Buenos Aires ( es, Estación Buenos Aires) is a former passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in the city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

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. The station was terminus of the

Belgrano Sur line The Belgrano Sur line is an Argentine commuter rail service in the Greater Buenos Aires area, currently operated by state-owned enterprise Trenes Argentinos. The Belgrano Sur runs over tracks and through stations built by the Franco–Belgian ...

that runs trains along Greater Buenos Aires region. The station is located a short distance north of the

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, 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 Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...

station. The local transport company

Argentren Argentren S.A. 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Belgrano Sur and Roca railway services in Buenos Aires Province for about one year until the Government of Argentina rescinded the agreement with the company in March 2015. ...

operates various daily diesel trains to and from the Buenos Aires suburbs along two branches of the

. Destinations include several stations in

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, 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

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,

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, Victorino de la Plaza ( Guaminí Partido), La Plata and Vedia among other destinations. Estacion Buenos Aires (Belgrano Sur), andenes 03

When the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, state-owned company

Ferrocarriles Argentinos Ferrocarriles Argentinos (abbreviated as FA; ) was a state-owned company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalised during Juan Perón's fir ...

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 Metropolitano S.A. was a privately owned consortium formed in 1994 to take over concessions granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem for the operation of commuter rail services i ...

although the concession would be revoked in 2007 because of the poor service conditions, being consortium UGOFE the operator of the line until 2013. When UGOFE was dissolved,

private company A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...

took over the Belgrano Sur line. 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.El Belgrano Sur deja de llegar a la estación Buenos Aires
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Historic operators

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

References

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Overview

History

Historic operators

See also

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