FEMESA

Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S.A.
	Maintenance
Owner	Government of Argentina

Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S.A. (also known for its acronym FEMESA) was a company set up by the

nationalisation of the railways in 1948. With its task complete, FEMESA was wound up in 1997.^[2]

Overview

FEMESA was created in 1991 to take over commuter rail services that had been operated by state-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA). The company was established as a transitional entity until those services were granted as concessions to private operators. Meanwhile, FA operated middle and long distance passenger services until 10 March 1993^[3] when all those services were cancelled.^[4]^[5]^[1]

In 1994, FEMESA granted concessions to Metropolitano which, through three subsidiary companies, took over the operation of services on the

Belgrano Railway divisions, respectively. In spite of Metropolitano receiving large government subsidies, its services deteriorated to a point where, by 2007, the three concessions had all been revoked and their operation was taken over by the consortium Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia (UGOFE

).

Concessions were also granted in 1994 to Ferrovías and Metrovías, for the operation of services on the

Urquiza

divisions of FA.

Finally, in 1995, concessions were granted to Trenes de Buenos Aires for the operation of services over the

Sarmiento

divisions of FA.

With all the commuter rail services in Buenos Aires privatised, FEMESA was wound up in 1997.[2]