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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 ...
In 1949 Argentina financed and built the railway to Santa Cruz, crossing Eastern Bolivia. That line connected Amazonas and de la Plata drainage basins as a natural extension of the Yacuiba branch. That also joined Argentine railways other railroad lines of the regions, such as Brazil, Chilean and Bolivian networks.
In 1863, the government of Argentina granted the company, led by engineer William Wheelwright, a concession to build and operate a railway line between the cities of Rosario (a major port in southern Santa Fe, on the Paraná River) and Córdoba (a large city near the geographical center of Argentina, and the capital of the province of the same ...
The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, [2] is a non-electrified single track railway line that links Argentina and Chile passing through the Andes.It is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway with a total length of 941 km (571 in Argentina [3] and 330 in Chile), connecting the city of Salta (Argentina) to the one of Antofagasta (Chile), on the Pacific Ocean ...
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.
Heritage railways in Argentina (5 P) High-speed railway lines in Argentina (1 P) P. Proposed railway lines in Argentina (7 P)
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.
The Central Argentine Railway was one of the oldest and main railway companies in Argentina, nevertheless, one of its objectives had always been to connect Buenos Aires with Rosario. It was in part achieved when CAR purchased FCN, although BA&R had been running services between both cities since 1886 with a short journey time.