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Contents. Rail transport in Argentina. The Argentine railway network consisted of a 47,000 km (29,204 mi) network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decline in railway profitability, leading to ...
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 ...
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.
A Ganz Mávag train unit crossing Av. del Libertador in Vicente López. Argentine State Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarriles del Estado) was a State-owned railway company of Argentina, established by Law N° 6.757 in October 1909, when José Figueroa Alcorta was the President of Argentina. The company built and operated railway lines in Argentina.
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Route map. 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 ...
Transport in Argentina is mainly based on a complex network of routes, crossed by relatively inexpensive long-distance buses and by cargo trucks. The country also has a number of national and international airports. The importance of the long-distance train is minor today, though in the past it was widely used and is now regaining momentum ...
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 serve the provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba, in ...
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 ...