Nationalisation
After theEastern Bolivian line
In 1937, while theRosario railways
Once the metre gauge railways became part of Ferrocarril Belgrano, the government ordered the closure ofTucumán railways
Belgrano Railway operated two stations from Córdoba Central, the original built by theEx-Midland evolution
This railway extended along Buenos Aires Province from its terminus of Puente Alsina inEx-Compañía General evolution
That railway line operated services from Buenos Aires Línea Belgrano Sur railway station, Buenos Aires station in Parque Patricios to cities at the East of Buenos Aires Province and ports of La Plata and Rosario. When the company was added to Ferrocarril Belgrano, its network was significantly restructured. In Rosario, the CGBA terminal station was closed and all its branches put out of service. In Buenos Aires, the CGBA workshops in Matanza River, Riachuelo were closed so all the rolling stock was moved to Libertad workshops of Midland Railway. In La Plata, a joint with ex-Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires, Ferrocarril Provincial (FPBA) was built in Etcheverry station, using that line for all the freight trains that served the port in La Plata. The line that belonged to CGBA was abandoned and its rail tracks removed in the most part of the path. Finally in 1961, branches from Patricios to General Villegas and Victorino de la Plaza and Vedia, Buenos Aires, Vedia to Pergamino were closed. Likewise, the ''Glossary of rail transport terms#milk train, milk train'' (that served the region bringing fresh milk from local dairy farms) was definitely suspended when the government banned the commercialization of bulk products in the city ofEx-F.C. Provincial evolution
The Ferrocarril Provincial was the last to become part of Ferrocarril Belgrano network. As the CGBA rail tracks from Port of La Plata to the crossing with FC Provincial (near Etcheverry) had been removed in the 1950s, therefore a joint was built to allow trains from González Catán to run on ex-FCPBA tracks to La Plata. In October 1961 the Etcheverry−Mira Pampa and Carlos Beguerie−Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Azul−Olavarría branches were closed by the national government. Three years later the Olavarría−La Plata section was partially re-opened only for freight services, but this line would be definitely deactivated in 1968. One year later a joint between former Midland, Provincial and the Port of Buenos Aires was built to reach Avellaneda. In 1974 rail tracks from Carlos Beguerie to Mira Pampa were removed. On July 5, 1977, this line was definitely closed for passenger services, running freight trains until one of the bridges was broken by a truck near Gobernador Monteverde, leaving the line inactive. Years later Avellaneda station (terminus of the line) would be re-opened as a railway museum.Ex-FC Provincial de Santa Fe evolution
The Ferrocarril Provincial de Santa Fe had been a France, French-owned company operating trains in the provinces of Santa Fe, Chaco and Córdoba that became part of the Ferrocarril Belgrano after nationalisation of the entire network in 1948. In the city of Rosario the terminal stations of former French-owned companies, Córdoba Central Railway, Córdoba Central, Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Compañía General de Buenos Aires and Provincial de Santa Fe, were closed for passenger train, passenger services. From then on, the traffic of passenger would be moved to Rosario Oeste station. The Rosario terminus of ex-Provincial de Santa Fe was remodeled and re-opened at late 1950s as a bus terminus, renaming it "Coronel Perón" although it would be changed toPrivatisation
By the beginning of the 1990sState interventions
As part of Railway privatisation in Argentina, railway privatization, carried out during the presidency of Carlos Menem, a concession to operate the services was granted to the government of Chaco Province in 1992, so the State-owned company "Servicios Ferroviarios del Chaco" (SEFECHA) was created in August 1999. Through its intervention, the government of Chaco reestablished many passenger services in the Province, connecting its main cities such as Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia or Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Sáenz Peña with the rest of the region. In May 2010, the government of Argentina took over services previously operated by SEFECHA, which was dissolved. Nowadays those services, together with those of Tren de las Sierras in Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba Province, are the only ex-General Manuel Belgrano Railway passenger services in the interior of the country that are still in operation.Suburban services
Belgrano Norte
In the metropolitan sector of the City ofBelgrano Sur
On the southern sector of the City of Buenos Aires two diesel commuter lines operate to the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires. The Buenos Aires Línea Belgrano Sur railway station, Buenos Aires station-González Catán line was part of French-owned company Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CGBA) that extended its network to the south-west of Buenos Aires Province, reaching cities such as General Villegas and Victorino de la Plaza. Other lines connected Buenos Aires with the port of La Plata and Rosario. The other two branches were originally part of British-owned Buenos Aires Midland Railway that began its operations in 1906, extending its network to the city of Carhué in the south-west of the Province. From Puente Alsina railway station, Puente Alsina station (Midland terminus) it runs toSee also
*Bibliography
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