Federico Lacroze railway station (Estación Federico Lacroze in
Spanish
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) is a passenger
railway station
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in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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. The station is located in the city's outlying ''
barrio
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'' (neighbourhood) of
Chacarita in a predominantly residential area. It is just a short distance north of the
Cementerio de la Chacarita
Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is known as the National Cemetery and is the largest in Argentina.
Location
The cemetery is in the barrio or district of Chacarita, in the western part of Buenos Aires. Its main entrance i ...
, the city's largest cemetery. The station is named after Federico Lacroze, a prominent 19th century Argentine railway and transport pioneer who obtained the concession for building the
Buenos Aires Central Railway
The Buenos Aires Central Railway (BACR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Buenos Aires) was an Argentine railway company which built and operated a railway line from Buenos Aires to the city of 4 de Febrero in Santa Fe.
History
On 2 Octobe ...
in 1884. When the Argentine railway network was
nationalised
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in 1948 the station became the Buenos Aires terminus for the lines that became part of the
General Urquiza Railway
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(FCGU).
History
The first station to open was "Chacarita" terminus, a precarious building that served as terminal for the
Buenos Aires Central Railway
The Buenos Aires Central Railway (BACR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Buenos Aires) was an Argentine railway company which built and operated a railway line from Buenos Aires to the city of 4 de Febrero in Santa Fe.
History
On 2 Octobe ...
, originally a
horse-drawn railway
Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways. The terms plateway, tramway, dramway, ...
established by entrepreneur
Federico Lacroze
Federico Lacroze (4 November 1835 – 16 February 1899) was an Argentine businessman and railway entrepreneur of French descent. He created the first tram line in Buenos Aires and his Buenos Aires Central Railway helped link the provinces of E ...
that built and operated a line to cities of
Zárate in
Buenos Aires
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and 4 de Febrero in
Santa Fe. The station would be later demolished.
The
current underground station had been designed by the Lacroze Brothers with the intention of being a connection with the Buenos Aires Central Railway. The tunnels and parts of the original station are used for
Line B to this day.
The current terminal was designed by Argentine architect Santiago Mayaud-Maisonneuve and his son Carlos in 1951, following the
Rationalist style of architecture. It was inaugurated in 1957 and its construction financed by the state, as the railways were state-owned at the time. The building received protected status in 2009.
Services
The station functions primarily as a
commuter rail
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station but also handles some long-distance services. The local transit company
MetrovÃas
MetrovÃas S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. 90% of MetrovÃas' shares are held by Grupo Roggio.
History
On 1 January 1994, MetrovÃas took ...
, which also manages the
Buenos Aires Underground
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system, operates regular electric commuter train services every 10–20 minutes into the nearby Buenos Aires suburbs along its
Urquiza Line
The Urquiza Line is a suburban electric commuter rail line in Buenos Aires, Argentina, operated by the Buenos Aires Underground operator MetrovÃas. It runs from the Federico Lacroze terminus in the neighborhood of Chacarita, to General Lemos ...
. Stations on this line include
Villa Devoto
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, MartÃn Coronado (which also serves
Ciudad JardÃn),
Hurlingham and
San Miguel amongst others.
In the past, the station also served as the terminal for the long-distance service to
Misiones Province
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, however this service has been suspended as of 2012. Following
railway privatisation in Argentina
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, the private railway company
Trenes Especiales Argentinos (TEA) operated long-distance passenger services to the city of
Posadas in the very north of Argentina on the border with
Paraguay
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. The service used the
standard gauge
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network of the
General Urquiza Railway
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which runs through the provinces of
Buenos Aires
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,
Entre RÃos,
Corrientes
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and
Misiones
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. This train stopped at many places on the way including
Zárate in
Buenos Aires Province
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,
Basavilbaso and
Villaguay
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The city lies near the geographic center of the province ...
in
Entre RÃos Province
Entre RÃos (, "Between Rivers") is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south), Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west), and Uruguay in the east.
Its capital is Paraná ( ...
,
Monte Caseros and
Santo Tomé in
Corrientes Province
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. In 2012 the service was briefly taken over by
Trenes de Buenos Aires
Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) (In English: Trains of Buenos Aires) was a private company that operated commuter rail services over the broad gauge Sarmiento and Mitre lines of Buenos Aires. The company, owned by Claudio and Mario Cirigliano, also ...
, however their concession was revoked by the National Government on the same year and remains without an operator to this day.
There have been numerous calls for the return of the service given the large-scale reactivation of many of the country's railways since 2014, however as of 2015, the service remains suspended.
Federico Lacroze station is accessible from the
B line of the
Buenos Aires Underground
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system from
the station there and by numerous local public bus services. In 2014, the station underwent restoration works in its main hall and platforms.
Mejoras en la estación Federico Lacroze de la LÃnea Urquiza
- Estacion AZ, 21 October 2014
Gallery
File:Estación F. Lacroze - panoramio (1).jpg, Facade
File:Estacion federico lacroze.jpg, Aerial view
File:Andenes estación Lacroze.JPG, Platforms
File:Final de Avenida Corrientes estación Lacroze.jpg, View from Corrientes Avenue
Avenida Corrientes () is one of the principal thoroughfares of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. The street is intimately tied to the tango and the porteño sense of identity. Like the parallel avenues Santa Fe, Córdoba, and San Juan, it t ...
File:Hall estación Lacroze.JPG, Hall and board
File:Estacion Federico Lacroze-2.jpg, Train platforms
See also
* General Urquiza Railway
The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aire ...
* MetrovÃas
MetrovÃas S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. 90% of MetrovÃas' shares are held by Grupo Roggio.
History
On 1 January 1994, MetrovÃas took ...
* Rail transport in Argentina
The Argentine railway network consisted of a network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decl ...
References
External links
MetrovÃas English website
Trenes Especiales Argentinos web site
Google Maps Satellite Photo
(Spanish)
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Railway stations in Buenos Aires
Transport infrastructure completed in 1957