Argentine North Eastern Railway
| Argentine North Eastern Railway | |||
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Neilson locomotive that served on the line.
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Ferrocarril Noreste Argentino | ||
| Type | Inter-city | ||
| Status | Defunct company; rail line active | ||
| Locale | Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Misiones | ||
| Termini |
Concordia Posadas |
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| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1889 | ||
| Closed | 1948 (acquired by the Government of Argentina) | ||
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| Line length | 1,212 km (753 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
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The Argentine North Eastern Railway (ANER) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Noreste Argentino) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge railway network in the provinces of Entre Ríos, Corrientes and Misiones in Argentina. When the company was nationalised in 1948 it became part of the state-owned General Urquiza Railway.
The company was founded in 1887 to take over and complete two lines from Monte Caseros in Corrientes Province. The first was to go to Corrientes (371 km), the provincial capital, and the second to Posadas (442 km), the capital of Misiones Province.
In 1888 the company acquired a batch of 32 steam locomotives to Scottish manufacturer Neilson and Company.
Construction of the line to Corrientes, completed as far as Curuzú Cuatiá in 1890, was extended to Mercedes in 1898 and finally reached Corrientes later in the same year. The Posadas line reached Paso de los Libres in 1894 and was extended to Santo Tomé in 1901. Once the section from Santo Tomé to Posadas was opened some years later in 1911 an international rail connection with Paraguay was established.
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