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Interior of Del Parque station, built in 1857, later closed in 1883. The growth and decline of the Argentine railways are tied heavily with the history of the country as a whole, reflecting its economic and political situation at numerous points in history, reaching its high point when Argentina ranked among the 10 richest economies in the world (measured in GDP per capita) during the country ...
The railway natinalisation in Argentina occurred on 1 March 1948, during President Juan Perón 's first term of office, when the seven British - and three French -owned railway companies then operating in Argentina, were purchased by the state. These companies, together with those that were already state-owned, where grouped, according to their ...
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) (Spanish: Ferrocarril del Sud) was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. [1] The company was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the first general manager was Edward Banfield after whom the Buenos Aires ...
The Buenos Aires Western Railway (BAWR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires), inaugurated in the city of Buenos Aires on 29 August 1857, was the first railway built in Argentina and the start of the extensive rail network which was developed over the following years. The locomotive La Porteña, built by the British firm EB Wilson ...
The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) metre gauge railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six State-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President ...
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Route map. The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aires to Posadas, with several branches in between.
Technical. Track gauge. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) The Central Argentine Railway, referred to as CA below, (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The company had been established in the 19th century, to ...
600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5⁄8 in) Operating speed. 25 km/h (16 mph) The Southern Fuegian Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF)) or the Train of the End of the World (Spanish: El Tren del Fin del Mundo) is a 500 mm ( in) gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the ...