Argentine State Railway

Former Argentinian railway company

Argentine State Railway

A Ganz Mávag train unit crossing Av. del Libertador in Vicente López.

Native name

| Ferrocarriles del Estado
Company type| State-owned
Industry| Railway
Founded| 1909
Defunct| 1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Successor| Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Headquarters|

Santa Fe

Argentina

Key people

| Pablo Nogués (Director)
Services| Rail transport
Owner| Government of Argentina

Argentine State Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarriles del Estado) was a State-owned railway company of Argentina, established by Law N° 6.757 in October 1909, when José Figueroa Alcorta was the President of Argentina. The company built and operated railway lines in Argentina.

## History

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By 1905 the State-owned railway network was 3,490 km length, with the Ferrocarril Central Norte (FCN) being the longest with 1,385 km and the Ferrocarril Argentino del Norte (FAN) with 563 km. Five years later, FCN was 2,135 km long and FAN 1,355 km.

In 1925, the Argentine State Railway ranked 2nd among the most important companies in the country, operating a railway network of 6,617 km. By 1936 the railway network had been extended to 9,690 km.

Most of the railway lines built by the Argentine state were metre gauge because of financial reasons. In 1937 the State company began to acquire some existing companies with the purpose of competing against British railway companies. In 1948 Argentine State Company (along with British and French companies) became part of Ferrocarriles Argentinos after nationalisation of the railway network, headed by then-President Juan Domingo Perón. Therefore, the Central Northern rail lines were added to General Belgrano Railway network while the Patagonian railways became part of General Roca Railway.

## Railway network

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Argentine State Railway network as of 1936:

Central Northern network Patagonian rail lines Main  | Division  | Province/s  | Line/s  | Gauge  | Length (Km)

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Central Northern [n 1]

| La Rioja
Catamarca
Córdoba
Tucumán
Formosa
Chaco
Santiago del Estero
Salta | Córdoba \- La Rioja (via Cruz del Eje)
Chumbicha \- Catamarca
Deán Funes \- Laguna Paiva
Córdoba \- La Puerta
Serrezuela - San Juan \- Formosa \- Embarcación
Sáenz Peña \- Metán
Tucumán \- Santa Fe
Quimilí \- Barranqueras | 1,000 | 7,500

Patagónicos

| Central Chubut | Chubut | Puerto Madryn \- Trelew
Gaiman \- Dolavon | 1,000 | 104
S. Antonio - N. Huapi | Río Negro
Chubut | C. de Patagones \- Bariloche
Ing. Jacobacci \- Esquel (La Trochita)
Gral. Vintter - Gral. Conesa | 1,676 0,750 | 1,316
Comodoro Rivadavia | Chubut | C. Rivadavia \- Colonia Sarmiento | 1,676 | 208
Puerto Deseado | Chubut, Santa Cruz | Puerto Deseado \- Las Heras | 1,676 | 286

Notes

1. ^ The Central Northern had previously taken over North Argentine Railway in 1909.

## Gallery

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* Boca de Zanja station, Chubut

* Trelew station, c. 1900.

* A train arriving km. 3 in Chubut.

* Locomotives in Dolavón.

* Headquarters in Retiro, Buenos Aires.

* Railcar on the Córdoba - Cruz del Eje line

## Bibliography

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentine State Railway.

* Ferrocarriles del Estado on CEPAL Library
* Historia de la Ingeniería Argentina, Centro Argentino de Ingenieros (1981)

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