
'Linea 60'
The 'Colectivo 60' (the number 60 bus) runs from
Constitucion 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 Omnibus 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:
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Boca Juniors stadium
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Constitucion station
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Avenida de Mayo
★ Liceo theater
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Argentine National Congress
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Confitería El Molino tea room and the Savoy hotel and ballroom
★ Callao y Corrientes commercial district
★ Tribunales (courthouse)
★ Obras Sanitarias building, Córdoba y Ayacucho
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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
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La Recoleta Cemetery
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Recoleta entertainment district
★ Automóvil Club Argentino
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Plaza Las Heras
★ Rivadavia hospital
★ Fernández hospital
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Buenos Aires Zoo in
Palermo
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Buenos Aires Botanical Garden in Palermo.
★ SRA exhibition grounds (''La Rural'')
★ Plaza Italia
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United States embassy
★ Pacífico train station
★ Palermo racetrack
★ Military hospital
★ Barrancas de Belgrano park and transportation hub
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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
★ San Isidro hospital (
San Isidro Partido)
★ San Isidro racetrack
★ San Isidro cathedral
★ Tigre stadium (Tigre
Partido)
★ Tigre fruit market
★ Tigre tourism center (gateway to the
Paraná delta area).
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
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Transportation in Argentina
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Colectivo
Links
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Recorrido Actualizado de la Linea 60