Estación Central General Artigas is the former main railway station in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay. Located in ''

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'' Aguada, it was designed by the Italian engineer and architect

Luigi Andreoni Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni (Vercelli, Italy, October 7, 1853 – Montevideo, May 20, 1936) was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in Uruguay. Biography Educated in Turin, he graduated in 1875 and arrived in Montevid ...

, it was opened to the public on 15 July 1897 and was closed on 1 March 2003, being replaced by a halt to the north.

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Passenger Group defending Montevideo Central Station. El País, March 2005
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