Overview

• A phone call to a bakery employee inside Bartolomé Mitre station prompted the evacuation of Retiro’s main terminal and halted operations.
• All three branches of the Mitre line—Tigre, José León Suárez and Bartolomé Mitre—were suspended from early morning until the threat was cleared.
• Federal and city police conducted an anti-explosives operation that found no suspicious devices during a two-hour inspection.
• Service resumed with the first train leaving Retiro at 8:53 AM, though commuters reported minor delays as normal routes restarted.
• The incident highlights heightened security measures across Argentina’s rail network after recent track upgrades and weekend maintenance closures.