Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) (In English: Trains of Buenos Aires) was a private company that operated commuter rail services over the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Sarmiento and Mitre lines of Buenos Aires. The company, owned by Claudio and Mario Cirigliano, also operated long-distance services on the General Mitre Railway to central-western Argentina and on the General Urquiza Railway to northern Argentina and Uruguay on the international Tren de los Pueblos Libres.
A Sarmiento line electric train in 2007.
Double decker carriages made by Emfer for TBA.
Puma train in Trenes Argentinos livery, being retired from service (2014).
Image: Vista Aérea Ferrocarril Sarmiento Ciudad de Merlo
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.
Sarmiento Railway rolling stock during the FA era
Ferrosur Roca was granted Roca Railway
Nuevo Central Argentino took over Mitre Railway