Barrio Vila is a train station in

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, Argentina. It is located in the west of the city, in the neighbourhood of

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. The station is currently managed by private company

Nuevo Central Argentino Nuevo Central Argentino S. A. (abbreviated NCA) is an Argentine company that utilises the operation and infrastructure of the national railway system of the former Mitre Railway division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos, by a concession granted on 23 ...

which runs freight trains on the line.

History

The station was opened in April 1891 in the Eloy Palacios town by British-owned Central Argentine Railway, as part of the line from Ludueña (

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

) to Peyrano (at the border with

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). The town had been founded by Nicasio Vila, an entrepreneur owner of "Compañía de Tramways del Oeste", a

horse tramway A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar. Summary The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, wh ...

company. The tramway company built the line from

with Eloy Palacios. In 1906, the municipality of Rosario changed the town's name to "Barrio Vila", the same than the railway station built by the Central Argentine. After the

railway nationalization Railway nationalization is the act of taking rail transport assets into public ownership. Several countries have at different times nationalized part or all of their railway system. More recently, the international trend has been towards privatiza ...

in 1949, the station was managed by the

General Bartolomé Mitre Railway The General Bartolomé Mitre Railway (FCGBM) (native name: Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre), named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, is one of the six state-owned Argentine railway lines formed after President Juan Per� ...

division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos. In 1977 Barrio Vila station was closed, as almost all passenger services were eliminated. Like other stations of the former Mitre Railway, it is maintained nowadays by freight company

Historic operators

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References

{{Railway stations in Argentina Railway stations opened in 1891 Railway stations in Rosario, Santa Fe Railway stations in Argentina opened in the 19th century