Pasteur - AMIA is a station on Line B of the

Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground (), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaza Miserere) opened in 1913, making it the L ...

. It was opened on 17 October 1930 as part of the inaugural section of the line between

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and

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. It is located in the

Balvanera Balvanera is a Barrios of Buenos Aires, barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Origin of name and alternative names The official name, Balvanera, is the name of the ''parroquia'' (parish) centered around the church of ''Nuestra Seño ...

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, at the intersection of

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and Calle Pasteur, and named after the latter. In 2015, murals and monuments commemorating the 1994

AMIA bombing The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Centre. Executed as a Suicide attack, suicidal attack, a Car bom ...

(which took place nearby) were set up in the station, while proposals were put forward to change the name of the station to ''Pasteur - AMIA''. This was approved in July 2015, and the station was renamed.La Legislatura aprobó la ley que agrega “AMIA” a la estación Pasteur
- EnElSubte, 17 July 2015.

Gallery

File:Azulejos originales en Estación Pasteur.JPG, The original masonry still remains behind the paint File:Subte - Pasteur.jpg, The station as it was in 2008 before refurbishment File:PasteurSubte2.jpg, Memorial to the 1994

File:Estación Pasteur - AMIA (julio 2015) 13.jpg, New signage

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Buenos Aires Underground stations Balvanera Railway stations in Argentina opened in 1930 {{BuenosAires-underground-stub