The Central Uruguay Railway (CUR) was one of the five original rail systems in

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. The other four were the Midland Uruguay Railway Co., the North Western of Uruguay, the Uruguay Northern, and the Uruguay East Coast Railway. CUR, including its leased and worked lines, was considered the most important system. It controlled about of track. The system operated four sections: the Central Uruguay Railway Original Line (including the Northeastern Line), ; the Northern Extension Railway, ; the Eastern Extension Railway, ; and the Western Extension Railway, .

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Central Uruguay Railway Co. of Montevideo, Ltd. was registered In

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in 1876. It was the largest railway company in Uruguay. It operated from 1 January 1878 to January 31, 1949, when railroads were nationalized. It worked, leased and absorbed some smaller rail systems. By the end of the era of British railways in Uruguay, CUR had a network of standard gauge, about half of the total within the country. In 1936, it owned 128

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s, 119 coaches and 2302 goods wagons. In 1891, CUR's British and Uruguayan employees founded the

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The Central Co. included the Central Uruguay and the Northeastern lines. It operated the lines of the Western Extension, the Northern Extension, and the Eastern Extension companies. The Central ran from

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to Santa Isabel, across the Rio Negro, with a branch from Santa Lucia to

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; the Northeastern connected Montevideo and

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. The Western Extension ran from San Jose to Mercedes, with a branch to the port of Colonia. The Northern Extension continued the Central from Santa Izabel to

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on the Brazilian border. The Eastern Extension started from a point on the Northeastern from Montevideo and ran to Melo, with a branch to

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Railway lines opened in 1878 Defunct railway companies of Uruguay

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