Central Station (Buenos Aires)
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Central Station
Estación Central |
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Facade of the station in 1875.
Photo by Christiano Junior. |
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| Location | Av. Paseo de Julio and Piedad, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Owned by | BA & Ensenada |
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| Construction | |
| Platform levels | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 12 Aug 1872 |
| Closed | 1897 |
The Central Station (in Spanish: Estación Central) was a railway station of Buenos Aires, terminus of all the railway lines existing by then and owned by the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway. The station, located on the corner of Paseo de Julio Avenue (currently Leandro N. Alem) and Piedad street (today Bartolomé Mitre), operated from 1872 to 1897. The building was a wood structure (built in Great Britain), that had a mansard roof and a little tower with a clock and a dome on the top.
By August 1872 all the railway companies operating in Argentina signed an agreement for a common use of Central Station, which was owned by BA&E railway by then. The station had a platform over the main track and other two. Its structure also included two coffeehouses and two ladies rooms. Trains arrived from the South through a viaduct made of iron, that extended from Casa Amarilla station to Victoria (current Hipólito Yrigoyen) street. The route of the viaduct would be later used to build the Paseo Colón Avenue.
The building, built in wood, was brought from Great Britain by entrepreneur William Wheelwright, although it had been originally built to be used in India (then a British colony). The use of the station was shared by five railway companies, BA & Ensenada, BA Western, BA & Pacific, BA & Rosario, BA & Northern and Central Argentine.
To facilitate access to Central Station, the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway built a small joint branch from Barracas station (current Hipólito Yrigoyen) to Tres Esquinas station (owned by BA&E).
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