Saldías is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located at the boundary between the Recoleta and

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s of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is part of

Belgrano Norte Line The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994. This service had previously been run by the state-owned General Belgrano Railway since nationalisation of the ...

, between Retiro and Ciudad Universitaria stations. It is currently operated by both companies, private

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 ...

(for regular services) and state-owned

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(for differential services only, served by

Emepa Alerce The Alerce is an Argentine railcar produced by the Emepa Group in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province. , the units are produced for the General Belgrano Railway's narrow gauge network and are currently used on commuter rail services, though a broad ...

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). The station is named after Argentinian historian, lawyer, politician, soldier and diplomat

Adolfo Saldías Adolfo Saldías (Buenos Aires, 6 September 1849; La Paz, Bolivia 17 October 1914) was an Argentinian historian, lawyer, politician, soldier and diplomat. Saldías received his law degree in 1875 and published a thesis on the subject of ''Civil ...

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