.T.A. and M.O.T.S.A. and the identifying colour of the buses is yellow, with red and black details.
Known locally as ''El Sesenta'' ("The Sixty"), the service is sometimes dubbed ''El Internacional'' (The International) because it passes through (or close to) many landmarks of the city and of the northern suburbs, including:
* Boca Juniors Stadium
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Constitución railway station
Constitución railway station () is a large railway station in Constitución, a in central Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full official name of the station is (in English: Constitution Square Station) reflecting the fact that the station is loca ...
tea room
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and the Savoy hotel and ballroom
* Callao y Corrientes commercial district
* Palace of Justice ("Tribunales")
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Obras Sanitarias
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building, Córdoba y Ayacucho
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University of Buenos Aires
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Uruguay
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La Recoleta Cemetery
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United States
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embassy
* Pacífico train station
* Hipódromo Argentino
* Military hospital
* Barrancas de Belgrano park and transportation hub
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Barrio Chino
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River Plate Stadium
Estadio Monumental (), officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons,Belgrano high street)
* Cabildo y Congreso (terminal of the subteD line)
* Saavedra bridge
* Olivos city centre
* C.A. Platense Stadium
* San Isidro hospital (
San Isidro Partido
San Isidro is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina found in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of San Isidro. It is from the city of Buenos Aires.
The founder of San Isidro city was Domingo de Acassuso, who bui ...
)
* San Isidro racetrack
* San Isidro cathedral ( San Isidro cathedral)
* Tigre stadium (
Tigre Partido
Tigre Partido is a '' partido'' of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires. The department covers a large section of the Paraná Delta and its low-lying islands. The main town of the division is T ...
)
* Tigre fruit market
* Tigre tourism centre (gateway to the
Paraná Delta
The Paraná Delta ( es, Delta del Paraná) is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina and it consists of several islands known as the Islas del Paraná. The Paraná flows north–south and becomes an alluvial basin (a flood plain) between t ...
).
One branch of the service reaches Tigre via the
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...
.
See also
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Transportation in Argentina
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Colectivo
''Colectivo'' (English: collective bus) is the name given in Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay to a type of public transportation vehicle, especially those of Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires. The name comes from ''vehículos de tran ...