Unidad de Gestión Operativa Mitre-Sarmiento (UGOMS) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 24 May 2012 by

Ferrovías Ferrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the 1,000 mm ...

and

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to take over the running of the

Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to: Places Argentina *Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province *Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province *Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdivi ...

and

Mitre The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...

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lines, after concessions granted to

Trenes de Buenos Aires Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) (In English: Trains of Buenos Aires) was a private company that operated commuter rail services over the broad gauge Sarmiento and Mitre lines of Buenos Aires. The company, owned by Claudio and Mario Cirigliano, als ...

(TBA) in 1995 for the operation of these services were revoked.

History

Trenes de Buenos Aires, a company formed in 1995 to take over rail concessions granted by the Argentine government, as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, operated commuter rail services over Sarmiento and Mitre lines in

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which had previously been run by state-owned companies since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. In spite of the large state subsidies received by the company a serious decline in the standard of its services, and fatal accidents (especially, the

2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station ( es, link=no, Estación Once de Septiembre; ) in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

), led to the concession for both lines being revoked in 2012 through Decree N° 793/12, and to these services being taken over by the newly formed UGOMS. In September 2013, Minister of Transport of Argentina,

Florencio Randazzo Aníbal Florencio Randazzo (born 1 March 1964) in an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was Minister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015. An ally of Kirchner's during ...

, announced that Mitre and Sarmiento lines would be temporarily taken over by state organism SOFSE. SOFSE operated both lines until 12 February 2014, when they were given under concession to Corredores Ferroviarios. As a result, UGOMS and

Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia (UGOFE) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 7 January 2005 by Ferrovías, Metrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires to take over the running of commuter railway services ...

were dissolved.El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviarias
''

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'' 12 February 2014 However both lines are now again operated by SOFSE following the renationalisation of the railways in Argentina.

References

External links

Official website
(archived, 13 Dec 2013) {{DEFAULTSORT:Unidad De Gestion Operativa Mitre Sarmiento Defunct railway companies of Argentina Railway companies established in 2012 Railway companies disestablished in 2014 2012 establishments in Argentina 2014 disestablishments in Argentina Rail transport in Buenos Aires Province