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Mitre Line

Mitre Line
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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
Distance travelled 180 km (110 mi)
Average journey time
Service frequency
Technical
CSR EMUs (electric)
Materfer CMM 400-2 (diesel)
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s) Government of Argentina

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currently operated by State-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado after the Government of Argentina rescinded contract with Corredores Ferroviarios in March 2015.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.


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