Buenos Aires Belgrano Sur Line railway station

Buenos Aires (Spanish: Estación Buenos Aires) is a former passenger railway station in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station was terminus of the Belgrano Sur line that runs trains along Greater Buenos Aires region.

Buenos Aires
Commuter rail
Front view of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Olavarría 3300, Buenos Aires Argentina
Owned by	Government of Argentina
Operated by	Trenes Argentinos (2015–18)
Line(s)	Belgrano Sur
Construction
Platform levels	5
History
Opened	1911
Closed	May 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05)
Previous names	yes
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The station is located a short distance north of the Riachuelo River, on the boundaries between the barrios of Parque Patricios and Barracas, two outlying neighbourhoods in the southern part of the city.

Overview

Despite its name, Buenos Aires was not the principal railway station of the city but only a secondary commuter rail station. The local transport company Argentren operates various daily diesel trains to and from the Buenos Aires suburbs along two branches of the Belgrano Sur line. Destinations include several stations in La Matanza, Merlo and Morón partidos.

The station was accessible by some city bus services but it is the only railway station in Buenos Aires that has no access to the Subte of Buenos Aires.

History

The station soon after being opened, c. 1911

Buenos Aires was opened in 1911 as part of the French-owned company Compañía Gral. de Buenos Aires railway network, that reached several cities in the Buenos Aires Province such as Patricios in 9 de Julio Partido, General Villegas, Victorino de la Plaza (Guaminí Partido), La Plata and Vedia among other destinations.

When the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, state-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos took over the services of the line. In August 1977, National decree 2294 stated the closure of 225-km. of the line and all rail tracks were also removed. Due to increasing population in the region, the "Marinos del Crucero Gral. Belgrano" was built for passenger services.

With the railway privatisation carried out by Carlos Menem's presidency, concession was granted to Metropolitano although the concession would be revoked in 2007 because of the poor service conditions, being consortium UGOFE the operator of the line until 2013.

CNR EMU at the station in 2018

When UGOFE was dissolved, private company Argentren took over the Belgrano Sur line.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

In May 2018, Buenos Aires and Sáenz stations were closed as part of a project that includes the construction of a viaduct where Belgrano Sur trains will run, which will allow to eliminate several level crossings in the city. The viaduct will also connect Belgrano Sur trains with Constitución station of Roca Line. Moreover, new Buenos Aires and Sáenz stations will be built over the viaduct. Meanwhile, a provisional station (close to former Sáenz stations) is being used as terminus.^[8]

Historic operators

Companies that operated the Buenos Aires train station since its inauguration were:

Operator	Period
Compañía General de Buenos Aires	1911–1948
Ferrocarriles Argentinos	1948–1991
FEMESA [n 1]	1991–1994
Metropolitano	1994–2007
UGOFE [n 2]	2007–2014
Argentren [n 2]	2014–2015
Trenes Argentinos	2015–2018

Notes

1. Temporary operator prior to the privatization of commuter rail services.
2. Temporary operator after the government revoked concession to Metropolitano.

See also

• Argentina portal

• Belgrano Sur Line

References

1. "Roggio y EMEPA se repartirán el manejo de cuatro ferrocarriles", Clarín, 13 Nov 2013
2. "Trenes cero kilómetro después de cincuenta años", Página/12, 26 Nov 2014
3. "Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur", La Nación, 12 Feb 2014
4. "Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias", Clarín, 12 Feb 2014
5. "El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviaria, Telam, 12 Feb 2014
6. "De a uno por línea, para mejor control", Página 12, 12 Feb 2014
7. "Metrovías operará las líneas Mitre y San Martín", En el Subte, 12 Feb 2014
8. El Belgrano Sur deja de llegar a la estación Buenos Aires, Enelsubte.com, 5 May 2018

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