Argentren S.A. was an

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company that operated the Belgrano Sur and Roca railway services in

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for about one year until the

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rescinded the agreement with the company in March 2015. Since then, the Mitre and San Martín line are operated by State-owned company

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(SOFSE). The company was part of the

Emepa Group Emepa Group S.A. ( es, Grupo Emepa, an acronym for Empresa Metalúrgica Patricias Argentinas)

, a consortium that has also been operating the

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through

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since 1994.

History

On May 24, 2012, the contract with

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to operate the

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and

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lines was revoked by the

after the Once station rail disaster. Both lines were temporarily operated by UGOFE, a consortium formed by railway companies

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and

, although TBA would be excluded from it a few days later. On February 12, 2014, the Government of Argentina announced that some companies would take over the lines operated by UGOFE. The consortium was officially dissolved.

Emepa Group Emepa Group S.A. ( es, Grupo Emepa, an acronym for Empresa Metalúrgica Patricias Argentinas)

also owned

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, a railway company formed with

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to run passenger services to Rosario, Tucumán and Córdoba cities of Argentina. The company was dissolved in November 2014, when the National Government took over the services, since then operated by SOFSE. When UGOFE and UGOMS were dissolved, Corredores Ferroviarios (a company part of Grupo Roggio, which also owns

, a company that operates the

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and Urquiza line since 1994) and Argentren took over the Mitre / San Martín and Belgrano Sur / Roca lines, respectively. On March 2, 2015, the

rescinded the contract with Argentren through its state-owned company SOFSE. The contract with the company had been signed in February 2014, committing Argentren to operate the Roca and Belgrano Sur lines.

Services operated

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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