State-owned Argentine Railway Companies
In
Current State-owned companies (as of February 2015) are
History
State-owned railways before
- Andino
- Argentino del Norte
- Central de Buenos Aires
- Central Entrerriano
- Central Norte
- Del Chaco
- Central Chubut
- Córdoba Central
- Córdoba North W.
- Patagónicos
- Primer Entrerriano
- Provincial de Buenos Aires
- Provincial de Santa Fe
- Rural de Buenos Aires
- State Railway
In 1948 the railway network of
- FC Sarmiento
- FC Mitre
- FC Belgrano
- FC Roca
- FC San Martín
- FC Urquiza
These six companies later amalgamated to form Ferrocarriles Argentinos.
In 1991, President of Argentina Carlos Menem led the privatization of the entire railway network. While the process was completed, a provisional company, FEMESA, took over the operation of the urban services in Buenos Aires Province previously managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos.
Two years later, the UEPFP (later "Ferrobaires") was established by the Buenos Aires Province Government in order to run long-distance services that had been previously closed by the National Government.[2]
Nevertheless, some temporary consortiums (such as
Today, the main state-owned railway company is the
See also
References
- ^ Ferrocarriles del Estado on CEPAL Library
- ^ ".::.::. TREN para TODOS .::.::. Por la reconstrucción de nuestro sistema ferroviario". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-29.