Ferrosur Roca S.A. (FR) is a

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which operates freight services over part of the

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that belongs to General Roca Railway. Some of the products transported by Ferrosur Roca include salt, clincker, plaster, cement, lime, cereals, fertilizers, coking coal, iron scrap, petroleum and fuel oil, among other items. The company transported a total of 5,258,301 tonnes of freight in 2014. The company, property of Mover Participações (formerly, ''Camargo Correa''), is 80% owned by the Cofesur group, 16% state-owned, and 4% owned by employees of the company through Personal de Ferrosur S.A.

History

After all the Argentine rail network was

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during

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's administration in early 1990s, concession was granted to Ferrosur Roca to operate freight services in the center and south of Argentina running on Ferrocarril Roca tracks. The company began its activities on March 12, 1993 over a rail network extending south and southwest from

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through the provinces of

, Rio Negro and

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and serving the ports of

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, Quequén and San Antonio Oeste. The branch from Bahía Blanca to Zapala serves the commercially important Rio Negro fruit-growing region. Ferrosur's fleet include 2,550 wagons, 31 mainline

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s and 15 shunters"Parque Vagones / Tolva Minera"
on Ferrosur website and its rail network has points of connection with other freight services operated by Ferroexpreso Pampeano, Nuevo Central Argentino and Rumo Logística.

References

External links

Official website
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