The Santa Fe Western Railway (SFW, native name: Ferrocarril Oeste Santafesino) was an Argentine railway company which became

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-owned in 1900 when it was taken over by the

Central Argentine Railway The Central Argentine Railway, referred to as CA below, (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the ''Big Four'' broad gauge, British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company had been establis ...

. The company was based in the south of the

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of Santa Fe.

History

The SFW was founded in 1883 by

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(the first president of the Provincial Bank of Santa Fe), with the goal of bringing the agricultural wealth of the region to the

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on the Paraná River. "Historia institucional"
on Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe The terminus of this , broad gauge railway was ( Rosario Oeste Santafesino Station), located in the southeast of the city of Rosario, within present-day

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. The line ran west along today's Pellegrini Avenue, and turned southwest along today's Godoy Avenue after

Oroño Boulevard Oroño Boulevard (in Spanish, ''Bulevar Oroño'') is a street in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is a two-way boulevard that runs north–south through the center-east of the city, from the coastal avenue by the Paraná River to the sou ...

. It reached the town of

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, then known as "Colonia Candelaria". The railway was then extended towards the south of Córdoba Province, reaching Cruz Alta. A number of towns were founded on the way under the sponsorship of the company."Historia Ferroviaria de Rosario"
on Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel (Archive), 16 Sep 2009 After the SFW was bought by Central Argentine, its passenger services were moved to

Rosario Central Station Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most ...

, and Rosario O.S. was renamed "Rosario Este", dedicated exclusively to freight transport and

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. A new railway was built, eliminating the rails that ran along the avenues. Part of the line is currently run by

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Nuevo Central Argentino Nuevo Central Argentino S. A. (abbreviated NCA) is an Argentine company that utilises the operation and infrastructure of the national railway system of the former Mitre Railway division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos, by a concession granted on 23 ...

that operates freight services.

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Nuevo Central Argentino
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