Ferrobaires
A Ferrobaires train to Junín in 2000.
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Formerly called
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Unidad Ejecutora del Programa Ferroviario Provincial (UEPFP) |
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| Industry | Railway |
| Fate | Inactive |
| Predecessor | Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
| Founded | 1993 in La Plata, Argentina |
| Founder | Government of Buenos Aires Province |
| Headquarters | La Plata, Argentina |
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Area served
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Buenos Aires Province |
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Key people
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Héctor Dotti (General Administrator) |
| Services | Rail transport |
| Owner | Buenos Aires Province |
| Website | ferrobaires.gba.gov.ar |
Ferrobaires is the commercial name of a public railway company which operates extensive long-distance passenger trains throughout Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. Its official corporate name is "Unidad Ejecutora del Plan Ferroviario Provincial" (UEPFP) (in English: "Executive Unit of the Provincial Railway Plan". The company is primarily owned and funded by the Buenos Aires provincial government. The name "Ferrobaires" is a combination of the Spanish words for "Rail Buenos Aires."
From its base in the city of Buenos Aires, Ferrobaires rail lines fan out south and west across the surrounding province. The company transports approximately 1.5 million passengers annually and operates from all three major rail termini in the city of Buenos Aires: Retiro, Constitución, and Once, running trains on its 5,500-km rail tracks.
All of the routes currently managed by Ferrobaires were previously run by Ferrocarriles Argentinos, the country's now-defunct national passenger railway corporation. After the privatisation of Ferrocarriles Argentinos starting in 1992, many train services across Argentina were indefinitely discontinued. In 1992, Gobernor of Buenos Aires Province, Eduardo Duhalde, signed Decree 560/91 by which Buenos Aires requested National Government to transfer the operation of the lines deactivated between 1961 and 1992, that totalized more than 5,500 km of rails. Buenos Aires would work with each Municipal Government with the purpose of creating a company that operated the railway services.
On April 28, 1992, Buenos Aires officially requested the transfer of the 52 lineas and branches in disuse. In 1993 "Unidad Ejecutora del Programa Ferroviario Provincial" (UEPFP) was created. However, several lines were cancelled or definitely closed by the UEPFP, specially during the 2001 financial crisis.
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