Mar del Plata railway and bus station
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Mar del Plata
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| Location | San Juan 1473, Mar del Plata Argentina |
| Coordinates | 37°59′18″S 57°33′51″W / 37.9884°S 57.5641°WCoordinates: 37°59′18″S 57°33′51″W / 37.9884°S 57.5641°W |
| Owned by | Government of Argentina |
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Ferrobaires (Standard services) Trenes Argentinos (Luxury services) |
| Line(s) | Roca |
| Distance | 400 km (250 mi) from Buenos Aires |
| Bus stands | 42 |
| Bus operators | Yes |
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| Platform levels | 5 |
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| Opened | 2009 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 2,200,200 |
Mar del Plata is a railway and bus terminus in the homonymous city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Opened in 2009 as a bus terminus only, the railway tracks from the old "Norte" station (distant a few meters from there) were extended to connect both terminals in 2011, adding new platforms to receive trains from Buenos Aires.
Station facilities include 42 bus garages, 5 railway platforms, 50 shops, 3 restaurants, 51 ticket offices, parking and accessible toilets.
On 26 September 1886, the first train arrived to the Mar del Plata railway station, built and operated by British-owned BA Great Southern. The city of Mar del Plata was the main tourist destination in Argentina during summer season.
By 1910 Mar del Plata remained as the main beach city of Argentina, receiving a huge number of tourists during the summer. Due to the intense traffic of passengers, the railway station exceeded its capacity and the Municipality demanded the company to increase the facilities. The company had always denied to this request alleging that the station was only overcrowded during two months per year (the period of summer season in Argentina). In June 1908, the Congress promulgated Law 5.535, authorizing the BAGSR to build a new station in Mar del Plata.
Works began in 1909 and were finished one year later, when the station building began to be constructed. The new station in Mar del Plata (named "Mar del Plata Sur") was opened on December 1, 1910, although the main building was not still finished, so a provisional wooden-structure was opened to the public for the 1910–11 summer season.
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