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Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (
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Trenes Argentinos S.E.) is a
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railway company of
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
created for the operation and maintenance of the Argentine railway network in the country, including
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and
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services, and
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."Con sólo dos votos en contra, el Senado sancionó la ley de estatización de los trenes"
Cronista.com, 16 Apr 2015
"El Senado convirtió en ley la estatización de los ferrocarriles"
Infobae, 15 Apr 2015
The company shares its name with the previous national operator which was broken up during the privatisation process, and also uses a modified version of its original logo. From its creation, state-owned companies managed by the company are Trenes Argentinos Operaciones (passenger services), Trenes Argentinos Cargas (freight), Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura (infrastructure), and Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano (human resources) In March 2021,
Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...
announced that Ferrocarriles Argentinos S.E. would be put operative again, after an almost 5-year hiatus during the presidency of
Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previou ...
.Ferrocarriles Argentinos nuevamente tracciona
Rieles, 10 Mar 2021


History

The project to nationalise all the Argentine railway network had been announced by President
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during her speech at the
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's 133rd-year inaugural session on 1 March 2015. At the time the project was sent to the Congress to be discussed, only Belgrano Norte and Urquiza lines (operated by
Ferrovías Ferrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the 1,000 mm (3 ...
and
Metrovías Metrovías S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. 90% of Metrovías' shares are held by Grupo Roggio. History On 1 January 1994, Metrovías took ...
respectively) were under private concessions for passenger services, while Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA), Ferroexpreso Pampeano and
Ferrosur The Ferrocarril del Sureste , commonly known as Ferrosur, is a railway that serves the southeastern regions of Mexico. The company was formed in 1998 following the privatization of Mexico's railways. Ferrosur took over the southeast concession ...
companies operated freight trains. On 15 April 2015, the Congress of Argentina adopted the creation of "Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado", with 53 votes in favour and 2 votes against. Therefore, the Government of Argentina will take over the operation and maintenance of all the railway lines after they had granted to private companies during
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's administration in the early 1990s."El Senado convirtió en ley la estatización de los ferrocarriles"
''La Nación'', 15 Apr 2015
The re-nationalisation law was officially promulgated on May 20, 2015. It was also announced that private companies still operating services at the time the law was promulgated, Nuevo Central Argentino, Ferroexpreso Pampeano, Ferrosur Roca, Metrovías and Ferrovías will continue their activities although Ferrocarriles Argentinos S.E. will be able to renegotiate or even cancel the contracts of concession. As part of a plan of rail transport modernisation announced by the Ministry of Transport led by Mario Meoni,Cómo es el Plan de Modernización Ferroviaria que busca beneficiar a más de un millón de personas
by David Cayón on Infobae, 14 Mar 2021
on March 8, 2021, "Ferrocarriles Argentinos S.E." was relaunched, setting its new offices at
Constitución railway station Constitución railway station () is a large railway station in Constitución, a in central Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full official name of the station is (in English: Constitution Square Station) reflecting the fact that the station is loca ...
. FASE had been inactive during the government of
Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previou ...
, when its divisions operated independently. The relaunch included a new logo, inspired on the homonymous company dissolved in 1993.Relanzan Ferrocarriles Argentinos
on En El Subte, 6 Mar 2021


Organizational structure

By 2015, the board of directors had six members: a representative of the Secretary of Transport, the presidents of ADIF, SOFSE and Belgrano CyL and other two representatives appointed by the Ministry of Transport according to proposals sent by several railway unions registered.
''Página/12'', 20 Mar 2015
The company also plans, operates and controls all the railway system in Argentina, both passenger and freight services.
Telam, 18 Mar 2015
The railway system is managed under a model of "open access" where several private operators are able to serve freight services along the lines.


Divisions

Four divisions operate under the supervision of FASE, as it was announced in March 2021: * Trenes Argentinos Operaciones – passenger services * Trenes Argentinos Cargas – freight services * Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura (ADIFSE) – infrastructure * Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano - Human resources


See also

*
Ferrocarriles Argentinos Ferrocarriles Argentinos (abbreviated as FA; ) was a state-owned company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalised during Juan Perón's f ...
– predecessor company, operated from 1949 to 1993 *
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 ...


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* {{Argentine government Railway companies of Argentina Railway companies established in 2015 Argentine companies established in 2015 Government-owned railway companies