Colectivo 60
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The colectivo 60 bus line runs from Constitucion station to Tigre Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Its identifying color is yellow, with red and black details. The operating company is called MONSA (Micro Omnibus Norte Sociedad Anónima).
On November 13, 2006, MONSA contract drivers went on strike demanding better conditions [1].
The 60 line is sometimes dubbed el internacional (the international) as it passes through (or close to) a huge number of landmarks of the city and of the northern suburbs, to wit:
- Boca Juniors stadium
- Constitucion station
- Avenida de Mayo
- Liceo theater
- Congress Square in Balvanera
- 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
- Clínicas university hospital
- Embassy of Uruguay
- La Recoleta Cemetery
- Recoleta entertainment district
- Faculty of Engineering, Las Heras building
- Automóvil Club Argentino
- Plaza Las Heras
- Rivadavia hospital
- Fernández hospital
- Buenos Aires Zoo, Palermo
- Buenos Aires botanic park
- SRA exhibition grounds (La Rural)
- Plaza Italia book fair
- 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
- 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)
A ramal (branch) reaches Tigre through the Pan-American Highway.
