Línea Mitre (Buenos Aires)

Mitre Line

CSR electric multiple units in Retiro, February 2015.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Active
Locale	Buenos Aires Province
Predecessor	Central Argentine
First service	1948; 69 years ago (1948)
Current operator(s)	SOFSE
Former operator(s)	Corredores Ferroviarios
Ridership	18,330,500 (2014)
Website	Mitre Line
Route
Start	Retiro
Stops	57
End	List Tigre B. Mitre José L. Suárez Zárate Capilla del Señor
Distance travelled	180 km (110 mi)
Average journey time	List 75' 50' 65' 120' 70'
Service frequency	List 20' 30' 20' 70' 7 trains per day
Technical
	CSR EMUs (electric) Materfer CMM 400-2 (diesel)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)	Government of Argentina
Route map

Route map

The Mitre line is an Argentine broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province as part of Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre. The service is currently operated by State-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado after the Government of Argentina rescinded contract with Corredores Ferroviarios in March 2015.

The first line was built and operated by the Buenos Aires Northern Railway, a British-owned company that ran trains from Central Station (then from Retiro) to Tigre, joining both cities in 1857. The company was then taken over by the Central Argentine Railway in 1888 due to financial problems.

In 1891, Victoria station was inaugurated. Trains to Zelaya and Capilla del Señor departed from Victoria for the first time one year later. In 1916, the Retiro-Tigre line was electrified, becoming the first electrified railway system of South America. New British Thomson-Houston (BTH) multiple units were acquired to run on the line. The CAR also installed the first crossbuck and manually-operated gates in the many level crossings existing by then.