page_title: La Brugeoise cars (Buenos Aires Underground)
section_title: First series (5 to 50)
hierarchical_section_title: La Brugeoise cars (Buenos Aires Underground) / History / First series (5 to 50)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Coche La Brugeoise serie 1, estacionado en el taller Polvorín antes de la inauguración de la línea A.
context_page_description: La Brugeoise cars were Buenos Aires Underground Line A rolling stock since its inauguration in 1913 till 2013 when replaced by new Chinese stock. They were built by Belgian railway rolling stock manufacturer La Brugeoise et Nivelles between 1911 and 1919 for the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company's first underground line. They were originally designed to run both as metro and tramway cars, but they were refurbished in 1927 for underground use only. They were the oldest underground rolling stock in commercial service in the world as well as a tourist attraction and part of Buenos Aires cultural heritage.
context_section_description: They arrived at Buenos Aires in mid-1913, in time to run preliminary tests. They had six wide windows per side with rolling curtains to protect passengers from sunlight when running on surface. The interior was entirely made of finely carved wood, lit with 38 solid bronze artifacts using incandescent light bulbs.
  Their seats, with capacity for two passengers, were upholstered in scarlet leather and arranged in two groups of two seats facing each other. On both sides of each sliding door, a seat was placed longitudinally to allow for extra room for standing passengers to travel comfortably.
caption: Car 16 of the first series with its original layout in 1915
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