General Manuel Belgrano Railway
The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a 1,000 mm metre gauge railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six State-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948.
Freight train at Ingeniero Maury, Salta Province
Retiro station, previously owned by Córdoba Central Railway
Villars, previously part of French-owned Compañía General
Former Ferrocarril Provincial de Santa Fe terminus, currently a bus terminus
Rail transport in Argentina
The Argentine railway network consisted of a 47,000 km (29,204 mi) network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decline in railway profitability, leading to the break-up in 1993 of Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA), the state railroad corporation. During the period following privatisation, private and provincial railway companies were created and resurrected some of the major passenger routes that FA once operated.
Argentina's rail network at its greatest extent (c. 1950)
Argentina's rail network at its greatest extent (c. 1950)
Del Parque station built in 1857, later closed in 1883.
Advertisement for the Central Argentine Railway (1913).