Federico Lacroze railway station
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Federico Lacroze railway station (Estación Federico Lacroze in
History
The first station to open was "Chacarita" terminus, a precarious building that served as terminal for the Buenos Aires Central Railway, originally a horse-drawn railway established by entrepreneur Federico Lacroze that built and operated a line to cities of Zárate in Buenos Aires and 4 de Febrero in Santa Fe.[2] The station would be later demolished.
The current underground station had been designed by the Lacroze Brothers with the intention of being a connection with the Buenos Aires Central Railway. The tunnels and parts of the original station are used for Line B to this day.[3]
The current terminal was designed by Argentine architect Santiago Mayaud-Maisonneuve and his son Carlos in 1951, following the Rationalist style of architecture. It was inaugurated in 1957 and its construction financed by the state, as the railways were state-owned at the time. The building received protected status in 2009.[4]
Services
The station functions primarily as a
In the past, the station also served as the terminal for the long-distance service to
There have been numerous calls for the return of the service given the large-scale reactivation of many of the country's railways since 2014, however as of 2015, the service remains suspended.[6][7]
Federico Lacroze station is accessible from the
Historic operators
Operator | Period |
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Buenos Aires Central Railway | 1888–1948 |
Ferrocarriles Argentinos | 1948–1991 |
FEMESA [n 1] | 1991–1994 |
Metrovías | 1994–present |
- Notes
- ^ Temporary operator prior to the privatization of commuter rail services.
Gallery
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Facade
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Aerial view
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Platforms
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View fromCorrientes Avenue
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Hall and board
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Train platforms
See also
References
- ^ Estación Federico Lacroze Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine - Tren Urquiza
- ^ Ferrocarril Urquiza - Historia Archived 2019-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, Metrovías website
- ^ Construcción de túneles de subte - EnElSubte, 24 August 2008
- ^ Más piezas para el catálogo - Pagina/12, 30 May 2009
- ^ F. Lacroze - Apóstoles - Posadas - Satélite Ferroviario
- ^ ¿No saben cómo hacer a un pueblo felíz?. El regreso del tren de pasajeros "El Gran Capitán" en 2003 - Crónica Ferroviaria, 06 April, 2015
- ^ Misiones: El Defensor del Pueblo provincial solicitó que se restablezca el servicio ferroviario entre Posadas - Buenos Aires - Cronica Ferroviaria, 03 February 2015
- ^ Estacion Federico Lacroze - XColectivo
- ^ Mejoras en la estación Federico Lacroze de la Línea Urquiza - Estacion AZ, 21 October 2014