Posadas-Encarnación International Train

Posadas–Encarnación
International Train

The train at Posadas station.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
Status	Active
Locale	Misiones Province
First service	2014; 3 years ago (2014)
Current operator(s)	Casimiro Zbikoski S.A.
Former operator(s)	Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Ridership	8,000 per day
Route
Start	Posadas, Misiones
Stops	2
End	Encarnación, Paraguay
Distance travelled	8 km (5.0 mi)
Average journey time	10'
Service frequency	30'
Line used	Urquiza
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Diesel
Track owner(s)	Government of Argentina

The Posadas–Encarnación International Train is a 8 km (5.0 mi) commuter rail international service operated between Posadas in Argentina and Encarnación in Paraguay, running on the Urquiza Railway standard gauge tracks. The service was opened in January 2014.

Trains are run by private company Casimiro Zbikoski S.A. under an operation agreement with State-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (SOFSE). The train crosses the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge which joins the two countries together and has an average journey time of 10 minutes with a 30-minute frequency.

The current consists of two-carriage diesel-hydraulic railcars originally called "", built between 1981 and 1983 by German company DÜWAG for the Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and have a capacity to carry 250 people. Those railcars had been previously used in the binational service Tren de los Pueblos Libres that joined Argentina and Uruguay, having been active only for one year.

With passenger numbers increasing rapidly after the aperture of the service, the Argentine Ministry of the Interior and Transport stated in March 2015 that it may have to evaluate adding more rolling stock and extending the length of the platforms. Customs officials are only present on the Argentine side of the railway, with entry into both countries managed from there.