Argentine State Railway
Native name
Ferrocarriles del Estado
TypeState-owned
IndustryRailway
Founded1909
Defunct1948 (1948)
SuccessorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Headquarters
Santa Fe
,
Argentina
Key people
Pablo Nogués (Director)
ServicesRail transport
OwnerGovernment of Argentina

Argentine State Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarriles del Estado) was a State-owned railway company of Argentina, established by Law N° 6.757 in October 1909, when José Figueroa Alcorta was the President of Argentina. The company built and operated railway lines in Argentina.

History

By 1905 the State-owned railway network was 3,490 km length, with the Ferrocarril Central Norte (FCN) being the longest with 1,385 km and the Ferrocarril Argentino del Norte (FAN) with 563 km. Five years later, FCN was 2,135 km long and FAN 1,355 km.

In 1925, the Argentine State Railway ranked 2nd among the most important companies in the country, operating a railway network of 6,617 km. By 1936 the railway network had been extended to 9,690 km.

Most of the railway lines built by the Argentine state were metre gauge because of financial reasons. In 1937 the State company began to acquire some existing companies with the purpose of competing against British railway companies. In 1948 Argentine State Company (along with British and French companies) became part of Ferrocarriles Argentinos after nationalisation of the railway network, headed by then-President Juan Domingo Perón. Therefore, the Central Northern rail lines were added to General Belgrano Railway network while the Patagonian railways became part of General Roca Railway.

Railway network

Argentine State Railway network as of 1936:

Central Northern network
Patagonian rail lines
Main Division Province/s Line/s Gauge Length (Km)
La Rioja
Catamarca
Córdoba
Tucumán
Formosa
Chaco
Santiago del Estero
Salta		Córdoba - La Rioja (via Cruz del Eje)
Chumbicha - Catamarca
Deán Funes - Laguna Paiva
Córdoba - La Puerta
Serrezuela - San Juan - Formosa - Embarcación
Sáenz Peña - Metán
Tucumán - Santa Fe
Quimilí - Barranqueras		1,0007,500
Central ChubutChubutPuerto Madryn - Trelew
Gaiman - Dolavon		1,000104
S. Antonio - N. HuapiRío Negro
Chubut		C. de Patagones - Bariloche
Ing. Jacobacci - Esquel (La Trochita)
Gral. Vintter - Gral. Conesa		1,676 0,7501,316
Comodoro RivadaviaChubutC. Rivadavia - Colonia Sarmiento1,676208
Puerto DeseadoChubut, Santa CruzPuerto Deseado - Las Heras1,676286
Notes
  1. ↑ The Central Northern had previously taken over North Argentine Railway in 1909.

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