General Belgrano Railway
| Belgrano Railway | |||
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Freight train at Ingeniero Maury, Salta Province.
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| Overview | |||
| Type |
Commuter rail Regional rail |
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| Status | Active | ||
| Locale | Argentina | ||
| Termini |
Retiro Jujuy |
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| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1948 | ||
| Owner | Government of Argentina | ||
| Operator(s) |
Ferrovías (Norte line) Argentren (Sur line) Trenes Argentinos (Regional) Belgrano Cargas (Freight) |
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| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge | ||
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The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six State-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948.
Retiro station is the railway's terminus in Buenos Aires, from which the railway runs to many provinces in the Centre and North of Argentina, such as Santa Fe, Córdoba, Tucumán, La Rioja, Catamarca, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Salta and Jujuy.
In the metropolitan section of the city of Buenos Aires, Ferrocarril Belgrano is divided into two lines, Belgrano Norte and Belgrano Sur, currently operated by Private companies Ferrovías and Argentren respectively.
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