Retiro is a
railway station complex in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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, that includes three main terminal train stations (
Retiro-Mitre,
Retiro-Belgrano and
Retiro-San Martín) and two terminal subway stations (
Retiro of Line C and
Retiro of Line E).
The complex is named after the neighborhood where it is located,
Retiro. It is close to
Retiro Bus Terminal Station, the country´s biggest bus terminal.
Overview
The stations are very close to the
Retiro bus station (''Terminal de Omnibus''), the principal long-distance bus terminal in Buenos Aires. The complex is also accessible by the
C line of the
Buenos Aires Metro system and by numerous local public bus services. The stations will also be accessible by both
Line E and
Line H of the metro once their extensions are complete.
Three stations are located opposite
Plaza San Martín, a large park.
Services
Commuter rail
Retiro is the largest railway complex in Buenos Aires and more commuter trains arrive and depart from here than in any other station in the city. As of 2015, the following companies operate regular services to the suburbs of Buenos Aires along three principal lines:
*
Mitre
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service calling at José León Suárez (
General San Martín Partido
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The provincial subdivision has a population of 422,830 inhabitants in an are ...
),
Tigre, and
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, soldier and author. He was President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and the first president of Argentine Civil Wars#National unification, unified Argentina.
Mitre i ...
along its three branches.
Long-distance services to
Rosario
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and
Tucumán cities. Both operated by
Trenes Argentinos.
*
Belgrano Norte service to Villa Rosa (
Pilar Partido
Pilar Partido is a Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 232,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city i ...
). Operated by
private company
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Ferrovías.
*
San Martín service calling at
Villa Devoto,
El Palomar,
Caseros and
Pilar, amongst others. Operated by Trenes Argentinos.
Long-distance
In addition to its status as the hub of an extensive commuter railway network, Retiro stations are also the terminus of a few long-distance passenger services which provide access to cities in the north and west of the country. As of 2015, state-owned
Trenes Argentinos manages long-distance services to the cities of
Córdoba,
Tucumán and
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...
. Those services had been run by defunct company
Ferrocentral
Ferrocentral was an Argentine private railway company, with a name being a portmanteau of the Spanish words for "Central Rail". It operated long-distance passenger trains from its base at Retiro Mitre station in Buenos Aires to several locations ...
.
From the Retiro San Martín station trains depart to
Rufino station in
Santa Fe Province
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.
["Después de más de dos décadas volvió el tren de pasajeros a Rufino"]
Cronica Ferroviaria, 2 March 2015
''La Capital'', 27 Feb 2015
Gallery
File:Terminal Retiro de Ferrocaril.jpg, Mitre
File:Retiro. Vista del hall central.jpg
File:Retiro, Belgrano Norte.jpg, Belgrano
File:Buenos Aires - Retiro - Retiro Belgrano.jpg, Belgrano
File:RetiroSM.JPG, San Martín
File:Retiro San Martín (5).jpg, San Martín
See also
* Retiro Belgrano railway station
* Retiro Mitre railway station
* Retiro San Martín railway station
*Rail transport in Argentina
The Argentine railway network consisted of a network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decl ...
* Retiro (Line C Buenos Aires Underground)
* Retiro (Line E Buenos Aires Underground)
* Retiro (Line G Buenos Aires Underground)
* Retiro (Line H Buenos Aires Underground)
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Retiro railway station
Railway stations in Buenos Aires
Railway stations in Argentina opened in 1915