Argentren

Argentren S.A.^[2][3] was an Argentine private company that operated the Belgrano Sur and Roca railway services in Buenos Aires Province for about one year until the Government of Argentina rescinded the agreement with the company in March 2015. Since then, the Mitre and San Martín line are operated by State-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (SOFSE).^[4]

Argentren S.A.

Roca Line electric train operated by Argentren.
Company type	Private
Industry	Railway
Predecessor	Metropolitano[lower-alpha 1] (1994-2012) UGOFE[lower-alpha 1] (2012-14)
Founded	2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Defunct	March 2, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-02) (Ceased operations)
Headquarters	Buenos Aires , Argentina
Area served	Buenos Aires Province
Key people	Norberto Cots (President)[1]
Services	Passenger trains
Owner	Emepa Group
Website	argentren-sa.com.ar at archive.org

The company was part of the Emepa Group, a consortium that has also been operating the Belgrano Norte Line through Ferrovías since 1994.^[5]

History

On May 24, 2012, the contract with TBA to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines was revoked by the Government of Argentina after the Once station rail disaster.^[6] Both lines were temporarily operated by UGOFE, a consortium formed by railway companies Ferrovías, Metrovías and TBA, although TBA would be excluded from it a few days later.

On February 12, 2014, the Government of Argentina announced that some companies would take over the lines operated by UGOFE. The consortium was officially dissolved.^[2][3]

Emepa Group also owned Ferrocentral, a railway company formed with Nuevo Central Argentino to run passenger services to Rosario, Tucumán and Córdoba cities of Argentina. The company was dissolved in November 2014, when the National Government took over the services, since then operated by SOFSE.^[7][8]

When UGOFE and UGOMS were dissolved, Corredores Ferroviarios (a company part of Grupo Roggio, which also owns Metrovías, a company that operates the Buenos Aires Subte and Urquiza line since 1994) and Argentren took over the Mitre / San Martín and Belgrano Sur / Roca lines, respectively.^{[2][3][9][10][11][12][13]}

On March 2, 2015, the Government of Argentina rescinded the contract with Argentren through its state-owned company SOFSE.^[4] The contract with the company had been signed in February 2014, committing Argentren to operate the Roca and Belgrano Sur lines.^[14][15][16]

Services operated

Line	Connects	Type
Roca	Constitución - Ezeiza	Electric
	Constitución - Alejandro Korn
	Constitución - La Plata	Diesel
	Temperley - Bosques
	Temperley - Haedo
	University train
Belgrano Sur	Buenos Aires - González Catán	Diesel
	Tapiales - Marinos Cruc. Gral. Belgrano
	Puente Alsina - Aldo Bonzi

Notes

1. Only private companies are listed. State-owned companies that operated the Belgrano Sur and Roca line were Ferrocarriles Argentinos (1948-91) and FEMESA (1991-94).

References

1. "Argentren S.A." Dateas.com (in Spanish).
2. Lukin, Tomás. "De a uno por línea, para mejor control" [One by line, for better control]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved February 12, 2014.
3. "Metrovías operará las líneas Mitre y San Martín" [Metrovías will operate the Miter and San Martín lines]. En el Subte (in Spanish). February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
4. "Ya está lista la ley que prevé más control estatal sobre los trenes" [The law that provides more state control over trains is ready]. Clarín (in Spanish). March 5, 2015.
5. "FERROVÍAS". Grupo Emepa. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
6. "Decreto N° 793/12: "Rescisión del contrato de concesión suscripto con la empresa Trenes de Buenos Aires S.A."" [Decree No. 793/12: "Termination of the concession contract signed with the company Trenes de Buenos Aires S.A."]. Infojus (in Spanish).^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Estatizaron los trenes de pasajeros de larga distancia" [They nationalized long-distance passenger trains]. Clarín (in Spanish). November 8, 2014.
8. "El Gobierno estatizó los servicios de ferrocarriles de larga distancia" [The Government nationalized long-distance rail services]. Infobae (in Spanish). November 7, 2014.
9. "Roggio y EMEPA se repartirán el manejo de cuatro ferrocarriles" [Roggio and Emepa will share the management of four railways]. Clarin (in Spanish). November 16, 2013.
10. "Trenes cero kilómetro después de cincuenta años" [Zero kilometer trains after fifty years]. pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish).
11. "Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur" [Trains: they give Roggio el Miter and San Martín and Emepa, Roca and Belgrano Sur]. La Nación (in Spanish). February 12, 2014.
12. "Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias" [The private companies will return to operate most of the railway lines]. Clarín (in Spanish). February 12, 2014.
13. "El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviarias" [The Government established a new regime for the operations of railway lines]. Telam (in Spanish). February 12, 2014.
14. "Estado rescindió contrato de trenes a privados y avisó que no pagará indemnizaciones" [State terminated private train contract and warned that it will not pay compensation]. Ambito Financiero (in Spanish). March 2, 2015.
15. "Buenos Aires commuter routes renationalised". Railway Gazette. March 3, 2015.
16. "Resolution N° 171/2015 - Official Bulletin of Argentina". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.

External links

• Official website (archived on February 28, 2015)