Rosario (Central Córdoba) is a

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Rosario, Santa Fe Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

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. It is located at the junction of 27 de Febrero Boulevard and Juan Manuel de Rosas St., south of the city center. The station was part of the

Córdoba Central Railway The Córdoba Central Railway (CCR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Córdoba) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a railway network in Argentina which extended from Buenos Aires, north west via Rosario and C ...

(then added to

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network). Closed for passenger services since 1952, it was operated by

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company

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until 2015.

History

The station served as a

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of the Córdoba and Rosario Railway company, which laid down its first rails in 1888. The line went north to the city of

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and then to Córdoba. In 1912, the company merged with the

."Historia Ferroviaria de Rosario"
Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel, 4 Feb 2009 Rosario ccordoba pre1921

The central block of the Rosario station was completely destroyed by a fire on 31 December 1921. The reconstruction of the building was started almost immediately. It ended in 1926 with the construction of a characteristic

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(

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-shaped vault), which has been preserved until the present. In 1949 the government of

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the Argentine railways and reconfigured the lines. State-owned company

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took over the Córdoba Central Railway, shutting down the passenger services handled by Rosario (Córdoba Central) and other stations, concentrating all of it at Rosario Oeste. Rosario Central Córdoba remained active for

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services only. Starting in 2005, the terrains surrounding the station were employed to create an urban park ("Parque Hipólito Yrigoyen"). As part of the renewal of the area, the station was restored. The station's building was also seat of the ''Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel'' (Rosario's Friends of the Rail Association), a railway advocacy and research

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."¿Qué es la Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel (ARAR)?"
6 Feb 2009 (Archive) In August 2015, it was announced that the Argentine state will invest A$ 15 million in the refurbishment of the building. Besides, the Government of Santa Fe plans to open a

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between Rosario and Granadero Baigorria, with Rosario Central Córdoba as an intermediate stop."Belgrano Cargas invierte 15 millones de pesos en la Estación Rosario Central Córdoba"
Impulso y Negocios, 4 Ago 2015

Historic operators

Companies that operated the Rosario (CC) train station since its inauguration were:

Bibliography

* ''British Railways in Argentina 1860–1948'' by H. R. Stones, P. E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent, England, 1993.

References

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