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The rail lines converge at five rail terminals, all of them in Buenos Aires, with two, Retiro and Constitución rail terminals being the busiest train stations in Argentina, though there is a plan to connect all the lines in one central underground station for easy transfer.
Templates for railway lines in Argentina (23 P) Pages in category "Railway lines in Argentina" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The Once–Haedo line became the second railway line in Argentina to be electrified after the Retiro–Tigre section of Mitre Line (inaugurated in August 1916). [23] Electric power was provided by a third rail system energized at 800 volts through several substations. Platforms were also elevated due to new coaches had higher doors. [24]
Nevertheless, the Congresses of Argentina and Bolivia ratified the agreement. On the other hand, Brazil started to work in Bolivia in 1948, having finished the 625-km length Santa Cruz - Corumbá railway line in 1955. In 1949 Argentina financed and built the railway to Santa Cruz, crossing Eastern Bolivia.
The list of secondary, industrial and Decauville railways in Argentina includes narrow-gauge railway lines that operated in Argentina, which used tracks, sleepers, or vehicles manufactured by French company Decauville.
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 ...
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) The Entre Ríos Railway had acquired the Central Entre Ríos Railway in 1892. (2) The Argentine North Eastern had acquired the East Argentine in 1907. In 1991 the railway was privatised as part of Carlos Menem's neoliberal reforms, though the railway, along with all the railways of Argentina, are in the process of being re-nationalised as ...