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 Belgrano Norte Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Retiro (Belgrano Norte) station, Ferrovías headquarters
Emepa Alerce railcars were introduced in 2015 to run express services
Railway privatisation in Argentina
Railway privatisation in Argentina was a process which began in 1989 under the presidency of Carlos Menem, following a series of neoliberal economic reforms. This primarily consisted of breaking up the state-owned railway company Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA) and allowing the former lines to be operated by private companies instead of the state.
Carlos Menem's administration carried out the privatisation process
Sarmiento Railway rolling stock during the FA era
Ferrosur Roca was granted Roca Railway
Nuevo Central Argentino took over Mitre Railway