Domselaar is a town in the

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, Argentina, located in

San Vicente Partido San Vicente Partido is a partido in the centre-east of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 45,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is San Vicente, which is around from Bueno ...

. It is located very close to the edge of the

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, but has not yet been agglomerated.

History

The area that today includes Domselaar was crossed by several paths that led to the so-called Tablada Vieja, where cattle were concentrated for inspection and later remission to the riachuelo salting sheds. These difficulties were overcome thanks to the arrival of the

General Roca Railway The General Roca Railway (FCGR) (native name: Ferrocarril General Roca) is a broad gauge railway in Argentina which runs from Constitución station in Buenos Aires to the south of the country through the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, ...

in 1865 from the hands of the British company

Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) ( es, Ferrocarril del Sud) was one of the ''Big Four'' Indian gauge, broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward ...

, whose objective was to facilitate the transport of wool production from

Chascomús Chascomús is the principal city in Chascomús Partido in eastern Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, located south of the capital Buenos Aires. In 2001, the city had a population of 30,670. History The city was founded as a fort (the ''Fortí ...

towards the market of the Plaza Constitución. The foundation of the station took place on August 14, 1865, the date that is considered the foundation of Domselaar, since from then on its population gradually increased. As occurred throughout the

province of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, most of the towns were created in the vicinity of the railway lines. During the 1990s, under a progressive process of dismantling the state railway network, the service has ceased to stop in these towns, leading many of them to ruin. Domselaar is one of the few towns to have survived and prospered after its station was closed in 1994. During the first years of the 21st century, several projects related to the reactivation of the railway were carried out, since the majority of the population works in the city of Buenos Aires or in the southern area of Greater Buenos Aires. The nearest station is Alejandro Korn, which is 15 kilometers away. Until then, the means of access to the Federal Capital and the southern area were through bus line 388, which connects the town of Coronel Brandsen with the town of Alejandro Korn, passing through Domselaar. As of October 4, 2019, the Alejandro Korn-Chascomús rail service stopped at Domselaar again.

Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (abbreviated SOFSE; trading name: Trenes Argentinos Operaciones) is an Argentine state-owned company created in 2008 to operate passenger services in Argentina. It is a subsidiary of the Ferrocarriles Ar ...

reported that the first service to stop at the new stop was at 12:13 tomorrow, Friday, October 4, bound for

External links

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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province San Vicente Partido {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub