Federico Lacroze railway station
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Federico Lacroze
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Railway station exterior.
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| Location | Federico Lacroze and Corrientes Ave., Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Owned by | Government of Argentina |
| Line(s) |
General Urquiza Railway Urquiza Line 
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| Connections |
Underground 
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| Construction | |
| Platform levels | 10 |
| Other information | |
| Fare zone | Buenos Aires |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888 as "Chacarita" station (Buenos Aires Central Railway terminus) |
| Rebuilt | 1957 |
| Electrified | Third Rail |
Federico Lacroze railway station (Estación Federico Lacroze in Spanish)) is a passenger railway station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is located in the city's outlying barrio (neighbourhood) of Chacarita in a predominantly residential area. It is just a short distance north of the Cementerio de la Chacarita, the city's largest cemetery. The station is named after Federico Lacroze, a prominent 19th century Argentine railway and transport pioneer who obtained the concession for building the Buenos Aires Central Railway in 1884. When the Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948 the station became the Buenos Aires terminus for the lines that became part of the General Urquiza Railway (FCGU).
The first station to open was "Chacarita" terminus, a precarious building that served as terminal for the Buenos Aires Central Railway, originally a horse-drawn railway established by entrepreneur Federico Lacroze that built and operated a line to cities of Zárate in Buenos Aires and 4 de Febrero in Santa Fe. The station would be later demolished.
The current underground station had been designed by the Lacroze Brothers with the intention of being a connection with the Buenos Aires Central Railway. The underground tunnels and parts of the original station are used for Line B to this day.
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